Unused Horn and Bell: MBTA CTC-3 - MBTA Commuter & MBTA Providence/Stoughton Line HSP46 Add-On

Description

MODDERS NOTES:

  • This mod will NOT work with the Boston Sprinter CTC-3 cab car (the version released alongside the route when TSW2 Rush Hour was released), as that locomotive is outdated and unsupported by DTG's standards, whereas the MBTA Commuter & the MBTA Providence/Stoughton Line HSP46 CTC-3 cab car is the more current and updated version by DTG.

In the files of the CTC-3 Cab Car for Boston - Worcester, there are horn and bell sound samples that go unused, similar to how the MBTA Commuter F40PH-3C enginesounds went initially unused before being later added in the game (These sounds were also transfered over to the CTC-3 cab car from the MBTA Providence/Stoughton Line HSP46 gameplay pack as that pack contains a seperate but carbon-copy version of the CTC-3 from Boston - Worcester). This mod replaces the default horn and bell sounds with the unused samples. This mod also fixes the starting interior horn air release sounds that were wierdly spaced out when sounding the horn.

These sounds were recorded off of a CTC-1 cab car instead of a CTC-3 cab car, which is likley the reason why these sounds go unused. However it is possible that these sounds may be properly be included in the game in the future without the use of this mod.

Version and Release History

v1.4 HOTFIX - Released 12/08/25 - See List Below for list of changes made:
-Adjusted the sound priority value in the horn cues from 1 to 100. This should mostly (but not entirely) prevent an issue where the horn end sounds will not play after sounding the horn.
There is still an issue where the horn end sound does not play when viewing the cab car travelling at a farther distance, as well as it occasionally not playing from the inside if you operate the CTC-3 with any of the windows open. Again, it is likley to do with the RVA and it having the max stereo count limited from 16 to 32, as a majority of the external and internal sound samples are stereo, while the external horn samples in this mod are a mono-stereo convert. I may fix this in a bigger and seperate mod with all of the MBTA rollingstock in the future, but for now, as this mod is primarily focused on the horn/bell and not anything else, I am going to leave it be.

v1.4 - Released 12/07/25 - See List Below for list of changes made:
-Completley rebuilt both horn and bell sound cues from scratch in the editor, instead of UAssetGUI.
-Adjusted the doppler intensity in the horn and bell sound cues to improve the doppler effect of the horn when travelling at faster speeds.
-Adjusted the spacing of the starting interior horn air release sounds when sounding the horn as they are spaced out 0.15 - 0.25 seconds after initially sounding the horn
-Added internal horn/bell attenuation, and adjusted external horn and bell attenuations (ported over from the BOW/BPE CTC-5 Cab Car). Externally, this will allow the horn to fade in/out at farther distances than how the original attenuations were initially set.
-Reverted internal sound samples back to it's original decibel level, as increasing them caused the audio quality to degrade in the previous versions. All sound amplification changes (aside from the External sound samples which are still converted to stereo) are done in the sound cues, rather than amplifying the samples themselves to prevent sound quality degrade.
Currently, an issue that I am working on resolving is the horn end sounds occasionally not playing after sounding the horn. It is likley that it is a sound priority issue or the max stereo count value needs to be doubled from 16 to 32 in the RAA. Regardless, I do plan on fixing it eventually.

v1.3 - Released 7/04/25 - See List Below for list of changes made:
-Added support for the CTC-3 cab car from the MBTA Providence/Stoughton Line HSP46 Add-On

v1.2 - Released 5/22/25 - See List Below for list of changes made:
-Seperated the horn and bell into two different .pak files
-Edited the exterior sound samples from mono to stereo
-Amplfied the interior sound samples

v1.1 - Released 3/5/25 (First Release) - See List Below for list of changes made:
-Edited horn and bell cues to enable the usage of the unused sound samples.
-Amplfiied the exterior sound samples.
-Corrected interior horn air release sounds that by default are spaced out when sounding the horn.

