Strassburg 4-8-0

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I have found only one mechanical drawing in the archives for the freight 
"hooter" whistle which had been the passenger whistle until 1945. The 
whistles were the same design on any class used, but the pitch was a little 
different due to boiler pressure differences.

Bud Jeffries

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>  would they tune it to a different pitch, or all the whistles the same?  I 

> heard they were made from used firetubes.

>

> -Lynn-

>

>> Same whistle only it was mounted vertical on the M's

>>

>> Larry Evans

>> Kenova WV

>>

>>

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>> Would the whistle from the A and Y6b then also be correct for the M in 

>> the 50s?

>>

>> Tom Lewis

>>

>> On Sep 14, 2010, at 4:59 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> 

>> wrote:

>>

>>> Depends on what era you're interested in modeling.  The single note 

>>> whistle that 475 usually carries (Strasburg used several different 

>>> whistles on 475 over the years) is probably similar to the early N&W 

>>> freight whistle.  However, in later operations after WW2 (??), a longer 

>>> bell single note whistle was used on all N&W freight locomotives.  This 

>>> is the so-called "hooter" whistle, and was originally the N&W's 

>>> passenger whistle.  It's lower pitched and much louder than the one now 

>>> on 475.

>>>

>>> Dave Stephenson

>>>

>>> --- On Tue, 9/14/10, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

>>>

>>>> From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

>>>> Subject: Strassburg 4-8-0

>>>> To: "NW Mailing List" <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

>>>> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 2:56 PM

>>>>

>>>> Does anyone know if the whistle on 475 at Strassburg is

>>>> correct for when she traveled the N&W?  I am close

>>>> to finishing a model and am looking for a sound system dcc

>>>> decoder to put in my model and am using the utube videos as

>>>> a reference.

>>>> Tom Lewis

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