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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Willy2 For what reason were some steam locomotives equipped with air horns and why do they sometimes go off instead of the regular whistle? Willy [/quote] Hi Willy [:)] I just ran across your thread. I made a post in the Classic Trains forum some time ago about steam engines having air horns. I thought it was rather odd that as nice as the steam horns were and as bad as the horns of today are that a steamer would have an air horn. But I read where the people of St. Louis complained to the Frisco Railroad about the steam horns. (BAD PEOPLE BOO HISS TO THEM) So Frisco began equipping the steamers with air horns. Even thought Frisco's neighbors were not so nice, Frisco wanted to be a good neighbor. The engines that Frisco were using for the most part were not streamlined. I hope this help you a little. [:)]
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