Put your cursor over the "Sound Sets" label to the left and select the desired
Sound Set Group.
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Click on the blue underlined number to hear the sound clip.
| Due to the nature of the browser, you can select several sound sets of
interest and hop around amoung them playing one after another to decide what
you want most for your loco, just by clicking on the tabs. In fact, if
you are quick (or impatient), you can get more than one locos' sounds
overlayed.
Use the left most tab to return to this page, i.e. don't back up.
Ues the circle at the right edge of each tab to remove the unwanted sound set.
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| QS-3000 Demo | Listen to the new sound effects offered in all QS-3000 Sound Systems.
Some are automatic. Others are Operator activated.
Add more fun to your play time.
All the baggage sounds are sequenced in this recording. However, randomizations of the choices means that you will not hear the same ones over and over, rather a different unpredictable group will be played in an unprdictable sequencing pattern each time PFA is activated, contributing to the realism & forever bringing an end to annoying repetitiveness.
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| FYS (typical) | PFA (typical) |
P = PFA choice available
F = FYS choice available
QS2p: PFA = "Northbound Express", FYA = Loco & Freight Yard Sounds
QS-3000: PFA = "Central Ltd.", FYA = Loco & Freight Yard Sounds
To better appreciate the "Northbound Express" announcement,
Railroads treated their home trains running either North or East as being "Northbound"
and their home trains running either South or West as being "Southbound".
"Eastbound" was reserved for other-road trains running either North or East.
"Westbound" was reserved for other-road trains running either South or West.
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Sound set # - Engine Name
Use prefix QS2p or QS3
to select system.
| Cab Chatter (typical) | Sound Set Descriptions
Diesel Locomotives
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-100 ALCO-Early Diesel
| -100 | P, F: Older ALCO diesel sound & train control system with digital
ALCO two-chime diesel horn, mechanical bell, & early ALCO engine.
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-101 ALCO-Late Diesel
| -101 | P, F: Modern ALCO diesel sound & train control system with digital
ALCO two-chime diesel horn, mechanical bell, & modern ALCO engine.
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-102 Baldwin Early Dsl
| -102 | P, F: Older Baldwin Diesel sound and train control system with digital
Baldwin diesel horn, mechanical bell and Baldwin engine roar and
start-up.
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-103 EMD Early Diesel
| -103 | P, F: Older EMD diesel sound system & train control system with
digital single-chime diesel horn, mechanical bell & EMD diesel
engine roar.
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-104 EMD Late Diesel
| -104 | P, F: Modern EMD diesel sound and train control system with digital
3-chime diesel horn, mechanical bell and EMD diesel engine roar.
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-105 FM Early Diesel
QS3k only.
| No Snd Byte
| F: Early edition FM diesel sound & train control system with
digital single-chime diesel horn, mechanical bell & opposed piston
FM motor.
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-106 FM Late Diesel
| -106 | P, F: Later edition FM diesel sound & train control system with
digital single-chime diesel horn, mechanical bell & opposed piston
FM motor.
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-107 GE Early Diesel
| -107 | P, F: Older GE diesel sound and train control system with digital single-chime diesel horn, mechanical bell and GE diesel motor.
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-111 GE Early Diesel II
| -111 | P, F: New authentic, rumbling GE diesel motor and engine sounds. Uses
same horn and bell as -107. Designed for older GE diesels.
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-108 GE Late Diesel
| -108 | P, F: Modern GE diesel sound and train control system with digital five-chime diesel horn, mechanical bell and GE diesel motor.
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-109 F3 Diesel
| -109 | P, F: Authentic F3 single chime deep horn, mechanical diesel bell, F3 motor sounds with distinctive F3 motor start-up sequence.
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-110 E-8 Diesel
| -110 | P, F: Authentic E-8 horn, mechanical diesel bell, motor sounds recorded from E class engines at Illinois Railway Museum.
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-200 Electric
| -200 | P, F: New, improved, stunningly realistic traction motor sounds that
change with engine speed. Single chime horn, mechanical bell, fans with
adjustable volume.
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-202 GG-1 Electric
| -202 | P, F: New, improved, stunningly realistic traction motor sounds that
change with engine speed. Awesome, authentic GG-1 horn, GG-1 mechanical
bell, cooling fans with adjustable volume.
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-203 EP-5 Electric
QS2p only
| -203 | P: The authentic EP-5 hand-cocked air whistle and EP-5 jet fan make this the best EP-5 engine sounds available today. Includes stunningly realistic traction motor sounds that change with engine speed.
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The 6 steamer neutral sounds, mixed in with other loco sounds.
| Steam Neutral Snds |
Steam Locomotives
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-300 Small Steam I
In 2p: P only
| -300 | P, F:
Generic small steam loco sound & train control system with single-chime authentic steam switcher digital whistle, pull bell & chuffing.
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-301 Small Steam II
| -301 | P, F: Generic small steam loco sound & train control system with different single chime authentic steam switcher digital whistle, pull
bell & chuffing.
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-302 Mid Steam I
| -302 | P, F: Mid size steam loco sound and train control system with our
original QS-1 mid steam digital Pacific whistle, mechanical bell and
mid-steam chuffing sounds.
