Horn on C&NW U30C
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blueodessey
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Possible info on your Horn
I looked around and this is all I could find, hopefully someone else will have some better info for you.....
Nostalgia & History > Question for horn experts
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,1688960
http://utahrails.net/cnw/cnw-roster-notes.php
Air Horns
Throughout its diesel era, C&NW used a variety of air horns, typically specifying Leslie three-chime horns on new locomotives, but also acquiring other types of horns with used locomotives. In 1989, the standard air horn was changed for the first C40-8 order to the Nathan K5HR24 air horn, a five-chime horn with three trumpets facing forward and two to the rear. The Nathan horn was selected because of its tonal quality, with the basic Nathan design having been designed in the 1940s and 1950s by Southern Railway in conjunction with the U.S. Navy band.
Compared to the Leslie and other air horns, the Nathan gave the newer C&NW locomotives an unparalleled sound, which was not only distinctive and pleasant but also noticeable to motorists.
As a side note, the "C&NW" horn was selected by Australia's Hamersley Iron railroad officials while visiting GE at Erie, during specification reviews for their 29 C44-9Ws for iron ore service. The HI officials found the horn on C&NW C44-9Ws to be so distinctive and pleasing that they specified the same Nathan horn for their units.
I looked around and this is all I could find, hopefully someone else will have some better info for you.....
Nostalgia & History > Question for horn experts
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,1688960
http://utahrails.net/cnw/cnw-roster-notes.php
Air Horns
Throughout its diesel era, C&NW used a variety of air horns, typically specifying Leslie three-chime horns on new locomotives, but also acquiring other types of horns with used locomotives. In 1989, the standard air horn was changed for the first C40-8 order to the Nathan K5HR24 air horn, a five-chime horn with three trumpets facing forward and two to the rear. The Nathan horn was selected because of its tonal quality, with the basic Nathan design having been designed in the 1940s and 1950s by Southern Railway in conjunction with the U.S. Navy band.
Compared to the Leslie and other air horns, the Nathan gave the newer C&NW locomotives an unparalleled sound, which was not only distinctive and pleasant but also noticeable to motorists.
As a side note, the "C&NW" horn was selected by Australia's Hamersley Iron railroad officials while visiting GE at Erie, during specification reviews for their 29 C44-9Ws for iron ore service. The HI officials found the horn on C&NW C44-9Ws to be so distinctive and pleasing that they specified the same Nathan horn for their units.
cascaderailroad
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I select "Sounds" in my CM, and go through them, one by one, and find some totally awesomely, awesome, horns ... ones that are totally haunting ... and I place them in the desired loco
One time I found a SW loco that had a totally awesomely, awesome, haunting horn and bell, that totally blew me away ... now if I only could remember what it was called ...
One time I found a SW loco that had a totally awesomely, awesome, haunting horn and bell, that totally blew me away ... now if I only could remember what it was called ...
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