For information on the Leslie A-200 and some sample sound bytes ? check out
this web site:
http://atsf.railfan.net/airhorns/a200.html
Others, including the S3-L may be found here:
http://atsf.railfan.net/airhorns/index.html
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Bryan
Howell
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 5:53 PM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] GP-7 and SD-7 Air Horns
In terms of the horn, I'm pretty sure the Q used the Leslie A-200 on their
road units up through the GP20s/SD24s based on photographs that I have seen.
After that, I think they went with the Leslie S3-L starting with the GP30s.
Any corrections welcome.
Bryan J. Howell
>________________________________
>From: Nelson Moyer < ku0a@mchsi.com <mailto:ku0a%40mchsi.com> >
>To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Friday, November 4, 2011 9:43 PM
>Subject: [CBQ] GP-7 and SD-7 Air Horns
>
>
>
>I just finished rereading BB#47 and everything else I have on Q GP-7s and
>SD-7s, and I can't find anything about what horns were used. The prime
mover
>for both was the EMD 567B without dynamic brakes for the GP-7 and with
>dynamic brakes for the second order of SD-7s (#300-324). As many of us
>install sound decoders in our DC and DCC ready locomotives, or purchase new
>DCC locomotives, it's important to not only know how they should look, but
>how they should sound. I hope that authors will start providing diesel,
>bell, and horn data to help us get the right sounds with which to program
>our decoders.
>
>I found that the SD-7s had pneumatic bells, but I couldn't find anything
>about GP-7 bells, nor could I find out what horns the Q use on GP-7s and
>SD-7s. Does anybody out there know the answer?
>
>Nelson
>
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>
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