Horn and Whistle Forum International

It’s just a standard old cast P3. It has a very brassy tone to it, and is likely a very early, 1950’s era casting.

I recently picked up an RS chamber that was missing the diffuser ring. I took an aftermarket S diaphragm ring that was the wrong size and used it to make a new diffuser ring. Worked pretty good.

Sounds really good!

I’d like to hear this same combo but with a 1L instead of a 5.

Preferably a Tampa but let me know what you have and price.
Thanks!

Same or similar type. Back in those days air horns weren’t that common, most non steam equipment (electric locomotives and new diesels) had air whistles. Those curved horns were some kind of early horn from WABCO.

Absolutely love it! I had thought about doing the exact same thing with the K5 low manifold to make a K version of a U manifold. Great minds think alike I guess.

By the way, the Leslie 3L chord is bells 25, 31, 44. The K #1 bell is same as a Leslie 31, not a 37.

NickN wrote: ↑Thu Nov 19, 2020 8:03 am I do believe you may have hit upon the very one!

What's more, at least one of their roster definitely came from L&N, pictured here. What horn is that...?

That’s a P3. Not to say that it wasn’t a later replacement.

Glad to see you in this forum Mike!

A while ago I saw a post on Facebook with a guy asking about these bronze plates that had a Leslie logo on them. I thought they were A-200 diaphragms so I arranged a sale of them. I got them delivered the other day and turns out they are A-300 diaphragms. 300mm in diameter and a whopping 4mm thick! ...

A lot of pieces are posted at extremely high prices. Very few actually sell for that much.