Athearn Trains
SoundTraxx has been providing Tsunami Digital Sound Decoders to Athearn Trains since 2009. If you have purchased a quality Athearn locomotive equipped with SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Sound Technology, congratulations! This state-of-the-art sound decoder will provide all the pleasures of high quality, digital onboard sound and the benefits of today’s DCC technology. Each Athearn sound-equipped locomotive comes with multiple horns or whistles to allow you to customize the locomotive to your personal tastes or more closely match your prototype railroad. Athearn sound-equipped locomotives include all the amazing features found in all aftermarket Tsunami decoders, including the ability to set up manual notching, a built in 7 band equalizer, built in reverb, all 15 Hyperlight lighting effects, and advanced motor controls. Listed below are the locomotive models that currently are or will be shipped with Tsunami Digital Sound Decoders installed. Select your model from the list to link to a quick reference document specific to that engine. For a complete breakdown of all of the CVs and Tsunamis capabilities please reference the User’s Guide and Technical reference in our website or visit www.athearn.com/dcc.
Sound Equipped Models
 HO Scale |
 N Scale |
|---|---|
| Big Boy | Challenger |
| F3 | F45 |
| F7 | FP45 |
| F45 | |
| FP45 | |
| GP 7 | |
| GP 9 | |
| GP 15 | |
| MP 15 | |
| MT-4 | |
| SD45 | |
| SD45-2 | |
| SD60 | |
| SD70 ACe |