Its an interesting conumdrum James, for me the sound of the railway as it is naturally is really relaxing. Whilst there are some really good sound systems around to my ears they only sound good when they are starting up or coming to a halt. The rest of the time they sound as relaxing as listening to the washing machine on its spin cycle . Live steam can sound better but is also not realistic. Adding sounds can work well to enhance a videojameshilton said:Thanks chaps - glad watching it didn't feel like a minute wasted. I wondered about overlaying sound in future like Rik did on his Peckforton line video - as I don't think I'll ever get a sound fitted engine...