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Re: Passenger horn sound

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Subject: Re: Passenger horn sound
From: "ed_de_rouin" <PIXELS@A...>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 20:10:48 -0000
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Hi Listers:

SJL is correct.. In the mid-fifties, the right hand single bell horn 
was replaced by a two bell horn, the Leslie S2M. I do not know 
what the left hand horn model designation is, but it was a higher 
and shriller pitched horn.

However, please realize that individual engineers developed 
very unique styles. I asked questions about whistle signals to a 
few experienced and admirable enginemen in the early sixties 
and will cite two replies.

The Leslies were considered to be the country horns and the 
sinle bell horn a city horn. the reason, you could clearly tell the 
single bell horn from a truck, or car horn.

One gentlemen showed me how, when whistling for a grade 
crossing, he used both horns for the first two sounds, the city 
horn for the short sound, and only the leslie for the final sound. 
Twas quite a performance.....

Ed DeRouin 







--- In BRHSlist@y..., "David E. Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@m...> wrote:
> Hi Listers,
> 
> Can I get some help with this one? Remember to add Larry's 
email address to
> your replies.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Westchalco@a... [mailto:Westchalco@a...]
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 9:24 PM
> To: brhs@n...
> Subject: Passenger horn sound
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have listened to several internet horn sites, but cannot find 
the horn
> sound which was unique to CB&Q E units. It was a 
high-pitched shrill sound,
> as I recall.
> 
> Anybody there know the designation of these horns from long 
ago? Thanks.
> 
> Larry Loftus, Omaha
> westchalco@a...
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


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