10-20-2010, 08:29 AM
One more thing.
It looks like the side grills are open also. Make sure you block these off as well. As for where you mount the speaker is a matter of ease.
If you mount the speaker to the floor you would have to drill holes in the floor to let the sound out. The speaker magnet will pick up any metal that could be on the road bed and track, if mounted on the floor. This will cause poor sound and you will have to clean to restore the sound quality.
I have seen the newer Kato locomotives which have the speaker placed in the fuel tank, come back with sound problems, only to find that the speaker was filled with metal fillings and debris.
It looks like the side grills are open also. Make sure you block these off as well. As for where you mount the speaker is a matter of ease.
If you mount the speaker to the floor you would have to drill holes in the floor to let the sound out. The speaker magnet will pick up any metal that could be on the road bed and track, if mounted on the floor. This will cause poor sound and you will have to clean to restore the sound quality.
I have seen the newer Kato locomotives which have the speaker placed in the fuel tank, come back with sound problems, only to find that the speaker was filled with metal fillings and debris.