Strasburg RR 4-8-0

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Further in connection with the Nichols whistle - when the 382 was not available for the Abingdon Branch, the shop would put the whistle on the 429 for Nichols.

Before Nichols bumped in as engineer on the branch (when Joe McNew retired), all the Ms carried the standard hooter.  They sounded about the same as the ones on the big engines.  The only M that sounded any different was the one Nichols was going to run that day.

EdKing


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      382 was equipped with a custom whistle built for N&W engineer F. T. Nichols.  Whenever he operated 382 on the Abingdon branch, the whistle was installed.  It's a 3-chime single barrel whistle and has a very (!!!) distinctive sound.  Strasburg tried to make a copy but could never get it to sound the same as the original.

       A tape was made where Nichols described the whistle and its history, among many other subjects.  Link Museum has a copy.  The whistle still exists and was used on #475 at Strasburg Feb 2010 for a recreation of "382".  See videos on Youtube.

      Dave Stephenson

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        Class M #382, with clear whistle sounds are recorded on "The fading Giant" Volume 2, side B, # 3 segment. I don't remember hearing that sound on any A or J.
        Gene A.

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