Activating The Crewtalk Dialogue And Towercom Announcements In The Conventional Environment; Activating The Crewtalk Dialogue And Towercom Announcements In The Command Control Environment - Lionel 2-8-4 Berkshire Steam Locomotive and Tender Owner's Manual

RailSounds sound system operations
Activating the CrewTalk dialogue and TowerCom announcements in
the conventional environment
I n the conventional environment, CrewTalk dialogue and TowerCom announcements are
triggered by short whistle blasts and vary with the state of the locomotive.
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If the locomotive has been stopped for less than 30 seconds, a short whistle blast triggers a
"please standby" dialogue.
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If the locomotive has been stopped for longer than 30 seconds, a short whistle blast
triggers a "cleared outbound" dialogue.
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If the locomotive is moving, a short whistle blast triggers an "all clear ahead" dialogue.
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If the locomotive is moving with the bell activated, a short whistle blast triggers a "slow to
caution" dialogue.
Activating the CrewTalk dialogue and TowerCom announcements in
the Command Control environment
W ith the RailSounds 5.0 sound system, CrewTalk dialogue and TowerCom
announcements feature a variety of brief radio conversations between the engineer and
dispatcher. All dialogue is intelligible, and each comment is followed by at least one
automatic response.
CrewTalk dialogue is an engineer-initiated radio conversation with the dispatcher. TowerCom
announcements are a dispatcher-initiated radio conversation with the engineer. Be sure to
listen for the different combinations of words and phrases that comprise these exchanges.
Refer to Table 1 below for the dialogue commands.
Locomotive Commands Feature
AUX1, 2
AUX1, 7
Stopped 2
7
AUX1, 5
AUX1, 2
AUX1, 7
Moving 2
7
AUX1, 5
5
CrewTalk dialogue
TowerCom announcements
CrewTalk dialogue
TowerCom announcements
CrewTalk dialogue
TowerCom announcements
CrewTalk dialogue
TowerCom announcements
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Dialogue
"Please stand by for clearance"
"Cleared for departure"
"Signing off," shutdown sequence
"Clear inbound"
"All clear ahead"
"Emergeny stop," shutdown sequence
"Slow to caution"