Horn and Whistle Forum International

(posted by DM, 16 July 2018)

"Old cast P5 that belonged to my friend the late Ed Noggle. He purchased it new from Nathan in 1974."
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(posted by Ed Kaspriske, 21 May 2018) "Gotta say had a great time hosting our Horn Collector's event at Horseshoe Curve met a few old friends, made some new friends. the rain held up." --------- 33029677_10208850459018126_6468796402242682880_o.jpg 33083056_10208852862318207_8486727597323976704_o.jpg

(posted by CG, 19th April 2018) "Question for those that run their horns on the vehicle, specifically underneath in some way. Has anyone ever had issues with debris or other materials being kicked up into or damaging their horn? I'm thinking a wire mesh material over the front of the bells would pre...

(posted by Michael Muha, 5 February 2018)

"A NOS single-hole factory Leslie diaphragm with instruction sheet"
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(posted by Michael Muha, 4 February 2018) "Rebuilding some AirChime locomotive horns today. This is an early, sandcast K #5. It had a big dent in the ring that clamps and seals the diaphragm. So it didn’t work." ---------- 27369101_10215423972340747_4170171358475762816_o.jpg 27500820_102154239726607...

(posted by Michael Muha, 10 December 2017) "These things make a 2nd visit to the shop. I machined both of these heads several months ago, applied antiseize, everything working as it should. Fast forward, apparently there are still some of you out there who haven’t got the message: USE ANTISEIZE BEFO...

(posted by Michael Muha, 11 November 2017) "Rebuilding some worn out Nathan M locomotive horn diaphragm seats (nozzles) this morning. Photo sequence shows prepped #3 seat and fabricated spacer low temperature silver brazed (EutecRod 157) together to compensate for wear, then machined to new specific...

(posted by PM, 9 October 2017) "I've got the P5 apart for cleaning, and I'd like to get it back to IC configuration. Question is, what is the correct bell arrangement for an IC P5? I remember the 1 bell is in the center but I can't recall the rest." ----------- 22308969_1402028786561737_932022654279...

(posted by DC, 1 October 2017) "Do any members of this group do horn restoration or have information on how I can do it myself for my three chimer?" (comments) MF: "Take it apart, clean everything, let all parts dry, use a good amount of anti-seize compound on the bolts and put it back together. Sma...

(posted by MM, 11 September 2017) "Some photos from yesterday's horn event at Horseshoe curve. A great day of great horns. Thanks to Ed Kaspriske and Eric Miller for making this event possible." -------- 21552008_10213421620071970_6885649439534087333_o.jpg 21543881_10213421639752462_2201368676276167...