by WMATAGMOAGH
6004/6005 still have the older door chimes. I rode these cars on the Green Line this morning and may have a sound recording later.
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hardyboyz1999 wrote:I remember when I rode the Washington Metrorail with my parents as a little kid from like 1993-1995 (I was born 6/27/1987), that the Breda cars had the very high pitched door chimes, and then they changed them to sound like the door chimes on the Rohr cars. Does anyone know if the door chimes they were using on the Rohr cars in the early to mid 1990's were the same door chimes that were on Rohr cars in when Metro first opened in 1976 and if the Breda 2000 series Metro cars had the same very high pitched door chimes in 1982 before the Breda 3000 series Metro cars entered service in 1986?Yes, as mentioned in my previous message here in this thread, they had the high-pitched chimes on the Breda 2/3000s and even the 4000s had them. But the Rohrs had a lower-pitched door closing chime, albeit two-tone as well like the 2/3/4ks, but sounding alike the NYCTA R44, R46, R62/62A, R68 and R68A. Same exact two-tone sound which was replaced on the 1ks during their 1995 mid-life overhaul while the newer stuff got rfeplaced from there till 96.
Mike Morris wrote:All 6Ks and 2k/3k rehabbed come with the old announcements from Hornell. Metro upgrades them I believe to the newer one.I wonder... Once the old, Sandy Carroll recordings are "upgraded," does anyone know if the cars retain both, or are the old ones overwritten? If they are overwritten, does anyone know if Metro keep a master copy of the old recordings?
jerryinva wrote:I have ridden that car 3 times, and every time it was the old chimes...but that has been a while....about 2 months ago that I rode it the last time.I just hope that it hasn't changed between now and then. Fortunately, there still appears to be some life for the old recordings around the system. I was riding the Red Line from Farragut North to Union Station on Sunday at noon and stepped onto Car 2032...which happened to have the old recordings! Considering I had missed both my bus and Metro and had to wait fifteen minutes for another due to more annoying weekend trackwork service disruptions, nothing could have made my day better than hearing a soft, smooth-voiced "Doors closing *Ding, dong*" for the first time in almost a year. Given the overwhelming disapproval of the new voices I've read around the Internet since their installation, what appears to be the failure of the messages to get people to spread around the car and stop jamming doors, and former General Manager Dan Tangherlini acknowledging riders' hate for the new messages last year and that Metro was "exploring a 'kinder gentler' version - so stay tuned," it amazes me that nothing has been done to replace these horrible earsores. I don't mean to come off as obsessive over something as small as the recordings on the Metro, but there are few things more souring to me than the bloody obnoxious Randi Miller Metro recordings.
Mike Morris wrote:All 6Ks and 2k/3k rehabbed come with the old announcements from Hornell. Metro upgrades them I believe to the newer one.I'll buy that - I was on 3146/3147 this morning on the Red line with the old tones. The interior of the car was spotless, beautiful bright white lights and fresh carpet, it was beautiful (and clearly fresh from being rehabbed). Hopefully the old announcements will stick around for a little bit.
HokieNav wrote:I'll buy that - I was on 3146/3147 this morning on the Red line with the old tones. The interior of the car was spotless, beautiful bright white lights and fresh carpet, it was beautiful (and clearly fresh from being rehabbed). Hopefully the old announcements will stick around for a little bit.Yep - I had 3147 recently, and it's still got the old Sandy Carroll chime. I find that odd, though, that Metro would give themselves extra work in having to change the chimes on new arrivals/rehabs, rather than get Alstom to put the new chime on there up front.