I was in attendance of it's first move under steam and the whistle did sound quite sick. Really gotta hand it out to you guys for bringing her voice back.
Ok, I expected it to be good knowing how well you guys do, but when I heard that thing blow, HOLY CRAP! 10/10 restoration right there. Sounds exactly like a 6 chime should imo.
Every time I hear a whistle from any steam locomotive, I get excited. They are awesome. Thanks for showing us a little on the restoration of this magnificent whistle
..... As a long time retired machinist... I got great joy in seeing and hearing the assorted machining operations involved in restoring the whistle ..... 🇺🇸 ... 🛠️ .....
What a fantastic sounding whistle, I am eager to see the 2926 back in operation hauling excursion trains throughout the southwestern territory of America in the nearby future.
You guys did a fantastic job I was there when the whistle came back and it looked like you guys threw the old whistle in the trash and made one straight from the factory! And it sounded just as good.
I have a brass three chime that picked up at an estate sale for $10. I would love to hear it under live steam, even with compressed air it's impressive.
*So, the original machining was a bit off... Considering it was probably steam and belt driven lathe, I guess they did pretty well, considering? God bless you guys. Love great craftsmanship!*
Now all you need to do is 611’s asthmatic Hancock. She deserves to have that BOOMING voice back. Now it just sounds like it’s drowning in steam with only the middle note vaguely sounding.
Job well done to all involved. It's to bad they don't allow making duplicates of some of the steam whistles. It could be great revenue for historic railroads. I mean majority of the surviving steam locomotives rely on donations to begin with to keep them in good condition for operating.
@@aadvb6664 , When Steam locomotives are repaired or restored, It's common practice for many parts to be made in the machine shop because they're no longer available; In the case of the whistle it was less expensive or time consuming to repair it than to make a new one.
Nice, you guys do 1st class work. I am impressed. We have seen so many gorgeous whistles ruined by "crapsman". They are a complete opposite of a "craftsman", like you guys. A crapsman is a butcher.
Lanquid plate to the bowl were not concentric. So if you recut the bowl a new plate has to be made. How did you determine what the opening between the bowl and plate had to be. Then as the bowl get larger and plate gets larger does this affect the sound of the whistle? Also the steam exiting the opening between the plate and bowl is directed up into the bells. With a slightly larger diameter does this affect the steam direction into the bells and then the sound?
So, forgive me for possibly sounding stupid with this question, but is a LFM 6 chime the same thing as an AT&SF 6 chime, or is there a difference between the two whistles?
You know. ..if the Titanic whistle was recovered from the bottom of the ocean floor ..then the last sound of it leaving Portsmouth could be re-created.
It was recovered, and sounded. But it was sounded on compressed air and not steam as it was feared steam would damage it. A replica would have to be made if someone wanted to blow it on steam, although it would most likely sound like any other Smith Hyson super whistle.
@@TrainsAreReallyCool Not really necessary anyways. Kahlenberg made a replica of Titanic's whistle, and Mauretania's whistle survived on a factory and is still in great shape in a seemingly private museum. Also, if I recall, not all of the Smith Hyson whistles were the same (I could be wrong here.) Supposedly the other sets that weren't on the quad-stackers were smaller and didn't sound the same... I'm not 100% on that. That's what a collector trying to buy one told me once. I guess the only way to know would be to measure Normandie's whistle to compare. Or run recordings in a program to figure out the tones.
