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- Subject: Re: Air whistles (was Scaring away meese)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.101725.6542@gw.wmich.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 10:17:25 EST
- References: <13NOV92.09714113.0155@VM1.MCGILL.CA> <6km8TB2w165w@1776.COM> <1992Nov19.191700.19046@pbs.org>
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- In article <1992Nov19.191700.19046@pbs.org>, btiffany@pbs.org writes:
- > In article <1992Nov17.063705.18132@bony1.bony.com>, billg@bony1.bony.com (Bill Gripp) writes:
- >> In article <1992Nov15.070123.8912@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> zephyr@cory.Berkeley.EDU (COIFMAN) writes:
- >>>In article <6km8TB2w165w@1776.COM> bob@1776.COM (Robert Coe) writes:
- >>>>CZ94@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA (CZ94) writes:
- >>
- >>> At least one disel railway had whistles instead of horns. When absorbed
- >>>into the Soo Line, all of the locomotives on the Minneapolis Northfield
- >>>and Southern had air whistles. As the engines were absorbed and
- >>>repainted, the whistles came off. A couple of these whistles are now in
- >>>use by the Minnesota Transportation Museum on an NW2 and an SW1200. Oh,
- >>>btw, the whistles fit the same mounting brackets as the normal air horns.
- >>
- >>
- >> The New Haven FL9's had Nathan Air Whistles. Some of their other
- >> diesels many have had these too.
- >
- > I believe they were Hancock air whistles, Bill. They were on lots of NH
- > engines, not just FL9's. SAL also had them, possibly ACL as well.
- >
- > -- Bruce Tiffany
- The Notre Dame & Western (on campus of Notre Dame) has a little Porter engine,
- with a whistle on it, and also, a big Steam engine type bell one end (It's a
- centercab type engine) There is a picture of it on page 389 of The Second
- Diesel Spotters Guide.
- Fred
-