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In Australia the New South Wales Government Railways after the 1924 re-classification many steam locomotives either had 5 chimes whistles that sound similar to the Star Brass 5-chime fitted (this include many locomotives from the pre 1924 re-classification, or were built new with 5 chime whistles. [19] 3-chimes (3 compact whistles within one ...
This was a five-note whistle, with a much shorter bell, and therefore, much higher in pitch. This whistle produced a bright G-major 6th chord (GBDEG) and, again, was heavily imitated, copies being made by many different railroads. The most popular American chime train whistle was the three-note version.
A Hancock 3-chime whistle was temporarily added to the locomotive and then replaced with an AT&SF 6-chime whistle, which remains on it today, but still also keeping its original non-Hancock 3 chime whistle and Leslie A-125 air horn. 261 returned to the Midwest after almost a year at Steamtown.
This is one of the SNCF 141r to have a 3-chime whistle and an additional 5-chime whistle instead of the SNCF's standard single-chime whistle. The other one is 568. 141 R 73 , 141 R 1207 and 141 R 1332 have been purchased by the Association 141R568. 141 R 1332 has no boiler, it having been scrapped by the previous owners.
[3] Dixiana was restored to operation and converted to burn bunker oil instead of coal to prevent trackside fires. [4] It was named "Dixiana" after its last industrial home. [4] A new H. Belfield & Co. 3-chime whistle was installed during the restoration.
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.
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Hancock offered three different models of their air whistle. The most common was the 4700, which consisted of the whistle along with a large, rectangular bowl in the same plane as the languid plate. This bowl, or reflector, is used to project the sound of the whistle ahead of the locomotive, instead of omnidirectional as in the case of most ...