Re: C&TSRR=Today=315 & 488 Double Header.

dave2-8-0 Wrote:
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> The whistle on 315 is a Nathen 5 Chime.
>
> [As told to me] The whistle was generously
> donated by Andy Seiz of Durango, from his personal
> collection. He said it was originally a Northern
> Pacific, and it came off one of their "BIG" High
> pressure locos. Which # I don't know, The
> wonderfull rich tone of it ,IMO and others, comes
> from the fact that 315 runs at 160 psi, and its
> former loco was a 200+ psi boiler. So when she
> blows at the lower pressure her notes are
> mellower, and not screaming at the higher
> pressure.
>
> Typically on the D&RG Passenger engines had Multi
> chime whistles, and Freighters had "Hooters" I
> read somewhere at sometime back, they had this
> combo so as to make passenger service more
> pleasant when trains were coming and going at
> depots. Generally Hooters were louder then multi
> chime. Yes 315 was during her career, used for
> scheduled passenger service, on the F&CC, D&RGW,
> and RGS.
>
> Dave

Thanks for the information Dave.