German BR23 2-6-2
The steam locomotives of Class 23 were German passenger train locomotives developed in the 1950s for the Deutsche Bundesbahn. They had a 2-6-2 wheel arrangement and were equipped with Class 2'2' T 31 tenders. They were designed to replace the once ubiquitous Prussian P 8 engines that had been built between 1908 and 1924 and, in their day, were the most numerous post-war replacement class.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB_Class_23
Sound Projects
German BR23 2 6 2 steam engine sound scheme. Copyright (c) Barry T Gaskin August 2013
project:German BR23 2 6 2 steam
Author : Barry T Gaskin using Fred Miller's SPJHelper and Digitrax SoundLoader.
(A) Function Key Usage:
F0- Lights
F1- Short Whistle- leave F1 latched ON to allow automatic whistles on start
F2- Whistle
F3- Coal Shovel cycle- Leave F3 ON to allow automatic coaling set by CV147
F4- Vacuum pump manual ON (when moving)
F5- Water injector
F6- Steam Cylinder Blowdown
F7- Wheelslip
F8- Mute control, [F8 ON is muted.]
F9- Brake squeal
F10- Power Sander
F11- Power Greaser- When speed=0!
F12- Safety Steam Blowoff
Sound FX defined CV's: [decoder CV8=8 reset value in brackets]
CV58 Master Volume, 0-15, 0= max, (F8 used for Mute) [9]
CV60 Scheme select CV, 0=Steam, [0]
CV121 Software Version, MUST be 2 or higher [3] (Read Only Value)
CV122 Product TYpe, 12 = Digitrax SFX sound decoder Read Only Value
CV123 Hardware Version, 17= SDH104K1 decdoer Read Only Value
CV124 Flash Signature [2] (Read Only Value)
CV125 16KB free blocks [0] (Read Only Value)
CV126 FAT flags [7] (Read Only Value)
CV127 Internal Flags [0] (Read Only Value)
CV128 IPL counter [0] (Read Only Value)
CV133 Steam Chuff/CAM config, 128=>EXT cam, 1-127=>DRIVER dia in inches[72]
CV134 Steam gear ratio trim, 32=100% ratio, [32]
CV135 Volume when Muted 0-64 [0]
User configurable SoundCV's:
CV140 PRIME mover chuff vol 0-64 [60]
CV142 WHISTLE vol 0-64 [60]
CV143 Air features vol (popoff,drier,comp) 0-64 [30]
CV145 Coal/Sander vols 0-64 [40]
CV147 Coal Shovel rate, (1= about 2secs) 1-64 [50]
CV148 Water Injector rate [30]
CV149 Vacuum Pump rate [25]
CV150 Whistle Selector,0=std , 1=Playable volume [0]
CV152 Author ID Digitrax=0xDD/221 [221]
CV153 Project ID STD5 [18]
CV154 Steam Blowdown/Safety vol 0-64 [60]
CV160 Variant ID [4]
(C) General Notes
the steam sounds have been recordered using real sound from the original steam engine in action
Each engine we have recorded has a distinct 'personality', so a particular locomotive example may sound slightly different due to unique e.g. tappet, crank-rate shell vibrations and exhaust-stack, chuff differences. Horns and bells are often moved between locomotives.
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