Time to get the old brass three truck shay updated. What decoder will give the best sound for the three cylinder, high speed sound of the shay? I don’y want it to sound like a Mikado.
Look at this one.
http://www.gatewaynmra.org/dcc/engines/bach-shay.htm
More in concerning the decoder.
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=TH150DP&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8
Rich
Litchfield Station put a Micro Tsunami in my Bachmann 3 truck Shay and it sounds Fantastic!!!
The Standard Tsunami, 1 amp current, and the Micro-Tsunami 0.75 amp, both come in a light logging version.
Light Logging - includes a collection of whistles and sounds suitable for installation in geared and light logging locomotives such as the shay, climax, heisler and other small engines. Whistles included are:
| - Westside Lumber Co. Shay #14 - Westside Lumber Co. Shay #12 - Heisler - Peanut whistle - D&RGW Single Chime |
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Check your Shay current draw.
I buy all my stuff from Litchfield, no shipping charge over $50.00.
Rich
One thing to keep in mind is that a Bachmann Shay is equipped with sound trigger microswitches for the fast-paced chuff of a Shay, but your brass locomotive is not going to be so equipped, and it will be extremely difficult to time a brass shay’s chuff without these internal microswitches.
Art,
Shays have so many ‘chuffs’ as they move - they sound like there doing 60,and are only doing 5-10 mph. Most steam souind decoders have an adjustment to ‘time’ the chuffs. Just set it so it pleases you, and run it slow!
Jim
Loksound do a shay sound for their decoders. I haven’t loaded it on to a decoder to hear it fully, but from the programer software the exhaust beats sounds are close together like a real shay, and the other sounds seem quite good. I have found that the engine/steam sounds often sound better in the decoder. When I get around to fitting my logging layout with DCC I’ll use these decoders, too busy doing my modern UP layout for now.
Mike Ruby