Bowser ALCo RS-3

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Hello,

in March 2019 i ordered ordered two of the then announced ALCo RS-3s from Bowser. In August 2022 one of the reserved units arrived at my dealer.






My first attempt to fit sound into the loco. Zimo has a new speaker type in their assortement. They use the same 13 x 18mm driver, but fit them into a new lower casing, so the whole speaker is of only 8mm height.
Beforehand said, i was not so amused; but listen yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZhzPfZZ_SY The translated text: "Flat sound capsules produce flat sound too."

#1861 is the new Bowser loco and #1806 is a old Atlas one.
Both locos have the same sound decoder Tsunami 2 installed.
Both locos have the same adjustments of the decoders; in real i paste the sound configurations of #1807 sounddecoder and copy it into #1861 sounddecoder. So they have the exact same CVs and configuration.
The only difference are the speakers.


This is one speaker of #1807 the Atlas ALCo, later i removed the flywheel and installed a second Zimo speaker of 13 x 18 x13mm size


My conclusion:
"Hubraum ist durch nichts zu ersetzen, ausser durch noch mehr Hubraum." (Old American wisdom)
My translation attempt: Cubic capacity can be replaced by nothing, except by still more cubic capacity.

I am going to put things right.


Lutz