Railbus sound.........

Garden Railroading
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Hello folks,

I need some help finding a sound system for my (Aristocraft) Railbus. I can find places that have a listing for one, but it’s shown as “out of stock” (For quite a while, now). Does anyone have an inside track on one? (Looking to not spend a bunch, but will do what I gotta do…)

Thanks,

Richard

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I used a Zimo HO decoder (which will work on DC too), with the Galloping Goose sound… about the best sound I could find for this.

Greg

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Thanks Greg, I’ll look into it!

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SoundTraxx has a Tsunami sound decoder for the Rio Grande Southern Galloping Goose #5. You can listen to a sound sample on their web site.

http://www.soundtraxx.com

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Like a Phoenix, the Zimo uses programmable sounds, and the HO version is a motor decoder, light control, one reed sensor plus speaker and all for under $100.

I used this in my LGB rail truck.

Specs for MX645

3 watt with 4 ohm speaker load

1.5 amps motor current, 2.5 peak for 20 seconds

.8 amps function drive total

35 volt (50 volt AC peak) limit.

32 meg memory and 4 sound channels.

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The HO scale Tsunami is not a good choice in large scale, it’s very sensitive to voltage that is already too low for G scale, and the power rating is wrong… I got overvoltage and overheating errors on a tiny little loco, which draws much less than your Aristo…

I changed to a Zimo HO unit and did great… so it was not the loco…

Greg