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Whistles...I finally get it

Jeff MetzJeff MetzOGR Forum Member

I have often read posts speaking of anemic whistles or same old same old whistles in different locos. I never paid much attention and thought perhaps the poster was expecting too much from their whistles. 

 

I just had a 3 hour marathon session running my Lindberg E6 Atlantic, my K-line Mikado and a lash up of 3 Legacy Diesels set in the lash up so all horns sounded at once. All ran and sounded great. 

 

I then fired up my Railking Imperial PS3 S2. I thought I liked the whistle. This time after running the others it sounded terrible to me. Funny how relative sounds become compared to other sounds. 

 

I will now pay much more attention to other's posts concerning the quality of the whistle in a loco I am looking to buy. I just bought NIB K-line C & O Allegheny on eBay. I love K-line engines. I'm hoping it has a good full sounding whistle. Any input from those that have this engine concerning the whistle would be appreciated. ( if the whistle really sucks I prefer you lie to me...lol). 

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S SJCOGR Forum Member
Originally Posted by Jeff Metz:

I have often read posts speaking of anemic whistles or same old same old whistles in different locos. I never paid much attention and thought perhaps the poster was expecting too much from their whistles. 

 

I just had a 3 hour marathon session running my Lindberg E6 Atlantic, my K-line Mikado and a lash up of 3 Legacy Diesels set in the lash up so all horns sounded at once. All ran and sounded great. 

 

I then fired up my Railking Imperial PS3 S2. I thought I liked the whistle. This time after running the others it sounded terrible to me. Funny how relative sounds become compared to other sounds. 

 

I will now pay much more attention to other's posts concerning the quality of the whistle in a loco I am looking to buy. I just bought NIB K-line C & O Allegheny on eBay. I love K-line engines. I'm hoping it has a good full sounding whistle. Any input from those that have this engine concerning the whistle would be appreciated. ( if the whistle really sucks I prefer you lie to me...lol). 

 

I've got a dead KL Allegheny. The engine itself didn't run well for me. Very herky jerky and eventually blew itself up only after about a month after ownership. It was a gift and I had no money in it thankfully. Regardless, the whistle is a "Hooter" style. I personally liked it a lot but that is just me. Below is a Youtube Video where you can here it. 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2gXWzZriDs

DennisDennisOGR Forum Member

I like that whistle.

 

I had a similar experience (the herky jerky operation) with my only K-Line engine, a Daylight 4-6-4.  I got fed up with it and had it converted to DSC.  My converter dude told me the jerky motion was due to a bent plunger piston inside.  I guess it had something to do with the smoke chuff timing.  Anyway he had to fix that as well when converting my engine.  SJC may have had the same defect with his engine.

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Dennis

LW Lee WillisOGR Forum Member

I ought to use the whistles on my locos more.  They are fun to operate and it is interesting to listen to how much difference there is among them.  .  

 

But whistles are just something I don't think about much, unfortunately.  I have several locos that I'm not sure I've even checked to see if the whistles work well lately.  I really should play with them more.  Fun!  

 

Thank you for the reminder.

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