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-303 Mid Steam II
| -303 | P, F: Mid steam loco sound and train control with new Heartland whistle, mechanical bell and mid steam chuffing sounds.
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-304 Big Steam I
| -304 | P, F: Big steam loco sound & train control system w/ authentic
digital northern five-chime whistle, mechanical bell & chuffing
sound.
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-305 Big Steam II
| -305 | P, F: Breathtakingly authentic mid-range Y6B whistle, mechanical bell and very realistic chuffing sounds.
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-306 PRR Small Steam
| -306 | P, F: Authentic Pennsy small steam loco sound and train control system
with authentic Pennsy whistle, pull bell and chuffing sounds.
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-307 PRR Mid Steam
In 2p, P only
| -307 | P, F: PRR mid steam loco sound and train control includes authentic digital Pennsy whistle, bell and chuffing sounds.
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-308 PRR Big Steam
In 2p, P only
| -308 | P, F: PRR big steam loco sound and train control system with authentic
digital Pennsy whistle, mechanical bell and chuffing sounds.
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-309 GS-4 Big Steam
2P only. Demonstrates
Steam Neutral sounds
Also see 315 & 316
| -309 | P: SP GS-4 steam loco sound and train control system with authentic
digital SP whistle, bell and chuffing sounds recorded from 4449
Daylight.
The QS2p AM -309 has the throaty riverboat whistle (sounds like it has some water in it), as heard after the GS4 4449 restoration.
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-310 Hudson Steam
| -310 | P, F: Hudson steam loco sound and train control system with authentic
digital NYC whistle, mid steam chuffing, and mechanical bell. Excellent
alternative to Mid Steam I and II.
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-311 FEF Big Steam
In 2p, P only
| -311 | P, F: UP FEF steam loco sound and train control system with authentic
UP Northern five-chime digital whistle, big steam chuffing &
mechanical bell.
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-312 N&W Big Steam
| -312 | P, F: N&W J steam loco sound and train control system with
authentic N&W Northern five-chime whistle, mechanical bell, big
chuffing sounds and distinctive “J” air pump sounds.
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-313 Pennsy Banshee Steam
| -313 | P, F: Authentic, eerie whistle found in some K4 Pacific and M1a
Mountain class locomotives. Different whistle endings make whistle even
more believable. Authentic pull bell and chuffing sounds.
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-314 Toy Train
In 2p only, P only
| -314 | Authentic Classic Toy Train Chuff, Whistle, Bell, Eunit buzz,
and an excellent period time piece PFA.
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-315 GS-4 SP-I
In 2p & 3K, P only
Snd Byte is Horn Demo
| -315 | P, F: New SP GS-4 steam authentic loco sounds. Press horn button while
the train is running. At high speed the air horn blows. At low speed
the whistle blows or program it for whistle only or horn only. The -309 whistle is used.
The QS2p AM -315 & the QS-3000 AM -315 & 316 have the clear river boat whistle.
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-316 GS-4 SP-II
QS-3000 only
| Sound Byte not available
| P: All features of -315 plus PFA = SP's "The Coaat Daylight".
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Articulated and Compound Locomotives
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-401 Mid Mallet I
| -401 | P, F; Mid Mallet steam loco sound & train control system w/ our QS-1 medium whistle, mechanical bell & dual mid-steam chuffing sounds.
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-402 Mid Mallet II
| -402 | P, F; Mid Mallet steam loco sound & train control system w/ our
Heartland steam whistle, mechanical bell & dual mid-steam chuffing.
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-403 Big Mallet I
| -403 | P, F; Big Mallet loco sound and train control system with authentic 4-8-8-4 Big Boy whistle, bell and dual big chuffing sounds.
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-404 Big Mallet II
In 2p, P only
| -404 | P, F: Breathtakingly authentic mid-range Y6B whistle, mechanical bell and very realistic articulated chuffing sounds.
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-405 SP Mallet
| -405 | P, F; SP Cab Forward articulated loco sound & train control system
with whistle, bell, big dual chuffing sounds plus distinctive,
authentic SP steam air pumps.
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-406 PRR Duplex
In 2p, P only
| -406 | P, F: Pennsy duplex steam loco sound and train control system with
authentic Pennsy whistle, mechanical bell and dual chuffing sounds.
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-407 PRR Duplex II
In 2p, P only
| -407 | P, F: New Pennsy duplex authentic steam loco sounds. Press horn button
while the train is running. At high speed the horn blows. At low speed
the whistle blows or program it for whistle only or horn only.
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-410 PRR S-2 Steam Turbine
2p only
| -410 | P, F; Pennsylvania Rail Road S-2 Turbine loco sound includes authentic Pennsy whistle, mechanical bell and distinctive turbine whooshig sounds.
Note: ProtoSounds1 can be modified to accept any QS2p chip.
The S-2 sound set is missing in the MTH lineup.
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-500 UP Gas turbine
2p only
| -500 | F: Gas Turbine loco sound includes accurate "whoosing" sounds of escaping gas plus turbine whine. Motor sound for Cumings diesel engine.
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