Frank's Roundhouse Rolling Stock With Sound

The first six cars on this page were decorated by Frank's Roundhouse, and have either Right-Of-Way Industries or QS Industries (QSI) sounds installed. The rest of the cars were done by unknown decorators for QSI using Frank's body shells. Information regarding who decorated the QSI cars requested.

A sensor inside the QSI Live Action Sound cars causes the sounds to increase or decrease based on the train ride. The faster and jerkier the ride, the more frantic the sounds become. QSI also sold cars without sounds.

Frank's Roundhouse # 5. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 23538 stock car; boxcar red body color; white and red lettering and graphics; sliding stock doors. Right-Of-Way stockyard sounds installed. Photos courtesy of the G. Clarke collection.

Frank's Roundhouse # 45. Railbox 12473 boxcar; yellow body color; black and white lettering; black, yellow, blue and red Railbox graphics; equipped with sliding black panel doors with dimensional data. QSI Halloween sounds installed. Photo courtesy of B. Trappen.

Frank's Roundhouse # 68. Reading Lines 104666 stock car; yellow body color; green and yellow lettering and logo; sliding stock doors. QSI cattle sounds installed. Photo courtesy of the T. Wardle collection.

Frank's Roundhouse # 84. Santa Fe 27751 stock car; red body color with silver roof and ends; white lettering and graphics; sliding stock doors. QSI pig sounds installed.

Frank's Roundhouse # 85. Denver and Rio Grande Western 5466 stock car; black body color with silver roof; white lettering and graphics; sliding stock doors. A QSI sticker is affixed to the chassis, but no sounds installed. Photo courtesy of the G. Clarke collection.

Frank's Roundhouse # 86. Southern Railway 2947 stock car; green body color with silver roof and ends; white lettering and graphics; sliding stock doors. QSI cow and horse sounds installed. Photo courtesy of the M. Kehn collection.

Frank's Roundhouse # 87. Pittsburgh and Lake Erie 21208 stock car; jade green body color; white lettering and graphics; black and white New York Central System oval; sliding stock doors. The road name abbreviation on the car sides is misprinted "PL&E" instead of the correct "P&LE." QSI animal and breaking glass sounds installed. Photo courtesy of the G. Clarke collection.

Southern Pacific Daylight Express stock car; red and orange body color with black roof and ends; white lettering; Southern Pacific Daylight graphics; sliding stock doors. No sounds installed in this car.

Chicago Burlington and Quincy 49071 Burlington Route stock car; red body color with silver roof and ends; white lettering; black and white logo; sliding stock doors. Also made with road numbers 49072, 49073 and 49074. This car has QSI dual elephant and lion sounds installed.

Santa Fe Horse Express 43356 stock car; green body color; yellow lettering and graphics; sliding stock doors. Also made with road numbers 43357 and 43359. QSI horse sounds installed. Photo courtesy of the B. Fetterman collection.

Armour Stock Express 48532 stock car; maroon and silver body color; maroon, white and yellow lettering; Armour logos; sliding yellow stock doors. Also made with road numbers 48531 and 48534. QSI dual cattle and horse sounds installed. Photo courtesy of the B. Fetterman collection.

Canadian National 49087 maple leaf stock car; maroon and white body color; red lettering; Serves All Canada logo; sliding stock doors. Also made with road numbers 49085, 49086 and 49088. QSI cattle sounds installed. Photo courtesy of the B. Fetterman collection.

Canadian National 49086 maple leaf stock car; boxcar red and white body color; light green lettering; Serves All Canada logo; sliding stock doors. QSI sheep sounds installed. Photo courtesy of the D. Haydt collection.

Chicago and North Western 49082 stock car; green and yellow body color; yellow and green lettering and logos; sliding stock doors. Also made with road numbers 49081, 49083 and 49084. Unidentified QSI sounds installed in this car. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.

Circus stock car; white body color; red lettering; multicolor circus stickers; sliding red stock doors. QSI calliope sounds installed. Photo courtesy of the D. Haydt collection.

Merry Christmas stock car; white body color; red lettering; multicolor Merry Christmas and Santa Claus stickers; sliding red stock doors. QSI Christmas sounds installed. Photo courtesy of the B. Trappen collection.

B.O.+ O. R.R. 1031 Halloween stock car; green and yellow body color; white lettering and ghost graphic; sliding stock doors. QSI haunted sounds installed. Photo courtesy of the T. Wagner collection.

View inside the Halloween QSI stock car. The pendulum motion sensor is mounted on top of the sound board. Power comes from a standard 9-volt battery (not pictured). Photo courtesy of the T. Wagner collection.