Re: (erielack) DL&W E8 horns

[A Samostie <quahog_@_sprint.ca>]

Dear Bob and Group,

The topic of horns came up awhile back, and I'm glad it has been
revived.  Were the 1959 horn specifications different from the as-built
equipment?

I recently viewed the Mark I Videos "Lackawanna Diesels" and "The Phoebe
Snow" for the first time.  I noticed two very different horn sounds from
the E8s -- one was melodic and high-pitched, the other less shrill and
not as "rich" a chord sound; perhaps these were just "short toots" with
the horn valves only partially open.  I'll need to watch the videos
again and listen more carefully to see if there was a difference in horn
sound between pre-merger and post-merger DL&W E8s, as well as between
Erie and DL&W E8s.

The DL&W freight F3s definitely had a flat "blat" horn... not sure about
the passenger F3s.  No PA or Train Master horn sounds on the video,
unfortunately.

Cheers,
Alan <quahog_@_sprint.ca>

Dlw1el2_@_aol.com wrote:
> 
> This reply was forwarded to me by a Lackawanna Shop man.
> Bob Bahrs
> 
> Bob: The Lackawanna 1959 specification for E8 locomotives call for
> a         Leslie 3 horn cluster. (2 A125LP and 1 A200LP).Since there
> was          another A200LP facing to the rear, it would seem that all
> three         would face front unless this caused excessive noise and
> thus was        modified.Hope this helps.

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