tender whistle types

Classic Toy Trains Forum
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Is anyone familiar with different types of whistle assemblies used in late prewar & early postwar tenders? I recently bought a #265 with a waffle top tender, but someone took the whistle out of it and I want to find a replacement.

Most of the postwar whistles I’ve seen have plastic echo chambers and all look basically the same (except for variations in the color of the plastic).

Do prewar tenders all use the same whistle, or are there different types for different tender styles?

Thanks,
Doug

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There are several variations, involving vertical and horizontal mounting, relay mounted on the whistle and separately, and plastic and zinc whistle chambers. You can find detailed information on the Olsen’s web site, when it is working.

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I took a look at the tender parts on OTTP but most of what they had was impellers. Is that what you were looking at; just for the list of tenders those impellers went with, or is there more that I didn’t find?

Thanks again,
Doug

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Hello Doug! Try Dr.Tinker’s Toy Train Parts Website. He has parts like that & should be able to help you out. Take Care.

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Look at “Whistle”, “125 Whistle Complete”, and “175 Whistle Complete” on

http://pictures.olsenstoy.com/searchcd2.htm?srt=11

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Thanks all! That took care of it.