Popular Post Warbonnet Posted July 17, 2023 Popular Post Posted July 17, 2023 Hi everyone, After much pain, suffering and wild goose chases, we are delighted to announce that finally(!) we have a sound chip for the Crossley powered A Class locomotives! These consist of: A1 A12 A15 A30 A42 A46 A55 This is thanks to a rare recording unearthed in recent months and sent onto us. ESU have worked their magic and created a full fat sound chip to finally unleash the potential of these locos. We will have a proper, nice video of these in the next week or so, but here is a rough and ready thrash in the meantime (and before anyone says it; Yes, we know it's an EMD model, but it was all our sound man had to hand!) IMG_7495.MOV Whatsmore, these decoders are now IN STOCK and ready to order via our website for immediate dispatch right here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/dcc-decoders/products/a-class-crossley-sound-decoder Cheers! Fran 15 1 4 Quote
Georgeconna Posted July 17, 2023 Posted July 17, 2023 I am no expert in Crossley noises but a nice bit of sound there for sure. Liking it batter than the re engined ones tgb. 2 Quote
Westcorkrailway Posted July 17, 2023 Posted July 17, 2023 How was the sound aquired in the end? From the Australian locomotive or made from scratch? 1 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted July 17, 2023 Posted July 17, 2023 That sound is just awesome!!!!! Fair play for finding a way, never doubted you guys. Was it taken from a video clip and cleaned up? Whatever it was, it's lovely to listen to. 1 Quote
Warbonnet Posted July 17, 2023 Author Posted July 17, 2023 12 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said: How was the sound aquired in the end? From the Australian locomotive or made from scratch? Quote This is thanks to a rare recording unearthed in recent months and sent onto us. ESU have worked their magic and created a full fat sound chip to finally unleash the potential of these locos. As above! Audio recording from the 1960s. 4 1 1 Quote
NIRCLASS80 Posted July 17, 2023 Posted July 17, 2023 Sounds great. Thankfully I haven’t a model for one! 1 Quote
John-r Posted July 17, 2023 Posted July 17, 2023 Not working for me, saying unavailable or may have been moved. Quote
ttc0169 Posted July 17, 2023 Posted July 17, 2023 Duly ordered-Locomotive A1 has been stored in the works for far too long awaiting an ''engine'' Looking forward to the trials later in the week. Well done IRM 7 Quote
John-r Posted July 17, 2023 Posted July 17, 2023 13 minutes ago, John-r said: Not working for me, saying unavailable or may have been moved. Panic over, just heard it on Facebook, what a sound, fantastic, well done to all involved. 1 1 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted July 17, 2023 Posted July 17, 2023 3 hours ago, ttc0169 said: Duly ordered-Locomotive A1 has been stored in the works for far too long awaiting an ''engine'' Looking forward to the trials later in the week. Well done IRM Roll on an early Tara Junction video this week! 5 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 Shipping notification early this morning. That was quick! 1 1 Quote
skinner75 Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 Sounds great! I pulled the trigger on both the Crossley and EMD variants for the A Class this morning 3 Quote
Sean Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 2 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said: Shipping notification early this morning. That was quick! should be there in time for winter 2 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 8 minutes ago, Sean said: should be there in time for winter ...IF I'm lucky, you mean! Still waiting for my Bus Eireann MetroRiders! Quote
Noel Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 Thank you duly ordered. Looking forward to running my green and black A classes with these 2 Quote
leslie10646 Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 I started to run the video on my iPad and had to stop when I got complaints about the noise interrupting Swiss Air Defences! Sounds great will order one for A30. well done 1 Quote
skinner75 Posted July 19, 2023 Posted July 19, 2023 Chips arrived this morning! Super-fast delivery!! 3 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted July 20, 2023 Posted July 20, 2023 23 hours ago, skinner75 said: Chips arrived this morning! Super-fast delivery!! Looks like An Post collected mine yesterday evening and it left Portlaoise this morning. Probably sitting in Heathrow at the moment, so probably get to the big CAM4 customs firewall in Madrid this evening or tomorrow. Quote
