I like all the whistles. Each one has its unique quality. To me, air operated whistles sound different than when operated on steam. But I realize not everyone has a boiler to generate steam in sufficient quantities to operate a steam whistle and test them. Whooo whoooooooo!!!!
Thank you for the compliment! We enjoy repairing old engines, gauges and whistles and getting them back into service. We have several steam launch engines ready to go and a few gauges. Nearly all the whistles shown in the video have found new homes. Parting with them was difficult as you can imagine.
Hello Butler Colorado! Some of the whistles were salvaged from decommissioned steam launches. Others were part of trades for engines, boilers and steam launch hulls and full size locomotive bells. A few were purchased on Ebay and usually in need of considerable restoration. Our objective is to get them back in service on a steam launch or 7.5" gauge locomotive. If you get a chance, check out Kitsap Live Steamers and the Northwest Steam Society web pages. Get involved with organizations in your area and "Go Play Outside"! Steam is a great hobby and can be enjoyed by the entire family. If you need additional information getting started in Steam activities be sure to look at the web pages I mentioned.
Whistle #15 sounds a lot like the whistles that were used on Chance Ride's CP Huntington locomotives. It was ultimately changed to something else in the 2010s. However, with the discontinuation of the internal combustion CPH locomotives in favor of electric ones, real whistles are no longer used; instead, the electric ones use audio whistles that play through speakers hidden within the headlight.
Hello Jacob: We rebuild steamboats and old steam engines. We use our small steam locomotive (TASHA 2-4-0) to carry passengers at kitsaplivesteamers.org. We are trying to find homes for about 40 years of finding parts for the projects we have under way. Go to www.northweststeamsociety.org/classifieds and you will find the items we are selling including the Dean Merrill 3-1/4" x 6" x5" steeple compound engine, all the whistles and Lonergan Gauges. Be careful, this hobby can be habit forming!
Can you recreate the whistles of famous engines, like the Sierra #3's Lima 5 chime whistle, the Canadian National #3254's old CN step-top 5 chime whistle, the Southern Railway #4501's princeton step-top 3 whistle, and the grand trunk western #4070's whistle and test those?
wait, isn't this method used on a Day out with Thomas locomotive ? uhh.. you know, not the one at the strasburg railroad Edit : 6:48 now that is the whistle that i believe was used in the day out with thomas locomotive (strasburg railroad not included) but a bit pitch
though it sounded the same, its not the same casting that was used for Her. The one She currently owns is a bit longer and have more stuff going on under it
Larger whistle diameters require more air, yes? Say a Crosby 6" 3-chime like on the Cass & Mower #2. Wondering if I were to have one 3D printed or if I could acquire one, what kind of air tank size and fitting size I would need to work it
Would it be okay to use the recording in this video of the Westinghouse 1 chime for a project? I use a train simulator that doesn't have any realistic trolley whistles, and want to know if it's okay if I use the audio from this video to create a whistle asset to share with the general public. PS: Loved the massive variety of whistles here! You must've done some amazing work getting all these in shape!
Absolutely! We have found homes for nearly all the whistles featured. Now we are working on a calliope and hope to have her done by Fall. Which Westinghouse do you favor?
@@flyingblossom I'll confess I'm most partial to the first Westinghouse in the video (No. 17)- it sounds ever so slightly less harsh than the one that follows it, but maybe it's just my imagination!
#8 es Edward #14 es Thomas #15 se parece al de Freddie el Audaz #17 se parece al de Rheneas #18 se parece al de Duncan #23 Peter Sam #25 Sir Handel #27 casi Gordon
Where could I buy one of these whistles? do you have any tips for good sites? I did a quick search, but could not come up with anything good. Thanks for the great video!
