I am working with steam and wondered if any new N locos have come out in steam with factory DCC and Factory sound. I'm out of the loop for knowing whats on the market. I thought you guys would know. I might be forced to get a diesel which would fit into the late steam era if you could recommend a brand and name with factory DCC and factory sound. Any help would be great. Thanks Ron
If memory serves me correctly there are three N scale steamers with DCC and sound. The Athearn bigboy and challenger and the Walthers 2-8-8-2. Is that correct guys? I know of no new steamers in the works with sound.
I imagine soon there will be more, as the major brands have all felt-out sound and their decoders are often sold-out. I'd like to see a smaller wheelbase (pacific or mike) with factory sound, but maybe I am pipe dreaming....... I'll never have the curves to justify those beasts (and I am sure I am not alone in that!) so I'll keep a candle burning for Kato to retool
In the not too distant future, the Intermountain Cab Forward with Tsunami sound should be available. IIRC, they should be around by Xmas.
Maybe I should rephrase this a little. I want to add another loco to my track which is small and DCC run. I like steam and I have a N scale challenger, N Walthers 2-8-8-2, a Bachmann N Spectrum heavy mountain with a Digitrax DCC and sound decoder, and a Spectrum N N & W with a Tsunami 750 installed. Something else would be nice to add this year. A Stream loco is my favorite to add but if I find an easy install DCC and Sound diesel I would give it a shot. A factory install would be the way to go but if its a real simple DCC AND SOUND plug and play this would be OK. Maybe suggestions will be easier if I try an easy DCC sound install. Gotta be easy plug and play. My other installs were too much worry. Thanks Ron
