Train horns

[Colt45ws]

They make these neutered siren boxes, basically, for security and etc. Only have 'Airhorn' tone and PA. Combined with a 100w siren speaker and connected to the horn button it would make a heck of a horn.
Ive thought about it, but its a lot of money for the once or twice a year I need to genuinely use the horn.

 

[JHZR2]

Nah I was going the opposite way and it was a four lane road. I was a bystander past him in the wrong direction. I think he honked a minivan.

 

[bigmike]

Originally Posted By: dave1251
Originally Posted By: bigmike
I've always wanted to get a train horn to put in my backyard. My neighbor has 2 dogs that bark alot and I always figured if I could trigger the horn right when they bark, it would eventually stop them from expressing their dominance. No idea if it would work, but it would make me feel better, which means it would work.

Alot of customized vehicles down here have train horns. I used to have a semi truck type horn hooked up to my old truck, but it wasn't nearly as loud as a train horn. It had a relay and an compressor, but no tank.


This is why "men" put the train horn on their trucks. A attempt to establish dominance.


You picked up on that too?

 

[bigmike]

Originally Posted By: KB2008X
LOL...good for you, JimPghPa.

Thanks for posting that, that is a great story.


+1 That gives me a great idea...

 

[ddrumman2004]

There is a guy that drives a large truck down the road that has what sounds like a train horn. It's loud enough and he lives about 900 yards from me.

My oldest son is a locomotive electrician for a large national rail system and he has a horn off a GP 38-2 in his work shop. He lives out in a rural setting and that horn take as lot of air at around 140 psi to work properly. His big air compressor will operate it for approx 15 seconds.

On another note, he gave me a solid brass bell that came off a SD 40 locomotive for Father's Day that works and my pancake style compressor would probably run it for a hour or more. Plus he gave me a piston with a bent, broken connecting rod out of GE Dash 9 locomotive. Cool factor involved with owning both of these.
My wife thinks it's stupid. Oh well.

 

[SteveSRT8]

Here in Fl it's a huge fine, ask my son! Not very well enforced though.

 

[xxch4osxx]

Originally Posted By: ddrumman2004
There is a guy that drives a large truck down the road that has what sounds like a train horn. It's loud enough and he lives about 900 yards from me.

My oldest son is a locomotive electrician for a large national rail system and he has a horn off a GP 38-2 in his work shop. He lives out in a rural setting and that horn take as lot of air at around 140 psi to work properly. His big air compressor will operate it for approx 15 seconds.

On another note, he gave me a solid brass bell that came off a SD 40 locomotive for Father's Day that works and my pancake style compressor would probably run it for a hour or more. Plus he gave me a piston with a bent, broken connecting rod out of GE Dash 9 locomotive. Cool factor involved with owning both of these.
My wife thinks it's stupid. Oh well.
Those GE locomotives are known for throwing rods at random. Not sure what causes it. I prefer EMD power myself. Got to love the 645 engines running in notch 8!