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Diesel Horn

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Posted by Andrew Falconer on Saturday, September 10, 2011 10:26 PM

The wires from the transfomer could be flipped around in their track connection regarding center rail-in and outer rail-out. See if that change in wire hook-up will allow the horn/whistle to be activated.

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Diesel Horn
Posted by tomlacamera on Saturday, September 10, 2011 8:41 PM

I have a GP9 New York Central Diesel engine.  The box states that it has a horn.  I looked at the engine and there appears to be one at the bottom of the chassis.  I remember trains having horns that ran on batteries but this doesn't appear to use one.  My transformer is a Tech II Trainpower 027 and although it has a "whistle" switch, it doesn't appear to do anything with the horn.  This is a pretty heavy weighted car, although it's a nice engine.

How can I test the horn?  Is there a way I can test it if my transformer doesn't make it sound?

--tom

 

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