It may be an old thread, but I am in fact still around, haha. At least every now and then. Yeah there was a time when I was obsessed with making sure every siren on my map was named absolutely correctly, but as I got older I stopped caring, haha. I think I just left them as Model M and Model Y. Whic...

I actually used to date a girl who went to Ithaca College. Never noticed any sirens, but it's possible that they just have a PA system. Broome County Community College does that; they have four big speakers, one on each corner of the library building. I did see the Whelens at Cornell though. They ar...

Awesome! I didn't know these were sold under Gamewell. They typically made horns, didn't they? So this unit is decommissioned now? It looks like it. I seem to remember hearing fairly recently that it would go off every day at noon. Was hoping someone would get a recording of it, but it might be too ...

Wow, I forgot about making this. Cool to see people still come back to it though. The Darley Model 5 would be pretty much the same as the Federal Model 5. The only thing that's different is the housing. It is possible that some of the Darleys are a little quieter due to the vents in the housing bein...

K5? Looks kinda small. I was thinking more like K2 or something. How many different sizes did they make? I'd love to have some more information on Sterling, as there doesn't seem to be as much out there as other companies. For example, I just found out that the siren that people have been calling th...

Wow that's crazy. There's only like one or two other videos I can think of where one of these runs full speed. Actually, this one doesn't sound like it quite hit its peak, but it's still going way faster than Chryslers in other videos where they just basically growl them. Must have been one heck of ...

I don't remember seeing this thread when it was first posted, cool. The west coast certainly has it's fair share of interesting sirens. I agree that the paint can siren is not an HOR. I only know of like three different HOR models (though each one has several variations), and none of them are anythi...

It's just an older Model A. Federal used to call most of their sirens Type this and Type that, but switched to "Model" later on. The two terms can be used interchangeably though, 'cause they mean the exact same thing. I have a Model A that dates back to 1940 when they were still called Fed...

Oooh, another great post! I did know that most of the ACA/ASC sirens underwent several name changes, but these are new to me. At least now I know where "PN-20" comes from, because it always puzzled me why it wasn't simply called the P-20.

Wow, nice! It's not often when the community learns about a new siren. Well, "new" meaning not heard of before. Now we just have to find one in the wild, haha.