Nice to see that Czechoslovakian locomotive back in service probably one of the original locomotives to operate at Heston besides the German O&K outside frame 2-6-0 which is still undergoing restoration but I grew up seeing this engine in both I love toy trains number 1 and I love toy trains number 6 one thing I love about this engine is her beautiful Baldwin three chime whistle it sounds amazing
I remember seeing this engine in one of my “I Love Toy Trains” DVD’s I use to watch as a kid. It’s quite a beautiful locomotive. And that shrill whistle as well.
That's actually not a Baldwin whistle, but something much more interesting. It's a 5" Crosby-built 3 chime produced to be blown on compressed air for the NYC electric locomotives. The valveless bowl has the letters NYC cast into it upside-down on the upper lip. They are quite visibly distinctive whistles, with the bells not being fabricated rather than cast, featuring a solidly welded on bald top cap with no acorn/cap nut at all. Because they were meant to blown on compressed air they only have a 1" inlet (compared to most 5" steam whistles having 1¼-1½" inlets). I believe this was done to decrease their volume demand so that they would not drain as much pressure from the air brake reservoir, as I assume that is where they got their air from
Nice to see that Czechoslovakian locomotive back in service probably one of the original locomotives to operate at Heston besides the German O&K outside frame 2-6-0 which is still undergoing restoration but I grew up seeing this engine in both I love toy trains number 1 and I love toy trains number 6 one thing I love about this engine is her beautiful Baldwin three chime whistle it sounds amazing
I remember seeing this engine in one of my “I Love Toy Trains” DVD’s I use to watch as a kid. It’s quite a beautiful locomotive. And that shrill whistle as well.
That's actually not a Baldwin whistle, but something much more interesting. It's a 5" Crosby-built 3 chime produced to be blown on compressed air for the NYC electric locomotives. The valveless bowl has the letters NYC cast into it upside-down on the upper lip. They are quite visibly distinctive whistles, with the bells not being fabricated rather than cast, featuring a solidly welded on bald top cap with no acorn/cap nut at all. Because they were meant to blown on compressed air they only have a 1" inlet (compared to most 5" steam whistles having 1¼-1½" inlets). I believe this was done to decrease their volume demand so that they would not drain as much pressure from the air brake reservoir, as I assume that is where they got their air from
The Minneapolis and Russell traction engines at the museum also wear identical 5" NYC 3-chime air whistles.
Yep, that's the one! Glad to see that it's still steaming!
@@F-UppetsOfficial very interesting I didn’t know it was not a bald one but I just learned something