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  2. Steam whistle - Wikipedia

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    A recording of a mass blow of traction engine steam whistles. The whistle consists of the following main parts, as seen on the drawing: the whistle bell (1), the steam orifice or aperture (2), and the valve (9). When the lever (10) is actuated (usually via a pull cord), the valve opens and lets the steam escape through the orifice. The steam ...

  3. Train whistle - Wikipedia

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    One of two (front and rear) whistles on steam locomotive 60163 Tornado. A train whistle or air whistle (originally referred to as a train trumpet or air trumpet) is an audible signaling device on a steam or gas locomotive, used to warn that the train is approaching, and to communicate with rail workers.

  4. Cyldon - Wikipedia

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    Cyldon 13-1 steam engine (whistle missing) The 13/1 was (presumably) the first model made by Cyldon and is atypical in some details. The firebox is a different style from the usual Cyldon type and is steel instead of aluminium. The meths burner is also slightly different. The base is made of wood (as is the 13/2 but none of the other models).

  5. Steam donkey - Wikipedia

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    A steam donkey or donkey engine is a steam-powered winch once widely used in logging, mining, maritime, and other industrial applications. Steam-powered donkeys were commonly found on large metal-hulled multi-masted cargo vessels in the later decades of the Age of Sail on through the Age of Steam , particularly heavily sailed skeleton-crewed ...

  6. Train horn - Wikipedia

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    Train horns are sounded where a whistle post (marked with the letter "S" for siffler – "to whistle") is present. If the whistle post is labelled "J" (meaning jour – "day"), the horn is only to be sounded between 07:00 and 20:00. Horns must also be sounded when passing an oncoming train, and shortly before reaching the last car of the train.

  7. J. B. Ford - Wikipedia

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    The J. B. Ford at Azcon scrap dock Duluth, MN 27 June 2018 The main steam whistle from the Steamship J. B. Ford. The insert shows a plaque inside the building that tells whom the whistle honors. Guest of the museum may salute passing lake freighters using this whistle. The Harsens Island Historical Society was gifted the whistle in 2017.

  8. Adrian Stephens - Wikipedia

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    Adrian Stephens (1795 – 25 December 1876) was an English engineer, noted for inventing the steam whistle in 1833. [1] [2]Stephens was born in the Penzance area of Cornwall and came to Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, in 1827 to work at the Dowlais ironworks.

  9. JNR Class C11 - Wikipedia

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    It blows its whistle every noon, 3 pm & 5 pm. C11 296 [2] C11 304 [2] C11 311 [2] C11 312: Oigawa Railway in Shizuoka Prefecture (used for spare parts). It made its final run on September 8, 2007. [2] C11 322 [2] C11 324: Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum in Kyoto (cab section only) [2] C11 331 [2] C11 351: Sendai General Shinkansen Depot in Rifu ...