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earl

March 05, 2006 10:22AM

As Kevin said they were built with hoots, but over the years, they got 3 chimes and/or 5 chimes. One have to study pics of individual engines to get the corrct answer. 452 has a hoot at the end, 453 a 5 chime, 463 had a hoot for about the 75 years, 461 had a 5 chime on the RGS, but before it had a hoot. My guess is when the engine got shopped and if the whistle leaked, it got changed for something else. But there were those out there the wanted a local engine to have the right sound and put something else on it.

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Whistle K-27's History	Chris Scott	March 04, 2006 10:59AM
Re: Whistle K-27's History	Kevin Bush	March 04, 2006 12:14PM
Re: Whistle K-27's History	Ed Stabler	March 04, 2006 01:35PM
Re: Whistle K-27's History	Kevin Bush	March 04, 2006 10:13PM
Re: Whistle K-27's History	stuart olson	March 05, 2006 08:19PM
Re: Whistle K-27's History	earl	March 05, 2006 10:22AM
Re: Whistle K-27's History	Michael Allen	March 05, 2006 11:23AM
Re: Whistle K-27's History	Bruce R. Pier	March 06, 2006 07:08AM

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