Survey say's

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Ed, F8 will turn off the sound on everything I have with sound.

Yep, I do that sometimes, but do have some great running loco's without sound that I run now and then - otherwise I just adjust the sound volume to an reasonable level and if it does get on my nerves, then I'll hit the F8 button. One feature that I get a kick out of on my Atlas loco's is pressing F3 with loco stopped and hear the brakeman pull the pin, then press F3 again as you pull away and hear the air hose's separate. Alway's gets a smile from visitors.