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| Author: | ORHSRailfan2007 [ Wed Dec 01, 2021 5:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Jeddo Coal 85 Whistle at NC Transportation Musuem |
This question I’ve pondered for the past two weeks, but does anyone know what type of whistle the 85 was wearing in the fall of this year? Here’s a link to a video by Steven Saine Railfan Productions: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Av0CJ6CwKP4 There’s a closer look at the whistle at the 5:16 mark. |
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| Author: | tom moungovan [ Wed Dec 01, 2021 7:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jeddo Coal 85 Whistle at NC Transportation Musuem |
It sure looks like a homemade boiler tube whistle. They are hit or miss with sound quality. I have heard a few that were decent and at least one that should have been taken off the locomotive and used for display only. Even before I was able to view it, the sound of multiple chimes was evident. Thanks for sharing. |
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| Author: | EJ Berry [ Wed Dec 01, 2021 8:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jeddo Coal 85 Whistle at NC Transportation Musuem |
The whistle sounds good. Now I have a question: does Jeddo Coal Co. 85 have a wide firebox under the saddle tank? Jeddo is an anthracite company near Hazleton PA and Reading 0-6-0T 1251 and Pioneer Tunnel 0-4-0T Lokie (3' 6" gauge) in Ashland PA both have wide anthracite fireboxes (not full width but appropriate for the boiler) under their saddle tanks. Phil Mulligan |
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| Author: | superheater [ Thu Dec 02, 2021 1:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jeddo Coal 85 Whistle at NC Transportation Musuem |
"Jeddo is an anthracite company near Hazleton PA" Right next to the town of Ebervale, where my oldest paternal uncle lived when I was a kid. A couple miles from the now toxic site of the Lehigh Valley's Ashmore facility (courtesy of beryllium) and the Eckley Miner's Village. It was sort of an testament to a fading strip mining industry then. I remember the huge dump trucks everybody called Euclids or "Yukes" and the drag lines, that walked on feet, and had these enormous cables feeding them. It was weird to see something the size of a bus dragged up with no sound, save a faint whirring and the rattle that of the chains attached to it, and then a swoosh and a muffled thud as the coal was dumped. We generally visited on weekends and didn't see much rail activity at the breaker, an occasional parked switcher and coal hoppers. I wondered what it would have been like to see the "lokies" my Dad and his brothers talked about. Thanks to the Gramlings, I have a much better idea. Thanks, guys. |
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| Author: | Shane M [ Mon Dec 13, 2021 9:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jeddo Coal 85 Whistle at NC Transportation Musuem |
Hi - I was able to find this video, it appears to be a 6 chime made out of Atlanta and West Point 290's boiler tubes. Quite the interesting concept... I wonder how it was done. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z3NlR2zsUo |
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