Also just released by Morning Sun is
“Northern Power in Color Volume 1:
Locomotives #1 to 2999”
by Stephen
M. Timko. Coverage includes motive
power from CB&Q, GN, NP, SP&S,
and SLSF, plus first-generation road
switchers built by Alco, Baldwin,
and EMD. Second-generation cover-
age includes GP35s and GP38s.
SoundTraxx
has introduced a new
decoder that brings sounds
to individual cars. The
Tsunami® SoundCar™ Digital
Sound Decoder™ can repli-
cate rolling stock sounds for
any scale from N through
G scale. The variety of sounds available include brake cylinders,
brake squeal, wheel clickety-clack, coupler clank and pin drop,
coupler release with glad hand separation, flange squeal, wheel
flat spots, reefer and passenger equipment generators, hand-
brake tie down and release, and emergency brake valve. Also
airhorns (Wabco E2, Nathan K5LA), air whistle (Hancock), and
bells (cast, electric, and gong) with adjustable ring rates for cab
cars and cabooses. The SoundCar™ also has four Hyperlight™-
equipped outputs for interior and exterior lights.
The universal-style decoder is said to be easy to install in virtu-
ally any scale and works with on-board 8-ohm speakers. The
SoundCar™ also includes a two-pin plug for optionally using
the SoundTraxx CurrentKeeper™ to maintain sounds and lights
