Getting Real Column - 11
22: The Rock Island switcher that services the Kansas City
Power & Light building.
Creek Sounds:
A speaker located beneath Spavinaw Creek will
play the soothing sound of water flowing over stones.
Sugar Mill:
I will be modeling a Godchaux Sugar mill at
Rhodessa, Louisiana using the Walthers’ Greatland Sugar Mill kit.
The speaker will be located in the mill building. The sound track
was created from sounds recorded at a vintage steam-powered
sugar mill that operated on St. Kitts Island, in the Caribbean.
Downtown Shreveport, Louisiana:
the speaker for this
sound track will be hidden behind Shreveport Union Depot.
Since the depot was located at street level, it needs street
sounds. This sound track will include both downtown
sounds and train sounds.
Trolley Bell:
two automated trolley loops will run in the streets
to the east of Kansas City Union Station. An electronic circuit
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MRH-Jun 2013
