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Saturday, August 23, 2008

Sound of CPRR steam whistles

From: "Malcolm Easton" mceaston@sbcglobal.net

Is there any information about the type of steam whistle used on CPRR trains around 1885? I am trying to find a description of the sound, e.g., a particular note or chord. I see in Wikipedia a detailed discussion of this with references to other railroad lines but none to CPRR. ...

—Malcolm Easton

1 comment:

  1. Perhaps the CPRR locomotive photographs or the locomotive plans in the Appleman report might give sufficient details of the steam whistles to provide some clues.

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