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Re: Odd train horns

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Update: A photo of BNSF 7510, with the horn barely visible/
Wonder what it is...
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Also, a photo of BNSF 5225, showing her 5-chime in all its shiny glory:
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UP 5992 has a K5[H]A on it:

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ICE (Iowa, Chicago and Eastern) 6443 has a K3LA. Odd because probably 95% or better of that railroad's blue and yellow locomotives were equipped with either P3s or Leslie RS-3LRs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akw8bi2-EoM
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A GEVO horn on a older unit again.

This time, it's CN 2597, which has had a K5(H)L[L] since at least last December:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMFoKp7Xc1c
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BC Rail 4611 has a K5HLL on it too
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wow 2 extra pairs of headlights on that sucker. Neat!
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Crossingman18 wrote:wow 2 extra pairs of headlights on that sucker. Neat!
That's normal for CN units of BCOL heritage.

They're called double ditch lights, and they were one of the hallmarks of BC Rail.
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luke wrote:A GEVO horn on a older unit again.

This time, it's CN 2597, which has had a K5(H)L[L] since at least last December:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMFoKp7Xc1c
Oddly enough, it looks like they put that horn on the "right" way, with more bells facing forward, unlike the way the horns usually are when they are on GEVOs.
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AndyWS wrote:
luke wrote:A GEVO horn on a older unit again.

This time, it's CN 2597...
Oddly enough, it looks like they put that horn on the "right" way, with more bells facing forward, unlike the way the horns usually are when they are on GEVOs.
Yes.

All four of the non-GEVOs that have GEVO horns found so far:

CN 2597
CN/BCOL 4611
BNSF 5225
and CSXT 7352

have them mounted forwards, which isn't a surprise.

On the GEVOs and the horns made for them, a peg and plug system enforces the backwards mounting.

On other locomotives, however, the horns can be mounted however the owner pleases.

Now, all I'm waiting for is for a first generation K5[H]L to show up on an older locomotive...

(All of the ones above are the lower-pitched post-summer-2007 version; the one which I hate.)
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Another GEVO with a non-GEVO horn.

BNSF ES44AC #6085 has a K3LA:

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