RE: (erielack) DL&W horns

["Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>]

> 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.

WHOA! Do NOT use Mark I Video's sound tracks as a reference! All the sounds
in his "vintage videos" are canned sounds - you'll hear many of the same
sounds throughout the tapes. I can almost guarantee you that those horns are
NOT those of EL/DL&W/Erie units!

There are some tapes out there with good live sound - Green Frog's EL tape
is one example, and I believe Clear Block Productions' EL videos are also
live sound. Revelation Audio-Visual's EL tapes are live, too, I think.

 
> 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.

I believe both roads' F-units were identically equipped with blat horns (not
sure if they were from the same manufacturer, though)

	- Paul

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