The Trains are German, the 2ft. gauge which is used in the park is standard on private railways in Germany. As for the whistle, I could buy the Russian sound, only because I've never heard one, I do know that most European steam lines only have single valve uninote whistles while American whistles commonly have many valves with chimes at different lengths to create a dissonant note, the Frisco line has just such whistles. Also, Europeans were the first to start burning fuel oil in the firebox instead of a solid fuel like coal or wood while wood is still burned, oil (I've heard that its used cooking oil from SDC eateries) is the primary fuel used to heat the boiler, this enables rail lines to discontinue the use of tender cars, and eliminate the need for a fireman most of these locomotives don't even have seats for the engineers, lucky for Ickobad, they added them to the Number 13 and 43. Long story short, the trains aren't very close to the year 1880 but still make for my favroate attraction at SDC.
