Can anybody out there give me info, or point me to where I can get it, on the type of horns the Lehigh Valley railroad used on their Alco’s, specifically the FA1’s. Normally I wouldn’t care, but I’d like to purchase a QSI sound decoder. They have so many horn selections that I’d like to pick the “right” one.
According to this site, at least one set of FA-1’s had a Nathan M-3.
http://www.dieselairhorns.com/sounds.html
Scroll down and it is the second one up from the bottom under the Nathan M series listings. There is also a sound bite.
Regards
Thank you! A very interesting website!
You are welcome. Yes, I thought it was interesting, also. Note that you may want to get another source or two before investing in a decoder. After all, I don’t know what that horn actually sounds like, so you are sort of relying on what the owner of that site says as being fact.
But, a neat sounding horn none the less.
Ed’s a local and takes many photos and videos of trains running over the various former Anthracite roads. He also brings his horn truck to events around the area and demonstrates them.
–Randy