For all of You Train Lovers

[polywideblock]

 

[polywideblock]

 

[DeltaV]

 

[5.7 hemi]

My son, 15 and Autistic, loves trains! We have RR Track a few blocks from the house and he can identify a train by the sound of the horn. That’s no ****! He knows the engines, BNSF, Amtrak, and so on. He’s got 2 HO scale tracks set up in his room and can run those things all day and be a happy camper.

My wife and I, on a regular basis, get him more track, engines, freight cars, box cars, controllers etc. and he will write a list, a page full, of what he wants with the correct numbers. I’m amazed that he can/does have an YUGE interest in HO Scale trains. Hell, he even has a replica steam engine that he will run once in awhile.

 

[polywideblock]

 

[polywideblock]

 

[polywideblock]

we used to have these in Australia (NSW)

this is main street years ago

 

[Photon440]

View attachment 809625

Now that's a funky paint job.

 

[polywideblock]

I don't think is was "invisible " like they wanted

 

[YY1]

Horns for locomotives are manufactured by different companies.

They are also available in different "chime" configurations, tuned to different pitches and in multiples, to create musical chords.

So, yes identifying by horn is absolutely possible.

Some roads use exclusively the same horns on all their engines, while some accept whatever the builder used on a particular model.

One of the largest horn manufacturers is Westinghouse Air brake Co. (WABCO)

WABCO recently purchased a controlling interest in the former general motors Electro Motive Division (EMD), which for decades was the leading manufacturer of railroad locomotives, until recently being eclipsed by GE.

 

[Richard Cranium]

You need this....

 

[polywideblock]

 

[polywideblock]

 

[polywideblock]

 

[Richard Cranium]

View attachment 810222View attachment 810223

That wreck could not have worked out well for those in the cab.

 

[snakeyes]

 

[snakeyes]

 

[snakeyes]

 

[snakeyes]

 

[khryslerkid]

The rails that this train is hauling are 1/4 mile long! Watch how they bend around a turn. I'd like to see the steel mill process to make and load them.