Sean Posted July 20, 2023 Posted July 20, 2023 (edited) where it will sit until christmas? man im borderline annoyed that stuff i ordered yesterday wasnt sitting in the postbox this morning. Edited July 20, 2023 by Sean 1 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted July 20, 2023 Posted July 20, 2023 33 minutes ago, Sean said: where it will sit until christmas? man im borderline annoyed that stuff i ordered yesterday wasnt sitting in the postbox this morning. Ah, it won't be that bad once it has a CN23. Sits at CAM4 for a few days while they fill the container for Las Canarias. Once that's full, it gets trucked down to La Huelva, then onto the boat for here. Boat takes two days. Then Canarian customs will sort it all, and send me a letter asking for the invoice, blah blab blah by email. Probably only takes a week to get the letter after the boat docks. Then send them the invoice and stuff by email, wait a week for them to email me the bill with tax and handling fees, pay that, then wait another week for them to deliver. Four weeks and I'll have them. LOL, next day delivery, you don't know how lucky you are! The exception is if the CN23 is missing. Then CAM4 return it to the sender, never gets here. Pencil pushing jobsworths in Madrid rarely ever miss a trick. 2 Quote
Sean Posted July 20, 2023 Posted July 20, 2023 4 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said: LOL, next day delivery, you don't know how lucky you are! ya but you get unlimited sun and bud clubs so its a fair trade off Postman came in the end. he was just late LOL 1 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted July 21, 2023 Posted July 21, 2023 16 hours ago, Sean said: ya but you get unlimited sun and bud clubs so its a fair trade off Postman came in the end. he was just late LOL My decoder left Heathrow near midnight last night! 2 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted July 21, 2023 Posted July 21, 2023 Full marks to the IRM team for no doubt undertaking a lot of work to bring these undoubtedly elusive sounds to us! Three of my 4 A class are original Crossley-engined locomotives, but so far, I have only bought one of the new decoders. From my very limited experience of installing these, I’m guessing the fragile nature of the pins makes it inadvisable to regularly swap decoders between locomotives? 1 1 Quote
BosKonay Posted July 21, 2023 Posted July 21, 2023 Just now, Patrick Davey said: Full marks to the IRM team for no doubt undertaking a lot of work to bring these undoubtedly elusive sounds to us! Three of my 4 A class are original Crossley-engined locomotives, but so far, I have only bought one of the new decoders. From my very limited experience of installing these, I’m guessing the fragile nature of the pins makes it inadvisable to regularly swap decoders between locomotives? They are very sturdy really, and if one breaks, send it back for a replacement Quote
ttc0169 Posted July 21, 2023 Posted July 21, 2023 The Crossley engine fitted sound chip in action in locomotive A1 on Tara junction. 8 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted July 24, 2023 Posted July 24, 2023 (edited) My decoder is being "assessed" by Customs in Madrid today after arriving from Heathrow... So does that mean that they're assessing the parcel to bill me for the contents, or that they've steamed the glue open and are assessing the decoder itself in one of their own A Classes? Edited July 24, 2023 by DJ Dangerous Quote
ttc0169 Posted July 24, 2023 Posted July 24, 2023 2 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said: My decoder is being "assessed" by Customs in Madrid today after arriving from Heathrow... So does that mean that they're assessing the parcel to bill me for the contents, or that they've steamed the glue open and are assessing the decoder itself in one of their own A Classes? Well it is going to a “dangerous”person. 1 Quote
Irishrailwayman Posted July 24, 2023 Posted July 24, 2023 On 21/7/2023 at 11:20 AM, BosKonay said: They are very sturdy really, and if one breaks, send it back for a replacement The 21 pins can easily be bent making replacement of decoders tricky... Quote
Noel Posted July 24, 2023 Posted July 24, 2023 Looking forward to driving some of these when I get back home in a few weeks. Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted July 25, 2023 Posted July 25, 2023 19 hours ago, ttc0169 said: Well it is going to a “dangerous”person. As of half eleven this morning, my decoder is "about to start" customs assessment. They must really like the sound if they're gonna spend another day playing with it! 1 Quote
Warbonnet Posted July 27, 2023 Author Posted July 27, 2023 Hi everyone, Just a message to extend a massive thanks to everyone who purchased our sound decoders, almost 70% of them have now sold so they have proven very popular indedd! Don't miss out on yours here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/dcc-decoders Cheers! Fran 1 1 Quote
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