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Re: Bachmann J Class 4-8-4 is in stock at Trainworld.
« Reply #15 on: August 29, 2020, 08:19:45 AM »
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Anybody want to take this thing off my hands? I don't have any use for N&W steam on my layout.

$240 and it's all yours (10% off what I paid for it).

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Re: Bachmann J Class 4-8-4 is in stock at Trainworld.
« Reply #16 on: August 29, 2020, 01:00:05 PM »
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Sound...  is awful. Out of the box it was loud. I set CV 128 (master volume) to 32 before I was happy with the volume. The whistle sounds like a dying cow. I wish I could say it was the engine, but I found a youtube video that sounds similar enough that I'm afraid the real thing sounds like a dying cow, too.

The J class used 3 chime Hancock "Steamboat" whistle (also used on K and E class passenger locos), essentially the same as used on UP 4-8-4, 4-6-6-4, and 4-8-8-4 locos.

It should sound something like this:

http://uphs.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/836-833-Brighton-CO-Mar-1957-H-Fogg.mp3

or

http://www.columbusrailroads.com/new/audio/N&W%20K2%20122%20no7%20flag%20stop%20BR%20'57%20RW&W.mp3

Did Bachmann sound anything like those?  :D


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Re: Bachmann J Class 4-8-4 is in stock at Trainworld.
« Reply #17 on: August 29, 2020, 08:41:59 PM »
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Anybody want to take this thing off my hands?

Sold.