As explained earlier (by someone else) if you listen to a sound loco from 3 feet away (like, at an exhibition on the front row ) you actually are 3x76=228 feet (or 76 yards) away. Go stand in the street near a railway crossing and try to hear the approaching train from that distance. I'll bet a good cuppa you'll only hear it when it thunders across the crossing, because of the background noise.
Yes, but when you're three feet from the loco at a show, you're listening with out of scale ears. If you were 76 yards from the real thing with 12 foot high ears, I bet you could hear it. Exhibitors need to advise people to bring icky tiny ears we they come to a show.
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Yes, but when you're three feet from the loco at a show, you're listening with out of scale ears. If you were 76 yards from the real thing with 12 foot high ears, I bet you could hear it. Exhibitors need to advise people to bring icky tiny ears we they come to a show.