Tags: boston-providence boston-sprinter ctc-3 mbta mbta-commuter

Dependencies

Train Sim World® 6: MBTA Providence/Stoughton Line HSP46 Add-On on Steam

Diversify your diesel fleet along the Northeast Corridor in Train Sim World® with the addition of the HSP46! Operate MBTA’s busy Providence/Stoughton Line with modern motive power, serving the commuters of Massachusetts with double-deck duty.

Train Sim World® 6: Northeast Corridor: Boston - Providence Route Add-On on Steam

Experience the fastest rail line in America, from modern suburbia to sprawling countryside, linking the state capitals of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, in command of both Amtrak® Regional and MBTA Commuter operations with Train Sim World®: Northeast Corridor: Boston - Providence.

Installation Instructions

Drag and drop any of the files downloaded into your Train Sim World DLC folder

Location of DLC Folder: C:\Users\Username\Documents\My Games\TrainSimWorld6\Saved\UserContent

MODDERS NOTES:

  • This mod will NOT work with the Boston Sprinter CTC-3 cab car (the version released alongside the route when TSW2 Rush Hour was released), as that locomotive is outdated and unsupported by DTG's standards, whereas the MBTA Commuter & the MBTA Providence/Stoughton Line HSP46 CTC-3 cab car is the more current and updated version by DTG.

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Comments

Avatar of Tarzan
Tarzan 10 Mar 2025

Been waiting for a horn sound mod for these for the longest cause the default is awful and you nailed this. Thank you for this! It would be a bit cooler if the sound can be heard a bit further away from the locomotive as it's dead silence from a short distance. Other then that thank you again for this!

Avatar of Prime Mover Simulations

Thank you very much. I don't have much knowledge on how to adjust the distance of the horn just yet, but eventually I will get to it!

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Stexred 22 Jun 2025

can you also release a combined file with horn and bell in 1 file?

Avatar of Prime Mover Simulations

Why would you need a combined file when you can just download both?

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OleDre 5 Jul 2025

Agreed with Stexred, it would make sense with the amount of mods many of us use, if many could be combined, it may make loading a bit better when there are 300+ being loaded.

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Only reason why I have it in two separate files is in case one prefers using one of the sounds that are already installed on the CTC-3 while using one of the unused sounds. For example, one might like using the unused horn, but probably don't like using the unused bell sound (and vice versa).

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OleDre 6 Jul 2025

Understood and makes sense, did not think of that at first, how about combining them as another option, that is, if it's not too much trouble.

Avatar of Prime Mover Simulations

Hello @Tarzan, just a heads up, I will be re-working this mod from scratch and will send an update out sometime this weekend, as I have adjusted the horn and bell attenuations (copied from the MBTA Bi-Levels) for both the horn and bell to be heard at a farther distance.

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JustWentSouth 8 Dec 2025

Love this! Thank you!

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kbennett20 29 Jan 2026

Could you do this for the BPE CTC-3 by chance?

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No plans to make this mod compatible for the original version of the BPE CTC-3. This is because it is an older version of the newer CTC-3 cab car (both the Boston Worcester version, and HSP46 Gameplay Pack version) and has a lot of bugs and issues that will likely never be fixed by DTG. Also, I would rather make this mod compatible with a locomotive (or in this case, cab car) that is technically better built and programmed by the game devs, rather than one that is unsupported and likely will end up having bugs overtime due to the lack of updates for it.

Since your comment implies you don't have Boston Worcester, I would suggest getting the HSP46 Gameplay Pack for Boston Providence, as that pack essentially contains the updated CTC-3 (basically a carbon copy of the BOW CTC-3) and is compatible with my .pak files.

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About this mod

Created
5 Mar 2025
Updated
8 Dec 2025
Game
Train Sim World
Type of content
Sound
Train Sim World Content
MBTA Commuter: Boston - Framingham/Worcester Line, MBTA Providence/Stoughton Line HSP46
Train Sim World Version
Train Sim World 6
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Sound Mods - Small Scale
by Prime Mover Simulations