Well Jim, since the telegrapher's were close by you perhaps could have
gotten them to put together some better sounds for you. Telegrapher's
themselves are getting pretty rare--when is the last time anybody has
sent something by Western Union that actually went by wire? Anyway, I
liked the sound effect.
And speaking of sounds and our departed friend Jesse Bennett. When I
last visited his layout he played a video that Lee Johnson (I think) had
shot. Occasionally there was a clacking sound. Jesse thought there was
something wrong with the video. I said no--that's your twin coil switch
machine firing! The sound of the solenoid can be pretty loud sometimes.
Now we come to the turntable--is there a published article on how to
build them someplace. I certainly don't have all the magazines stashed
away but I don't recall anything about them.
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
On 11/7/10 1:07 PM, Jim and Cheryl Martin wrote:
>
> Hi Bob:
>
> There's a telegraph sound chip in the station. It always sounds like
> an 800
> pound gorilla is pounding out a message, and when I run trains past
> the station
> I often find myself looking to see which car is bumping along the
> ties. At the
> Lindsay show where this footage was taken, a telegraphers' hobby group
> was set
> up beside us. They informed us the "urgent" message was nothing more than
> gibberish.
>
> We have two 3-track train turntables ready to use whenever needed.
> Much as we
> enjoy the flexibility of FreeMo, at public train shows we want to keep
> the
> trains moving back and forth as quickly as possible. We decided on
> turntables
> rather than reverse loops because of the space saving. I guess not too
> many
> layouts this side of the Atlantic employ such tricks, because the
> turntables
> themselves attract a lot of attention.
>
> Jim
>
> ________________________________
>
> Two questions...was there a sound chip in the station with a telegraph
> sound? Was that some kind of whole train turntable and the end of the
> line? Looks interesting for sure.
>
> Bob Werre
> BobWphoto.com
> >
>
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>
>
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