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| Author: | John D [ Mon Mar 01, 2004 9:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | steam whistle source |
Apologies in advance if someone has already mentioned this (but I don't recall it). Railswap.org has, under its steam locomotive listings, an ad for steam whistles. 5-chime listed at $656.25; and 3-chime listed at $603.75. Source is Multipower International (www.multipowerinternational.com). Prices supposedly expire 5/31/2004 (these prices reflect a 25% discount). I don't know anything about the machine or tonal quality, but the price seems attractive. Multipower International's ad on Railswap.org |
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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Somewhat old news |
> Apologies in advance if someone has already > mentioned this (but I don't recall it). Yep, it has. Multipower is the American agent for Chinese steam locomotives and appliances. The whistles in question are knockoffs of American step-tops; in general they need basic machining and reworking to get them to work properly, but they are available and are cheap, if you don't mind paying a Communist country where the workers probably made a total of $35 making it (add the shipping, of course). LNER4472-NOSPAM-@bcpl.net |
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| Author: | buddy bob [ Mon Mar 01, 2004 6:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Somewhat old news |
> Yep, it has. Multipower is the American > agent for Chinese steam locomotives and > appliances. The whistles in question are > knockoffs of American step-tops; in general > they need basic machining and reworking to > get them to work properly, but they are > available and are cheap, if you don't mind > paying a Communist country where the workers > probably made a total of $35 making it (add > the shipping, of course). Do you really think the workers make that much? bb |
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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Mon Mar 01, 2004 8:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Somewhat old news |
> Do you really think the workers make that > much? Maybe $35 divided by all the workers that worked on it? It's not for me to get into this squabble, but I was leaked a figure as to what the actual cost to Multipower per whistle was F.O.B. the foundry. Not to put too fine a point on it, it *was* a two-digit number. How much of that gets down to the lowly worker isn't my business. Mind you, Multipower *does* have to pay overhead in the U.S., *does* have to pay shipping for pretty heavy stuff, etc. LNER4472-NOSPAM-@bcpl.net |
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