ConRail #5649, SD60

This big diesel engine was built in August 1996, the recording was made in September 1996
when it was 1 month old.

The following features are programmed into this sound unit:

• 10 different sounds are programmed into this sound unit
• diesel idle & high RPM under load
• diesel idle ramp up/ramp down, to/from the high RPM under load sound
• diesel idle includes a repeating screeching sound that might indicate a poorly lubricated cylinder
• 3 different horn patterns

  2 short horn blasts for "Safe to Proceed Forward"
  Long-Short-Long horn pattern
  Long-Short-Long-Long crossing horn pattern (10 Seconds long)

• periodic air relief purge sounds
• this engines unique air operated bell at a constant ring rate
• rolling stock brake squeal when the engine slows in speed
  
  Press here for WAV file sound sample: ConRail #5649 SD60

SD60 without bells, horns & brake squeal

This sound unit is intended to be a "slave" unit behind a "lead" unit when operating in Multiple Unit
configurations (double or triple heading).