Re: So I found this 5-chime...
| December 03, 2008 11:33AM |
K-27 Afficianado Wrote:
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> Thanks for the responses! I'm glad to hear it's in
> good condition and of its make. Luckily enough, I
> found a machinist shop in town that can pretty
> much take of everything. Now, all I need is a
> steam locomotive to hook it up to...
>
> To Tom; Yes, I'm positive it's a 5-chime. I
> thought it was a 6-chime at first, but a simple
> recounting proved otherwise. I had no idea there
> were 7-chime whistles though...
Appreciate your taking the time to answer. In any event, I'm
certain that you'll be very pleased with the sound. The 7-chime
whistles that I referred to were in Mexico and homemade. Engineers
were given a lot of leeway on what they could do with their assigned
locomotives and Mexico itself was a veritable museum for different
steam whistles. I even saw & heard a Barnes "mailbox" whistle on
a shortline 0-6-0 in 1969. Sounded nice too.
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> Thanks for the responses! I'm glad to hear it's in
> good condition and of its make. Luckily enough, I
> found a machinist shop in town that can pretty
> much take of everything. Now, all I need is a
> steam locomotive to hook it up to...
>
> To Tom; Yes, I'm positive it's a 5-chime. I
> thought it was a 6-chime at first, but a simple
> recounting proved otherwise. I had no idea there
> were 7-chime whistles though...
Appreciate your taking the time to answer. In any event, I'm
certain that you'll be very pleased with the sound. The 7-chime
whistles that I referred to were in Mexico and homemade. Engineers
were given a lot of leeway on what they could do with their assigned
locomotives and Mexico itself was a veritable museum for different
steam whistles. I even saw & heard a Barnes "mailbox" whistle on
a shortline 0-6-0 in 1969. Sounded nice too.
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