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I'll have a think about seeing if it can be slimmed down: initially it was an exercise in seeing which categories might be popular.

Thanks

The youthful enthusiasm

I'm sure that won't be the last video I find to put on this forum, you've got a wealth of great videos on your channel.

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A short video from Mafarnz showing how the bells of a P3 (and P5) ought to be assembled:
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"Here we see two trains in the early morning light of November 4, 1990 at Walong, the Tehachapi Loop. The first train is a Southern Pacific heavy mixed freight manifest led by SD45R 7541 with a total of 6 heavy SD units in the head end consist, and another 6 units as mid-train helpers - typical of t...

Hadley Truck Horns advert, 1954
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Precision Parts NW (who have a link to their site on this forum) have announced their first sales line: "Hot off the water jetting machine from Precision Parts NW, we proudly present our brand new Leslie S diaphragm kits! Made from 301 half hard stainless steel and spec'd to exact dimensions, just l...

(posted by MD, 2 February 2019)

"Another original horn collector has left us. Ed Kaspriske passed away. He was known for making VHS and then DVDs of horn honks to share the hobby long before YouTube was a thing. RIP Ed."
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(posted by Michael Muha, 7 October 2018) "No feet, no problem. Just build up with weld and machine. Subject is a locomotive air horn model K, 3A bell. (Not an inexpensive repair though. There’s a lot of hours in this one)" ---------- 43310207_10217416308227899_3876358557603463168_o.jpg 43302816_1021...

(posted by Michael Muha, 5 August 2018) "Modifying a standard raised-letter (newest style) AirChime #3 bell to play A, 440 Hz, and fitting it with a tuning spacer so that it can be converted back to play the original note A# (or in this case, the original note is actually A#+35 cts)" --------- 38545...