Jordan
Mid-Western Thunderer
Work in progress - now the pain of planning
I have come to the conclusion that there is nothing you can do that will quieten running. [/quote:1uw817jy]
Personally I think this "ideal" of quiet running is a bit of an illusion, not helped by seeing so many layouts on the Exhibition Circuit that appear to have very quiet running locos... but don't forget all the background noise (talking, the DCC/sound layouts, and the Trader selling videos who always plays one at top volume ) that masks the 'normal' running noises of the layout that you happen to be watching. Watched in a quiet room, that "quiet" layout would soon seem very noisy!!
Again my own opinion; but I quite like a bit of noise from a loco (and as Phill says, particularly coach & wagon wheels), and O scale is suited to producing some of the real noises even DCC can't really do, such as when a loco goes through pointwork - it helps to give an impression of the heft & weight of a train, much as I recall the noise (and vibration!) that heavy engines like Peaks and Hoovers made coming into B'ham New Street, back in the day....
Dikitriki said:[quote=""28ten"":1uw817jy]
while we ar on track work any thoughts on 'underlay'? I like quiet running !
I have come to the conclusion that there is nothing you can do that will quieten running. [/quote:1uw817jy]
Personally I think this "ideal" of quiet running is a bit of an illusion, not helped by seeing so many layouts on the Exhibition Circuit that appear to have very quiet running locos... but don't forget all the background noise (talking, the DCC/sound layouts, and the Trader selling videos who always plays one at top volume ) that masks the 'normal' running noises of the layout that you happen to be watching. Watched in a quiet room, that "quiet" layout would soon seem very noisy!!
Again my own opinion; but I quite like a bit of noise from a loco (and as Phill says, particularly coach & wagon wheels), and O scale is suited to producing some of the real noises even DCC can't really do, such as when a loco goes through pointwork - it helps to give an impression of the heft & weight of a train, much as I recall the noise (and vibration!) that heavy engines like Peaks and Hoovers made coming into B'ham New Street, back in the day....