"K" Bell?

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The original N&W freight whistle had a 7" bell, 5.5" diameter as Lee stated.  See drawing C29836

The original N&W passenger whistle, later the so-called "hooter" freight whistle, had a 12-1/8" bell, 5.5" diameter.  See drawing C29837.  This whistle would have probably been used on all three of the 4-8-2 classes through the very early 1940's.  It's also likely that the K1's had this whistle throughout most of their service lives.

Low-res pictures of the drawings can be seen on the N&WHS website, under "search the archives".

Dave Stephenson

--- On Tue, 9/21/10, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
Subject: "K" Bell?
To: "NW Mailing List" <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 1:32 PM



  

    
  Does anyone know the size of the pre-shroud "K" bells?

    Tom Cosgrove

    

    the m`s and
        engines before the carried a 5.5"  dia.bell ,7"s long. mabey
        this will help. lee alley

        



      
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