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Steam whistles

Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:34 am

Steam whistles are still being made by companies like Kahlenberg and sold be Edwards, but are they still being used anywhere apart from trains and riverboats? Any factories, mills, or fire stations still using them on steam or air? Any "Nightingale" variable pitch whistles still in use?

http://www.kahlenberg.com Check out their horn section.

I know of only two places out here that sound them regularly, the Baxter mill in Weed, CA (single long bell, air) and the VFD in Coquille, OR (Sinker-Davis, two-bell horizontal, air). They are also common on factories in Mexico.
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Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:49 am

a couple stations in a town thats about 30 mins from me have Old steam Whistles but i have no clue if they still sound. i may know of one and im going to contact them soon.

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Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:06 pm

I'd like that O2M Ultimate Yacht horn. Looks and sounds impressive.
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Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:30 pm

The Dallas Stars use the KDT-123 for their goal horn.
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