Train horns (as used on real trains apparently)

[spudboy]

I don't know why, but I really want one of these for my Defender:

AirChime K3LA 540 Train Horn Kit (http://www.hornblasters.com/products/details.php?i=nathan-airchime-k3-540-train-horn-kit)

Only USD$1250 :eek:

http://s3.hornblasters.com/products/HK/K3/540/img_7294_43.jpg

[richard4u2]

that would be neat say if you were been chased by the cops you could head for a train track and sound the horn and the cops would stop for the train and you could get away :D

[isuzutoo-eh]

This is the real deal:
LESLIE S5TRF RAILROAD LOCOMOTIVE TRAIN AIR HORN NATHAN - eBay Hardware, Railroadiana Trains, Transportation, Collectibles. (end time 29-Jul-10 02:30:09 AEST) (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/LESLIE-S5TRF-RAILROAD-LOCOMOTIVE-TRAIN-AIR-HORN-NATHAN-/190422487719?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c561092a7)

:twisted::twisted::twisted::D

[digger]

c'mon the pun is sitting there ripe for the picking...who's gonna do it? :D

[Rangier Rover]

Thought has crossed my mind a few times now:angel:. My 120 has an air tank so just need a solenoid and some horns:twisted:
150 psi should set them off:twisted: Or blow the arse out of them:lol2:

Edit.... Is a similar air system I run for the Air springs.

[HBWC]

you can get ones just as loud hear in aus i had a set on my old cruser i'll get contact details for you
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

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Air Ride Suspension Supplies - Train & Novelty Horns (http://www.airide.com.au/index.php/cPath/2_50)

[Rangier Rover]

you can get ones just as loud hear in aus i had a set on my old cruser i'll get contact details for you
http://www.msmaustralia.com.au/4x4/jonoute/u4.jpg

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Air Ride Suspension Supplies - Train & Novelty Horns (http://www.airide.com.au/index.php/cPath/2_50)


Same mob I got my air spring controller setup from:angel:

[Bigbjorn]

go to any truck wreckers and get some Grovers off the roof of any North American sourced truck.

[solmanic]

Surely you'll get fined if caught using one of these with noise & hoon laws the way they are now?

Still, it's funny to scare drug dealers with...

YouTube- Train Horn Pranks In Atlanta, Georgia by HornBlasters.com!


...This is quite clever through...

YouTube- The Smart Car Train Horn

I wonder if they can use it on the move or all the engine power goes into driving the compressor.

[MickS]

YouTube- Train Horn Pranks In Atlanta, Georgia by HornBlasters.com! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnPE6nGXVqE)




I've seen that before...:)...hilarious...could have some fun on Darlinghurst Road :twisted:

[Bigbjorn]

An old interstater mate acquired a whistle from a NSW steam loco. He had a mate at Eveleigh workshops. Hooked it into his Mercedes prime mover air supply with a lanyard valve. His favourite trick was when going through a town early am that no longer had a railway line to give the traditional loco whistles. I wonder how many people sat up suddenly in bed startled by the ghost train.

[bee utey]

An old interstater mate acquired a whistle from a NSW steam loco. He had a mate at Eveleigh workshops. Hooked it into his Mercedes prime mover air supply with a lanyard valve. His favourite trick was when going through a town early am that no longer had a railway line to give the traditional loco whistles. I wonder how many people sat up suddenly in bed startled by the ghost train.

A neat trick in principle but steam gives a varying tone with the volume of condensate in the steam. When our local woollen mill was still going 20 years ago they had a steam whistle for the workers. After it closed down some worthy tried it on compressed air for some town anniversary and all it said was BAAAA

[Bigbjorn]

A neat trick in principle but steam gives a varying tone with the volume of condensate in the steam. When our local woollen mill was still going 20 years ago they had a steam whistle for the workers. After it closed down some worthy tried it on compressed air for some town anniversary and all it said was BAAAA

There must be whistles and whistles because this one worked just like a train.

[isuzutoo-eh]

You can blow a train whistle with a lungful of air if you know how and its not too big a whistle. Steam does give a much nicer sound though. You need an initial high pressure and volume to get it to resonate. Maybe the woollen mill's whistle was cracked when it was removed?

[DeeJay]

Ever since I saw this clip I have wanted to get on a mountain out the back of Mount Hotham & let rip with this


YouTube- Bigger than a Train Horn!

[Bigbjorn]

An old interstater mate acquired a whistle from a NSW steam loco. He had a mate at Eveleigh workshops. Hooked it into his Mercedes prime mover air supply with a lanyard valve. His favourite trick was when going through a town early am that no longer had a railway line to give the traditional loco whistles. I wonder how many people sat up suddenly in bed startled by the ghost train.

Spoke to him last night. He still has the whistle. He took it off the Benz when he traded it on a Scania to run Brisbane-Darwin for Brambles. The whistle went on the Scania and was kept when he left road transport about 1982 and bought a pub. Now long retired. He said he did a better installation on the Scania using a much bigger air line. He said it works better with high flow. The Scania had a much greater capacity compressor than the old Benz with its air/hydraulic brakes.

[Rangier Rover]

Some people must be addicted to these things:o
YouTube- Way bigger than a train horn

[spudboy]

Oooh - I have horn envy :(