Appropriate sound file for Kato UP FEF loco?

[peteski]

Looking at the sound files in http://www.qsisolutions.com/#!quantum-revolution-ho-files/ct5x which one would be a best one for the FEF?  Possibly the one for the UP Mountain loco? Is the whistle correct?  Other suggestions?

[peteski]

Hmmm...I find it difficult to believe that we don't have any members intimately familiar with UP steam engines. 

Maybe I should rephrase the question. Is there a specific type of a whistle used by these engines?  What is it?
As far as the rest of the sounds go, I think I'll be happy with any non-articulated engine sound.  But the whistle sound is quite distinctive and important.

[jdcolombo]

Hi Peteski.

Been doing some research.

The correct whistle for the FEF is the UP Hancock 3-chime.

http://uphs.org/the-streamliner/streamliner-extra/hancock-long-bell-3-chime-whistle-recordings/

The above link indicates that this whistle was used on the FEF, Challenger and Big Boy locomotives, but it does not say whether earlier UP locos used this whistle (the implication is that it wasn't used on earlier locomotives).

The best rendition of the UP whistle I've heard is the Tsunami Heavy Steam.   The ESU LokSound Big-Boy file also has a pretty good one, but not as good as the Tsunami (although my understanding is that ESU is working on an FEF-specific sound file).   If the sound file in question has a "Challenger" or "Big Boy" whistle, it should also be correct for the FEF.

John C.

[peteski]

Thanks John. The plot thickens.
QSI has several UP challenger and BigBoy sound files. They use several different whistles. They call them: B1aBeg, Big1Beg, Daybeg, 844. The only non-articulated UP steam engine listed at QSI uses a whistle called K4. 

Google searches of those whistle names weren't very helpful.  I did find https://sites.google.com/site/q2sounds/  but QSI revamped their website and the links are dead.