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Posted by WSOR 3801 on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 4:40 PM

 It kinda looks  like a Nathan P3, but I could be wrong.  Would be a little easier if a sound recording of that engine was available.

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Posted by beaulieu on Monday, May 10, 2010 12:18 AM

BNSF MPLS/ST.P

Nobody? There must be some smart people on the forums!

 

No matter what horn was on it when built, when a horn fails the shop will grab what ever they have laying around that works. Within the CP/Soo/D&H GP38-2 fleet I would expect 4 or 5 different horns to be in use. Since that is a Soo Line locomotive, I will take a guess that it is a K5 horn with at least two bells reversed.

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Posted by tree68 on Saturday, May 8, 2010 9:58 PM
BNSF MPLS/ST.P

Nobody? There must be some smart people on the forums!

 

Plenty actually, but there are many choices, and a given model of locomotive will likely have several different horns, depending on which railroad it was purchased by and/or runs on now.

Try either of these sites:

http://www.dieselairhorns.com/sounds.html

http://www.dieselairhorns.com/

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Posted by BNSF MPLS/ST.P on Saturday, May 8, 2010 3:28 PM

Nobody? There must be some smart people on the forums!

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CP GP38-2 Horn
Posted by BNSF MPLS/ST.P on Thursday, May 6, 2010 4:18 PM

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=12558 What kind of horn is it? I dont know my horns Laugh and I cant get a good enough look to identify it.

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