Im programming a TCS DCC decoder and want to make sure it has the correct whistle
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Hancock 3 chime I believe.
Manning-Maxwell & Moore (made by Hancock), 3 chime "deep steam boat" style, however distinct to the UP and used only on their 800 class, 3900 class, and 4000 class.
Originally Posted by Hot Water:
Manning-Maxwell & Moore (made by Hancock), 3 chime "deep steam boat" style, however distinct to the UP and used only on their 800 class, 3900 class, and 4000 class.
Interesting. I have never heard the original in a good recording (just on some videos), but I think he newly-released MTH Premier model got it right, or is at least trying. It has the deepest whistle of any model loco I have ever heard. Very much like a big, deep riverboat - almost ocean liner deep.
Love it when that whistle interrupts pundits blowing smoke themselves
Fantastic audio(on accident) of the whistle courtesy of MSNBC:
Originally Posted by RickO:
Love it when that whistle interrupts pundits blowin smoke themselves
Absolutely! That was done deliberately, as one of the crew was in the tool car watching it on TV, and every time one of those idiots tried to talk, he would radio the man on duty in the cab to blow the whistle. Worked out quit well, didn't it?
Originally Posted by Hot Water:
Worked out quit well, didn't it?
Indeed, and is some of the best quality audio of 844's whistle I've ever heard to boot.
Hand's down one of the best videos ever! I know what I'd rather listen to....the 844 any day.
Originally Posted by Hot Water:
Manning-Maxwell & Moore (made by Hancock), 3 chime "deep steam boat" style, however distinct to the UP and used only on their 800 class, 3900 class, and 4000 class.
Hi Jack, was this same whistle used on both Early and Late Challengers?
As I am sure you are aware the term "3900 Class" can be a bit confusing, with the early challengers originally being numbered in the 3900 series, then being renumbered to the 3800 series when the Jableman(Late) Challengers came out.
Then to add to the confusion, UP, would renumber, either Early or Late Challengers to the 3700 series, if/when converted to Oil Firing. The Late Challengers are my Favorite locomotive, but UP sure did their Darnedest, to make their numbering a "Challenge"
, when discussing these locomotives.
Doug
Originally Posted by challenger3980:
Originally Posted by Hot Water:
Manning-Maxwell & Moore (made by Hancock), 3 chime "deep steam boat" style, however distinct to the UP and used only on their 800 class, 3900 class, and 4000 class.
Hi Jack, was this same whistle used on both Early and Late Challengers?
Not to my knowledge. I've told by many of the "UP Old Heads" that only the "big three" locomotives carried that "UP Special" Hancock deep 3-chime.
As I am sure you are aware the term "3900 Class" can be a bit confusing, with the early challengers originally being numbered in the 3900 series, then being renumbered to the 3800 series when the Jableman(Late) Challengers came out.
Then to add to the confusion, UP, would renumber, either Early or Late Challengers to the 3700 series, if/when converted to Oil Firing. The Late Challengers are my Favorite locomotive, but UP sure did their Darnedest, to make their numbering a "Challenge" , when discussing these locomotives.
Doug
Thanks Jack,
So in this case, I am assuming you are referring to the "Late" Challengers when saying "3900" class.
Doug
OMy gosh..I just took a sip of my coffee when one of those two said "maybe just
an MSNBC fan. It's everywhere. The coffee, that is.
By the way, listened to the Hancock on 734 today. It sounded lovely, and so
did 734. Seemed to have pretty nice stack talk as well.
Ed
Thanks for the help guys, my decoder has the UP 3 chime but due to small speaker size it just doesn't sound as good as it should. That video always makes me chuckle
Originally Posted by Matt Makens:
Thanks for the help guys, my decoder has the UP 3 chime but due to small speaker size it just doesn't sound as good as it should.
Try listening to the Lionel Legacy model of UP #844, which came out some years ago. That model has the absolute best reproduction of the 844 whistle I've ever heard come out of a model locomotive.
That video always makes me chuckle
Thanks Jack, I'll fire up that loco when I get back to the house
Originally Posted by Hot Water:
Originally Posted by RickO:
Love it when that whistle interrupts pundits blowin smoke themselves
Absolutely! That was done deliberately, as one of the crew was in the tool car watching it on TV, and every time one of those idiots tried to talk, he would radio the man on duty in the cab to blow the whistle. Worked out quit well, didn't it?
I loved that! What surprised me is that neither Olberman or Matthews lost their temper over it, which would have been icing on the cake. 
Ok, the Lionel 844 whistle sounds exactly like the video
Originally Posted by RickO:
Love it when that whistle interrupts pundits blowing smoke themselves Fantastic audio(on accident) of the whistle courtesy of MSNBC:
LOL...that was no accident.
Those two MSNBC blowhards never sounded better. 
Originally Posted by OGR Webmaster:
LOL...that was no accident.
Those two MSNBC blowhards never sounded better.
I couldn't agree more
I went down this past Nov 2014 to the Youngstown Whistle Blow. Well I did get video. At the 7:04 mark in the top first video, I is the same whistle Hancock 3 Chime. Also there are 2 other favorites in this video I like. Which whistles do you like in Part 1 and 2 in these videos below? Also for an added bonus, that's me blowing that whistle in the second video Part 2 at the 14:10 mark.
