Hi all, I'm working on modeling WSOR 4492 in its later days. There is a decent photo of the frontend from a high angle that gives a good view of some of the roof details. I've developed a plan for what I want to model in terms of level of detail, but horns are so distinctive that I feel like any WSOR fan would immeditaley pick out any flaw in my efforts in with respect to that particular part.
So without further adue, based on this (http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=299918) photo and/or any knownledge of hardcore WSOR fans, let's play a game of...
NAME!!!THAT!!!HORN!!!
I can't make out much from that photo. It seems to be a five-chime with 1 or 2 bells reversed. Here's a page from a Leslie catalog:
Leslie_Supertyfon-a by Edmund, on Flickr
Good Luck, Ed
I agree, it looks like it is probably a 5 chime with at least one facing rear, but the photo is just blurry enough to obscure the exact configuration. Thanks for the Leslie reference
I guess I'll have to go along with Ed. Here's another view, from the same page.
It almost looks like a 4 chime? with 3 facing back.
Here's a picture of the same loco, as it was built for the CRIP (Rock Island), when the horn was on top of the short hood.
If you follow the different road numbers this loco had, through the links on RRPictureArchives, there are other views of this loco.
Mike.
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In this shot it looks like a three-chime Leslie:
The 4493 has cab-roof mounted five chime horns:
Horns were frequently swapped out so a lot depends on when the actual sighting was. This is especially true of short lines using many second, and third-hand locomotives.
I agree Ed, and look how many times the loco in question has changed, numbers, and looks.
I'd say pick the lastest version, and go with it, since the OP is modeling the "chopped" hood version, of what was built for the CRIP.