QUOTE (dbclass50 @ 7 Mar 2007, 21:54)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Good poll Peter - but you forgot electrics - & before anyone says "electrics - they only hum" - my DB 103 OHE (the Germans again) has the following sounds ;
"Clatter/chatter" of contactors (the real thing is an electro-mechanical beast as far as control goes - not much in the way of electronics) as it pulls away.
Motor whining
Horn (2 x types)
Compressor running (random or manual)
Brake squeal
Station announcement (in German, of course)
& probably a few more I hav'nt found yet.
I've got a few sound electrics which have between 9 and 13 functions, obviously HO as they have had sound for quite some time, there all sorts of features like station announcements in German and English, pantographs going up and down, door opening, doors closing, engineers radio in cab, couplers crashing and so on.
BTW, BLI do sound wagons so you canhave a cattle wagon with cattle sounds etc.
Oh and the Trix E03 has digitally controlled raising and lowering of pantographs as do a couple of Maerklin locos.