Re: [CBQ] CBQ Diesel Horns and Steam Whistles

["Louis Zadnichek via groups.io" <LZadnichek=aol.com@groups.io>]

July 24, 2020

Kieth - Post World War Two, there were only two basic style whistles used on Q steam power.  But, within classes, examples of both styles might be found. 

The Flickr site within the members section of the BRHS web page has excellent views of such whistles as mounted on the locomotives.  Some images are high rez.

There is no separate section showing just individual whistles, mostly because of the lack of diversity.  The Q largely standardized on one style of steam whistle.

To make sure you have the right whistle on your models, you can check the Flickr site for a particular road number and see what whistle it carried on what date.

I'm attaching a YouTube link that shows a Q cast steel five chime whistle now mounted on US Sugar No. 148, a former FEC locomotive, at Clewiston, FL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LZKPIiisM8

The US Sugar 4-6-2 type operates on a lower boiler pressure than larger classes of Q steam power, thus the whistle sounds a little more mellow in tone.

However, the whistle would sound "right" as used on smaller classes of Q steam power. Plus, climatic differences could also affect the tone - Louis

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL

In a message dated 7/24/2020 7:01:10 AM Central Standard Time, kerhart@frontier.com writes:

Thank you for your suggestions.  The Soundtraxx site was helpful for the selection of diesel airhorns.  Louis, does the flickr site on the BRHS have a specific section on steam whistles or just photos of steam locomotives where I need to look closely at their whistles?  Thanks again.

Keith Erhart

On Thursday, July 23, 2020, 01:49:51 PM CDT, Jim Younger via groups.io <frisco2011=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

Hi

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On Jul 23, 2020, at 2:30 PM, Louis Zadnichek via groups.io <LZadnichek=aol.com@groups.io> wrote:

July 23, 2020

Kieth - Find yourself a copy of the "Sunday Only" stereo album put out by Mobil Fidelity in the mid-1960s.  It has Q steam whistle sounds. The album occasionally appears on EBay.

As I remember, some years ago, there was a long thread about Q steam whistles and what class of locomotives were equipped with what kind of whistles.

You can also go to the BRHS Members Section and access their Flickr Page section that will show you what kinds of whistles were on various classes of steam power - Louis

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL 

In a message dated 7/23/2020 1:15:52 PM Central Standard Time, whirt@fastmail.com writes:

Soundtraxx has this list of general diesel airhorn use by railroad:

<https://soundtraxx.com/reference/locomotive-airhorn-usage/>

and this page on locomotive airhorn history:

<https://soundtraxx.com/reference/locomotive-airhorn-history/>

Soundtraxx states that most EMD first generation diesel were primarily equipped with Leslie A125 or Leslie A200 by EMD. The WABCO E series they say were similar, but used primarily on Alcos. They also turned out to have wear issues.

On the new Walthers Proto GP7s with LokSound, if you set the airhorn CV to 15, you get a dual A200. It is an excellent horn sample.

Bill Hirt

On 7/23/2020 12:45 PM, kerhart@frontier.com wrote:

I am programming some DCC decoders for my Burlington locomotives.  I would like to use the correct CBQ diesel airhorns (i.e. Nathan, Leslie, etc.) and steam whistles that were used in the prototypes.  Maybe this topic has been covered previously, but I can't find any reference to it.  Is there a master list for what horns the diesels used by type (i.e. GP9, SW1, E8, etc.) or whistles in steam (i.e. 2-8-0, 4-8-4, etc.)?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Keith Erhart

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