Bachmann EM-1 with sound module

lexon Dec 27, 2011

  1. lexon

    lexon TrainBoard Member

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    I watch the You Tube site regularly and do a lot of searching. Below is a link to the EM-1 with added sound module. Loco just released in November and sound module a few days ago. SoundTraxx has the Bachmann 2-8-8-4, EM-1 CV's with three whistles listed.
    I bet the other new sound ones will show up pretty soon.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kfF3VbQTR8

    I would take time to search You Tube regulrly.

    Rich
     
    lexon, Dec 27, 2011
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  2. GN.2-8-8-0

    GN.2-8-8-0 TrainBoard Member

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    Its a shame Soundtrax didn't use the hooter whistle from the N&W 1218 instead of the B&O three chime, it would have been a much closer match to the prototype.
    the EM-1 had none of the whistles provided in the sound module.
     
    GN.2-8-8-0, Dec 28, 2011
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  3. lexon

    lexon TrainBoard Member

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    EM-1

    No idea if the whistle decision is made by SoundTraxx or Bachmann. I doubt we will ever know.
    Bachmann is run by bean counters.
    SoundTraxx , maybe some model railroaders but probably not the software people who do the sounds.
    A few are switching over to the TSU1000 heavy steam.

    Rich
     
    lexon, Dec 28, 2011
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  4. 6206_S1a

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    Has anyone here that runs straight DC have any problems with the locomotive wanting to stop, then start up again or stop entirely?
     
    6206_S1a, Dec 30, 2011
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  5. Flash Blackman

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    I saw one today for the first time running on DCC. Very nice engine. The owner said he had to install the sound module option. Easy to do.
     
    Flash Blackman, Dec 31, 2011
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  6. 6206_S1a

    6206_S1a TrainBoard Member

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    He had to install the sound module? Was it to solve running issues?
     
    6206_S1a, Dec 31, 2011
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  7. Flash Blackman

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    I don't understand much about this, but the owner said it came with a speaker and a decoder installed. He had to install the sound module in the tender. It is just a PC board that fits into place. If you don't ask for (purchase) sound, you don't get the engine with the PC board. The engine ran fine right out of the box. I saw that the slow speed capability was excellent. Excellent detail, too. I'll ask more when I see him today, hopefully.

    Also, he said the "chuff" sound and the drivers were well synchronized. He did not have to adjust it at all.
     
    Flash Blackman, Dec 31, 2011
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  8. lexon

    lexon TrainBoard Member

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    lexon, Dec 31, 2011
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  9. GN.2-8-8-0

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    Not the best video yet but heres mine with the stock sound mudule installed.sounds pretty much the same as Bachmanns H-4 2-6-6-2
    http://youtu.be/VKysxo0Hf1E
     
    GN.2-8-8-0, Jan 6, 2012
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  10. Tim Loutzenhiser

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    The only issue I have running on DC is that when in reverse, the front headlight pulsates like some kind of deranged Mars light! I do have an N scale dual mode decoder engine that acts the same way you describe unless the track is absolutely spotlessly clean.
     
    Tim Loutzenhiser, Jan 10, 2012
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