The chief difference in her first whistle (in service until 1983) and NKP 757’s whistle (off of 760) is material used. Those whistles were cast in steel, due to a wartime restriction, compared to the regular whistle made of brass.
As a musician, I'd have to disagree. Changing what the whistle is made of (brass or steel) would change the tone color, not the pitch. Pitch is created by the dimension of the chimes. From what I head on this video, there were different whistle -- or the steam pressure, possibly, caused the variation in pitch. If the whistle dimensions were exactly the same, the pitch would be the same regardless of what material was used. Still, a great video. Thanks for sharing this!
@@amtrak_121 765’s original whistle’s pretty much where the Water Level Route would get most of its dubbed audio from. It’s a beautiful whistle, and serves as the true origin whistle for K&L’s Dreyfuss Hudson
765's whistle was never changed from 1984 to current day, during her 2005 rebuild they retuned it, and then in 2011 it was retuned into in the version of the whistle she has now.
I think 765's had the same whistle on her main valve, with the exception of 2789's and 760's whistles, ever since her first return to steam. Her actual original whistle was apparently lost during her time in Lawton Park, and it's never been found, so FWRHS actually went with NKP 700's whistle, and have had it ever since. I remember having a conversation about the topic of whistles over an Instagram comment thread on one of the FWRHS' posts of 765 cruising past an old Wabash depot back in 2019 with whoever runs the official FWRHS Instagram account. Then again, I'm not even sure the current FWRHS members know for sure or not. Then again, maybe they do, but like the slight air of mystery around the whole thing.
So it’s 2022 and this video’s already outdated. Dang. Also, I recall seeing FWRHS stating on a social media post of theirs, or maybe it was a video, that there had been some consideration put into making a video about the 765’s whistle/whistles and there were a good few comments, one of which was my own, asking for the Society to please make a video like that.
Heard a Don Krofta recording of her whistle in early 1957 that sounds exactly like that first clip! I like that one! The S3 whistles had a somewhat lower pitch that i also like.
From 1980 to 1982 she had her original 6 chime whistle. From 1983 to 1993 and again in 2005 to 2009 I believe, she had a 6 chime whistle from her sister number 700. From 2009 to 2011 I think she still had the 700’s whistle but tuned different. She briefly wore her original whistle in 2010 for a trip in Michigan out of Owosso. From 2012 to 2018 she still had the 700’s whistle but tuned again, in my opinion it didn’t sound that good compared to the 90’s or after the restoration in 2005. She also wore the 760’s whistle for a short time in 2018. In 2019 and 2020 she had her original whistle back on because it sounded a lot like it did in the early eighties. I hope they can retune the 700’s whistle back to what it was in the late 80s and 90s or even what it was in 2005 to 2006. As far as the bell, she had a cast iron bell originally but in 82 it was changed to a brass bell that if I’m not mistaken belonged to Tom Stephens. The original bell was put back on from 2005 to 2014 I believe and the brass one was put back on since and has remained on the locomotive since.
@@HoboJoe-tr1tm I believe its had 3 different bells, a Steel one, another Steel one tuned differently and a third being a brass bell. I dont know what the bell has changed
Tone of the whistle does seem to be different, some made in steal some made in brass, but overall it does seem fairly similar throughout despite the changes.
Quite an unexpected reaction to have & surprising to me that no one else has had such a reaction to the end narration section. The video originally all narration, but i was unsatisfied with it so i only kept the end piece to cap it off. I wasnt intending to startle people.
No. 759's own bell is still on the engine . I believe the bell it wore in the 2010s was a bell tuned to the NKP Berkshire tuning or it's a bell from a scrapped sister to 765.
I just saw a video on here with NKP 765 using whistle whistle that sounds like a N&W Hooter.. it was odd, I wonder if that will be a permanent thing. I like the 6-chime whistle for it
didnt know 765 has like 4 different whistles, including the resent 760 whistle. i only thought that 765 has 2 whistles, the one she wore in the 80's to the 1990's and then after 2006 had a new whistle to the present day
765's original bell would've been one of the steel bells like she had from 2006-2013. She would've worn that in regular service as well as a brass bell in the 1950s (like the one she got in 2014). I'm guessing the bell she had when she came back in 1979 was probably never used by her on the NKP.
@@NickelPlatedProductions I emailed someone from the FWRHS a while back. They say it was always S-1 #700's whistle. The difference between the S-1 and 2 berks is that the S-1 whistles were made of brass and the 2s were made of cast iron, thus the difference in tone. 700's whistle has simply been re-tuned and maintained. That's why it sounds different.
