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Conventional transformer operations
Using the LEGACY RailSounds sound system in the conventional environment
Activating the CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements
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hen you first power up your locomotive, you will hear the sounds of the locomotive at rest. As the loco-
motive moves, the RPM sounds automatically increase with the locomotive’s speed. In the conventional
environment, the whistle and bell sounds are activated by your transformer controls, if so equipped.
In the conventional environment, you will experience several features of the LEGACY RailSounds sound
system.
• DynaChuff.
Your locomotive's speed automatically determines the character of the chuffing sounds. At
low speeds, the chuffing sounds are longer. When you highball down the mainline, the chuffing intensity
becomes more percussive.
• MultiWhistle.
A different whistle sound at different speeds.
• Mechanical bell.
Press BELL on your transformer to begin the effect, then press BELL a second time to
discontinue the effect.
• CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements.
These brief conversations between the train
crew and the tower are triggered by short whistle blasts.
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n the conventional environment, CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements are triggered by short
whistle blasts and vary with the state of the locomotive.
• If the locomotive has been stopped for less than 15 seconds, a short whistle blast triggers a “please
standby” dialog.
• If the locomotive has been stopped for longer than 15 seconds, a short whistle blast triggers a
“cleared outbound” dialog.
• If the locomotive has started moving within the last seven seconds, a short whistle blast will trigger a
"train is underway" dialog.
• If the locomotive has been moving for more than seven seconds, a short whistle blast will trigger a
"are we clear?" dialog.
Locking your locomotive into a single direction
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hen the Command reverse unit switch is in the RUN position, your locomotive sequences through a
repeating pattern of operations: forward, neutral, reverse, neutral, and so on.
To “lock” your locomotive into a single direction (for example, to operate in forward only), you can
deactivate the Command reverse unit’s sequencing function.
1. Use your transformer’s DIRECTION button or interruptions in track power to get
your locomotive moving slowly in the desired direction or into neutral.
2. Slide the Command reverse unit switch to the PGM position. At this point, the
locomotive is “locked” into your chosen direction. See Figure 5 on page 8 for the
location of this switch.
To restore the forward-neutral-reverse sequence, just slide the Command reverse unit switch back to
the RUN position.
