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Re: Fog horns
Author: E
Date: 03-20-2013 - 18:06

Stevo del Applegato Wrote:
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> "And where do you think the air comes from?"
>
> Well, the amount of steam required to run the air
> pumps to blow horns is about 25% to 50% of the
> steam required required to blow a whistle.
> A sizable fleet of locomotives multiplied by
> several years use might realize a notable fuel
> cost savings for the company.
>
> Oh, and there's no real need to be snarky...
>
> For what it's worth, some of Espee's cab-forwards,
> Mountain and Pacific classes and the AC-9s had
> airhorns, too.
>
>
> sda

Snarky? Me? I don't think so.

Sanrkey would be: "Do you have any idea how much steam a
pir of cross-compound air pumps use? Hint: A lot.

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