I have one of MTH's early o gauge tin plate blue comets, but with out whistle. I wanted to outfit it with a conventional whistle. Is there a specific model I should be looking for to mount and fit in the tender. I was hoping to buy an older one at a train show and rebuild it, just do not know which one. Any ideas what a good prove on a whistle would be?
thanks for the help.
Mike
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Doesn't really matter. Mounting points varied between some of Lionel's original whistles: the elongated one vs. the box style. Does tender floor have some pre-punched holes?
I am not up to speed on any modern stuff, especially MTH offerings. I have to presume your tender is a bare-bones tender that is empty inside. It looks like what you want to attempt would be more work & money that it's worth. I am strictly Loionel, and you seem to want a Lionel style whistle, which operates through a relay and roller pickups on the trucks. There are different styles of whistle from Postwar era, that could work. You would need enough room inside the tender to mount it, whether it is vertical style, or horizontal. Depending on style, you need to cut a hole for the sound to escape. Another hole would be needed for the pickup wire from roller on the truck up to whistle. If this is the direction you are attempting, it seems more trouble and parts than it would be worth.
I actually have a Lionel Classics Line Blue Comet from 1991.
The whistle unit looks almost exactly like the one in the 2nd photo, albeit with a modern relay board, but can be wired with a postwar style relay.
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