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Posted by Allen at Catfish Hollow on January 17, 2001 at 13:34:59 from (207.44.56.50):
In Reply to: Steam whistles posted by Jon on January 17, 2001 at 11:36:34:
Why is it that some people are in such a hurry to send people elsewhere? Generally, most agricultural engines came with either no whistle or one whistle. They could be either singles or three chimes, but 99% were smaller than 3-1/2" in diameter. The whistles, safeties, injectors, valves and fittings, etc. on all but the very earliest agricultural steam engines were purchased from vendors. It was simpler, and cheaper to buy these items than make them yourself. Sometimes the vendor was chosen because of price, but more often because they were local.(Remember transportation wasn't as quick and efficient back then) Common whistle vendors were Lunkenheimer, Crane, Crosby, Lonergan, Buckeye, American, and about half a dozen others. It's often hard to determine what whistle is "correct" for what engine without factory documentation. Some builders offered purchasers a choice, but mostly because they were swapped around a lot... some were stolen (even then, and especially in the 40s and 50s, while they were "abandoned"), or the original was kept when the engine was sold, or it could have been replaced by owners with one that had a "distictive" sound so people knew it was their rig, etc, etc. Then there is also the modern tendency to have 3 or more whistles mounted just for variety (I currently have 4). Some guys do go a bit overboard until it looks rather like a calliope. The ones that bother me a bit are the HUGE factory whistles, because they use enough steam to cause damage to the crown sheet on these smaller boilers.
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