my first sound locos were the Revolution Pendo's, it was also the purchase of these which made me consider and then move to DCC.
Whilst I have a few sound loco's, I tend to agree with a number of others, it does get annoying after a while.
Last night at the club we had a HO member running 3 large US diesels and he was told in no uncertain term to shut the f****** things up after a while.

There was an incident here back then when Australia's music guru Molly Meldrum clocked him one. I found that immensely amusing.

There's seven of them at Chez Bealman and that's always happening. Bloody annoying, but as Mick says, better safe than sorry.

I too, am not bothered in the least about the sound of electric toy trains, even if they're kettles. Reminds me of the Triang days of my yoof!

I run DC, no sound.
I have a friend who models the devil's gauge and all his stuff is sound. If he's running three trains at once I find it very distracting, almost disorientating.
We visited a mutual pal who runs N, DC. He has some sound fitted DCC locos and was running his Kato Big Boy, and that bell clanging away all the time was quite irritating, if I'm honest.
I don't think I'll be bothering with sound, somehow.
Each to their own, though.

I recall he appealed more to females than males, and I'm talking purely music wise

The opposite here. I used to like Boz Scaggs back in the day, but now I can't stand him.

Quote from: LASteve on February 19, 2026, 05:43:28 AMI'd never heard of (or heard) a Spirax Valve prior to my Legomanbiffo CL33 project. Now I know what one is, and I assume an approximation of what it sounds like, but there is a little element of "what's the point" on that one!

Hi there,

The popping of Spirax valves is primarily for those with MPDs as in reality if you walk around any group of stabled diesel locos it is a sound you'll hear a lot!

cheers

Ben A.

And a happy birthday from me! Looking forward to receiving a bit of cake - if Mable hasn't eaten it all!

Cheers,

Tim

Happy birthday youngster

(92 in 5 weeks here)