Re: [CBQ] Brand of Steam Whistles for C&S engines

["homanfamily" <homanfamily@fuse.net>]

There is a recording of Q and C&S steam on Folkways records, which are available from the Smithsonian.  I have a copy in the basesment and I will post the specifics tomorrow.

                                                                                                                                Pat Homan

 

From: Mike Martin via Groups.Io

Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2018 2:08 PM

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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Brand of Steam Whistles for C&S engines

 

Whoops, #801 wasn't an O4 maybe after all but one of the C&S light mikes maybe?  It probably lasted long enough that good sound recordings of it existed to make a basic audio track to go off for creating a DCC chip sound profile.  I have no idea if this terminology is correct but it does sound like I sort of know what I'm talking about!

 

Mike


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From: Mike Martin via Groups.Io <atsf3460=aol.com@groups.io>
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Sent: Sat, Nov 17, 2018 1:05 pm
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Brand of Steam Whistles for C&S engines

I was thinking of using one of the Santa Fe style whistle sounds for the Burlington Route.  If you watch the video on YouTube of the #1522 southbound out of Galesburg returning to St. Louis from Railroad Days one year she's using a real "Q" whistle and it's a bit of a screecher.  The note on the video says it's a 5 chime whistle.  I know who the videographer is and he's well versed on steam locomotives so I don't have any reason to not think this is a real Burlington Route whistle.  The #1522 was a very loud locomotive too so my plan is to use the sounds of #1522 to approximate Burlington Hudsons and 4-8-4s which were also apparently "loudmouths" along with using the Santa Fe passenger whistle.  Santa Fe used two different whistles... one for freight and a more melodious version for passenger. 

 

Wait to get past the video of the #1522 on its home turf where shes using her standard deep steamboat whistle. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTKPNYug2pg

 

Here's a sample of a DCC decoder from Soundtraxx with a Santa Fe step top 6 chime whistle...

 

https://soundcloud.com/soundtraxx-dcc/atsf-step-top-6-chime

 

Here's a Soundtraxx file of Colorado and Southern #801 as well... wasn't she one of our O4 2-8-2 mikes we've been talking about?

 

https://soundcloud.com/soundtraxx-dcc/colorado-southern-no-801?in=soundtraxx-dcc/sets/tsunami2-steam-digital-sound-decoder#t=0:00

 

Mike Martin


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From: fuchst900 via Groups.Io <fuchst900=yahoo.com@groups.io>
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Sent: Sat, Nov 17, 2018 11:31 am
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Brand of Steam Whistles for C&S engines

Maybe I should rephrase this, what whistle would sound right for different C&S steam engines, I would guess the 50’s era purchases of USRA Mikes would keep what they had on the CBQ but haven’t heard any recordings.  Did C&S use any kind of standard whistle on most of their steamers? Steve Near Walla Walla

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