Horn and Whistle Forum International

That's a fairly old list, prices from the factory have gone up quite a lot now.

If it’s not for collector purposes, there’s no reason to use a manifold for a K or P horn. Just take a small block of aluminum, drill for the bolt hole spacing, drill the center for a quarter inch airline, throw a gasket or O-ring between the bell and the block, and you’re done. Installs using K’s &...

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The Great Northwest Railway is a WATCO owned and operated line that runs from Lewiston Idaho to Ayer Washington along the Snake River. In Ayer there is interchange with UP and BNSF. Recently the line was giver a pair of SD40-2's to operate their daily Ayer Turn run with. One of these units has a FAN...

Looking for an RS3L tag please and thank you

cold-steel-iron wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 1:52 pm Great ideas Ill try the paper behind the diaphragm first and maybe last resort the bell foot restrictor. Thanks for all the suggestions

Since your manifold is already tapped try reducing the restrictions there. That way you don’t have to drill out and tap the bell.

Those restrictors have a larger orifice than the inlet on the bell foot so they won't make any difference until that hole is smaller. Normally the restrictor is placed in the bell rather than the manifold. This is quite common from the factory on the big bore #5 bells, though I've never heard of a 4...

Rio Grande had them on their SD50’s, which were a canceled order for Chessie. Doesn’t sound like your paint colors match that though

What is the thickness of the K horn diaphragm? I have somebody asking me, but surprisingly I don’t have it written down anywhere.

I thought I said S3K not 3L? In any case it is a 3K.