cvacr
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Post by cvacr on Dec 16, 2019 8:00:21 GMT -8
Some Canadian Pacific cabooses had them, note louvers and exhaust stack at left end: canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=cp434038&o=cprailcanadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=cp434107&o=cprailGranted these like the MILW caboose shown above are quite different than the ICC caboose Athearn is modeling. Many other cabooses used axle-driven generators, but this shows at least some railroads liked to supply small diesel generators in the cabooses instead. You also had small signalling whistles to communicate to the engine before radios became common, but I don't know how many people would ever trigger such a feature. However, another feature of making it a sound decoder is that you can control the lighting effects via the decoder functions. Nice for cabooses that have built-in electric markers or inspection lights.
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Post by edwardsutorik on Dec 16, 2019 8:15:50 GMT -8
However, another feature of making it a sound decoder is that you can control the lighting effects via the decoder functions. Nice for cabooses that have built-in electric markers or inspection lights. Athearn is also offering these cars with non-sound decoders. So you can control your electric markers or inspection lights without the need for a sound decoder. Ed
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Post by brakie on Dec 17, 2019 2:10:40 GMT -8
There's another sound I forgot.. The caboose whistle which we used for grade crossings while making long reverse moves.. Of course at unprotected crossings we had to stop and manually flag the crossing with a red flag in during the day and a fusee at night.
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