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From idle to Run 8: one thing a first generation diesel can do is make noise, plenty of it. This run was uphill with one locomotive dead in tow to really make the 251 work.
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Inc., asked me to join him and Bill Schneider at the New York & Lake Erie R.R. to record their FPA-4’s for a future DCC sound decoder. Arriving at nine in the morning, introductions were made and everyone (but me) quickly got to work. Me? I watched, got cab rides and remembered why we like like these ma- chines so much. The photos and captions tell most of
the story. Jason wanted to record the locomotive at idle and working hard. Dragging a 130-ton locomotive around took care of that. With NY&LE presi- dent Rob Dingman at the throttle we made run after run on a 2.5 percent grade, holding each notch for about
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10-20 seconds, as well as quick idle to Run 8 accelerations. A harding work- ing locomotive? Yup. Loud, too. By lunch Jason had most of what he needed, so I asked him “Now what?” Editing comes next. It consists of choosing sound snippets for each throt- tle position, then splicing them togeth- er with slight overlaps in both speed directions. When a modeler increases or decreases the speed, the sound changes will be seamless. Ancillary sounds are added, too. Oh. It involves more than that, of course,
but we get to enjoy the results, and this part really is easy: just pull back the throttle, watch and listen: “Ga-rrrarrgh” and more. Sound is great!—BILL S.
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