Sountraxx Tsunami in an HO IHC oldtime 4-4-0

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I have pictures of my preliminary installation of a Soundtraxx Tsunami in an HO IHC 4-4-0 at:

http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/1879/locomotives/ihc_sound/

Thank you if you visit
Harold

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Looks a little tighter than your 2-8-0 conversions. Do you see a significant difference in performance between you MDC 2-6-0’s with sound and your 2-8-0 Tsunamis?

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The Tsunami in the MDC 2-8-0 is a real performance improvement over DC. It will drift if the throttle is left on 1.

The roundhouse/athearn 4-4-0 and the 2-8-0 both run well. The switching speeds of the Tsunami 2-8-0 are improved because of the smaller drivers of the 2-8-0. The sound is better with the Tsunami because it is a better decoder and has more options. I am still happy with the 4-4-0 sound.

Harold

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nice install !

how big a shoehorn did you use ?

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Try putting a speaker in the stack on these. A buddy of mine did and WOA! does it sound great. Model had a balloon stack and a round speaker fit right in.

I love to hear sound from the engine, even on tiny guys like these!

Rob