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Best Traction Sound EMU/DMU/DEMU?

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Which train in your opinion has the best traction sound EMU and DMU/DEMU Or Tube stock?
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For me EMU - 350/390
DMU - 221,220
Tube Stock - 09TS
 
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I like the 323. It can serve as a reminder to leg it up the ramp to the platform!
 
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The 323 definitely has the most comical sound ever.

I absolutely love the engine sound on class 104s.

Does anyone else think 350s and other desiros sound like the alien spaceships from the 1950s version of War of the Worlds?
 
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Tube: 1938 Stock
EMU: Class 405 / 415
DMU: Class 117
locomotive: Class 55


Overseas: MS61 Stock on Paris RER Line A - best traction sound in the World!:)
 
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MK Tom said:
The 323 definitely has the most comical sound ever.

I absolutely love the engine sound on class 104s.

Does anyone else think 350s and other desiros sound like the alien spaceships from the 1950s version of War of the Worlds?
Click to expand...

The 350s etc drive systems do sound strange, but there is a reason for it...

It's to do with cooling and RFI suppression if you're interested...
 
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365s do have a very musical sound. Much more refined than the likes of 317s that just scream
 
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Have to say, Alstom's IBGT drives sound much more boring that Siemens', if I'm thinking right Hitachi's IGBT arrays sound boring too...
 
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DMU: Has to be the Class 150! :wub:
EMU: Class 323
Loco: Class 43 with Valenta!
 
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DMU: Voyagers (sorry, h8rs :lol:),
EMU: 323, and certain brands of Tube stock

And i know we're not talking about locos here, but best sounding of all: the Russian TE116. check it out on YouTube some time.
 
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For those who aren't fermilliar with the 323's sound...
[youtube]JOxEILu3770[/youtube]

The screaming being the motor drives, and the buzzing at exactly 50Hz is supprise supprise, the transfomer ;)
 
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They use a similar switching scheme as the 323, Networkers and 1996 stock, but make use of IGBTs rather than GTOs, so switch at a higher frequency, since IGBTs are a lot easyer to turn off then GTOs.
 
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EMU- 380
DMU- 158 with Cummins, closely followed by 185
Loco- 92 and 66
 
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A 180 at full chat with turbos screaming away or the low purr when cruising. I quite like the sound of a 390 when pulling away too. For a DEMU it has to be a Thumper.
 
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