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Baldwin prime movers tended to sound like a clattering old tractor needing tappet adjustment, even at speed. (I have a cassette in a drawer somewhere from when I recorded Trona's Baldwins in 1972 or 3. Once you "hear through" the wind noise from the un-socked mic, the clatter is unmistakable.) The question with the "proper" Centipede sound is what four clattering PMs are going to sound like beyond a blurry mechanical cacophony. At least the BLI horn sounds about right for the period, so we can give them that.
You guys are getting awfully good at arm-twisting! But, my credit card is anticipating a big hit next month with the M1s...assuming they arrive.
You know you want to...
Heh, I can't wait to see the look on your face, Dave, when a Centipede snags a tunnel portal on the Juniata Division. DFF
You know I'm going to do a thread on detailing my SAL unit, yes? And, you know you are going to read that and want one yourself.
In the prototype photos and video you folks posted, I noticed that sometimes the unit with the trainphone antennas is the trailing unit. Was the engineer in the lead unit able to use the phone via some connection to the other unit with the antennas on the roof? One would not want to run these the wrong way at a train show!
What are the dimensions of your layout? I rather like this idea.