I debated posting this here or in prototypes, but settled on Live steam because I want to help liven this part of the site up.
So here it is, another great email sent my way this video is good enough that it it held my 2 1/2 year old son’s attention the full 17+ minutes! Enjoy!
Fairmont, WV fab shop builds steam whistles. Cass featured in the videol
Fascinating.
And those guys at Cass can sure play them whistles…
Way Cool!! Makes you want to go out in the shop and make some swarf.
Ken Brunt said:
Fascinating.
And those guys at Cass can sure play them whistles…
When I watched that clip and listened to the guy talk about different engineers having different whistle sequences, I smiled. Although diseasmals mostly have simple electronic push buttons for horns now, you can still tell each hoghead by the way they blow. Some have really really long ‘long’ sequences, and others have shorter ‘longs’. Every once in a while on a older unit you would get an air handle for the horn and you could really play a tune.
BTW the Trainmasters TV is a fairly well run program developed by Model Railroad Hobbyist. The magazine is free, but the TMTV is a subscription based program. Maybe those of you with article writing experience should consider submitting a large scale article to MRH.
Randy, Thanks so much for posting the video on the MD Whistles manufacturing. That was really cool! It was so interesting to watch. Had to view it twice. Who knew?
Most interesting! Did know how they are make or better crafted and yes I agree it is an art. Maybe we need to buy a whistle and a a larger air compressor. Paul
That is some craftsmanship!
Love to have one of those! Thanks for the link Randy
Love to have one of those! Thanks for the link Randy
I’m glad you all enjoyed it as much as I did. Lots of neat prototype info and “how it works” type info in that video. We are planning a trip down to Cass late this spring. Can’t wait to see the look on my sons face when we get there.
And yes Dave, If I didn’t have my unfinished Ruby bash on the bench, as well as lots of other non-Train projects going, I might be fooling around at the lathe. Soon enough…
It looks like Mike Daugherty sold his MD Whistles company to Rizzoli Locomotive Works but he is still actively involved with the whistle design. Their website is rizzolilocomotiveworks.com. They can make just about any whistle with the average 3 chime full size whistle running around $800 to $1000. Pretty cool.
Hey Randy,
Nice video. Brought back memories of the trip to Cass, plus some great sounds.
Very cool indeed!
Wow! Very cool. Thanks for posting this.
-Kevin.