Robert Bruninga via EV wrote:
What I'd really like to see is an EV sound box that sounds like some of the
extrordinary sounds collected in this Video.
Great arc-n-spark shows! :-)
My favorite EV sound effects were produced the monster General Electric
GG-1 electric locomotive. First built in 1934, they continued in service
until 1983.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad_class_GG1>
Here you have an EV with 12 AC motors that delivered 4600 HP
continuous-duty, or double that peak. It ran on 11,000V AC, and had a
top speed over 100 MPH.
I heard one operating in the late 1970's. Since it ran on 25 Hz AC (not
50 or 60 Hz), it had a deep subsonic throb that is hard to describe. The
switchgear to control all those motors also added its own precussive
effects. Add an occasional arc from the overhead pantograph, and you
have something right out of a science fiction movie.
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Obsolete (Ob-so-LETE). Adjective. 1. Something that is simple,
reliable, straightforward, readily available, easy to use, and
affordable. 2. Not what the salesman wants you to buy.
--
Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com
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