Re: [CBQ] Air horns on Silver Charger #9908

["Mike Martin via Groups.Io" <atsf3460=aol.com@groups.io>]

Might it have been equipped with the "country horn" like IRM's E5 that sounds like "BLONK"... sort of a low booming obnoxious one note sound!  If you look on YouTube there is a fantastic video shot in cab of the E5 with the Nebraska Zephyr hurtling down the mainline to Galesburg Railroad Days passing a westbound Southern Pacific stack train who is running wrong main.  The E5 gets notched out all the way to over 80mph and the speedometer needle is bouncing all over the place.  My favorite railroad video of all time!

Mike Martin - Below is the link to the video!!  Enjoy the BLONK!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3zhPkIHbqc

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From: zephyr98072 <glenehaug@msn.com>
To: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io>
Sent: Fri, Nov 22, 2019 7:27 pm
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Air horns on Silver Charger #9908

Bill:

This is not much help, but I saw Silver Charger a lot at Hannibal in the early 60's, and from what I recall, its horn was a single note with a low pitched sound, but not what I would call a 'blat'.  As to the particular note, I don't know.  It was not shrill like the two-chimed sounds of the E units.

Glen Haug

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From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> on behalf of William Hirt <whirt@fastmail.com>
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2019 5:04 PM
To: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io>
Subject: [CBQ] Air horns on Silver Charger #9908

 

Many years back, I bought an re-motored and DCC non-sound decoder
equipped HO scale Hallmark Silver Charger from Mike Spoor after he
visited my layout. He told me I needed more than he did. It ran fairly
well though it would occasionally stall in spots. It more than
adequately pulled the 3 car train it is assigned.

I just put a Tsunami 2 decoder in it along with a current keeper and it
now runs as well as any of my modern plastic locomotives. Pretty amazing
for a loco with a chain drive and only powered on the lead truck (as per
the prototype).

My question is what air horns was Silver Charger equipped with
especially post-1960? I looked over the railroad loco diagram and the
Bulletin on shovel noses, but I did not see any reference to the air
horns. Anyone have any idea? I've currently have the unit set to use a
Leslie A125/A200 combination.

Bill Hirt

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