DCC Impulses Column - 2
1. UP freight at Red Rock AZ, January 8, 2010 - a pair
of mile-long freights meet. Bruce Petrarca photo.
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Caboose - Super-detail your caboose with a lighted interior
and exterior marker lights, perhaps even a fire flickering in
the stove.
Mechanical reefer - The sound of the refrigeration unit will
add interest to these fellas as they go past. The “generator
effect” can be programmed to cycle on and off as might be
needed to keep the car cool.
Modern freight cars - A FRED and operational sound from,
for example, a container car.
Passenger cars - Four sets of lights (salon, two bedrooms
and the kitchen, for example) can be controlled, as well as
the continuously running generator, or a cycling air condi-
tioning unit. All under DCC control.
Cab control cars - If you have a Tsunami-equipped locomo-
tive, you can wire the opposite end cab control car with a
SoundCar decoder and copy the locomotive program into
the sound car to handle the horn, bell and lights exactly as
the locomotive does. The braking function in the SoundCar
will mimic the response in the loco if they have the
same programming. I find that the Nathan K5LA sounds
like what I heard in the cab of the Sounder in San Diego
headed for Oceanside.
Let your creativity define more uses. There are some ideas
in a video done by Ken Patterson, who should be no stranger
to MRH readers. The video is on YouTube.
Let’s get into the details of the product. You may also wish to
visit the SoundTraxx site.
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2. SoundTraxx Tsunami SoundCar DCC decoder.
SoundTraxx photo.
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MRH-Sep 2014
