Thanks for the kind comments guys.
Erkut, I wouldn't have thought it pulled the Orient Express on a regular basis as it was a Prussian loco and the OE tended to go through Bavaria but it may well have done at some point when the Belgians ran it.
Peter, it is quite possible. They tended to be more willing to experiment in the early days and many unusual locos were tried.
Here are some clips to allow you to hear the sound decoder on the S9. I'm still uploading them as they take around four hours but only have two to go so you can enjoy most of them now.
The first one goes through all the functions in sequence.
The second one has the loco moving away at slow speed.
Another one of the loco moving off.
One of the loco moving along at a middle speed.
Continuing along at a middle speed.
One of the loco moving at slow speed. Gives a view the the upper section of the loco and coaches.
Upper section again from a different angle.
This one demonstrates the change in sound when backing off on the throttle.
This one demonstrates the braking sound when going from high speed to an abrupt halt.
