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Re: Freight loco horns are much louder after they pass
Author: Hot Water
Date: 09-23-2022 - 09:26
Holmes Wrote:
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> At a grade crossing in Riverside just last week
> with the windows up, air on I could not hear the
> horn until the middle of locomotive was in the
> crossing because someones bright idea to mount the
> horns further back, Why?
Keeps the horns from freezing up in the very cold climates. Remember that railroad locomotives now have air horns, which get moisture in them (unlike steam locomotives).
> It would be like my car horn mounted on the
> trunk!
Well, OK but the trunk of your car is MUCH colder than the engine compartment, where the electric horn is mounted.
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> At a grade crossing in Riverside just last week
> with the windows up, air on I could not hear the
> horn until the middle of locomotive was in the
> crossing because someones bright idea to mount the
> horns further back, Why?
Keeps the horns from freezing up in the very cold climates. Remember that railroad locomotives now have air horns, which get moisture in them (unlike steam locomotives).
> It would be like my car horn mounted on the
> trunk!
Well, OK but the trunk of your car is MUCH colder than the engine compartment, where the electric horn is mounted.
