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I will get some pictures to add to the post, just seeing if there would be any interest in locomotive horns. There are 5 on the bar and they are the real deal and loud.

Last fall I saw a guy had some on a boat. When he was going down the water with both walls high up on each side of the lake when he would blow it wow it was loud but sounded awesome! Good luck with your sale!

Brian

How much?

Yes,how much? I am interested.

How in the heck is a locomotive horn operated? I always thought air pressure?
It would be kind of neat to have if you could operate it!

The one I saw ran of an air compressor in the trunk.
I'd love to pull up in front of my daughter's boyfriend's house and honk that a few time's. Wonder if he'd get the picture.

compressed air... check out youtube videos, there are guys that put large marine ship horns on their trucks. its pretty funny.

There are the pics as requested, they did indeed run by air as you can see the flange and gasket on them. I have it plumbed to a ball valve and hose barb. My air compressor has no problem blowing them, make sure you have plenty of hearing protection. Price on these are $650 plus about $50 to ship or can hold til a show if paid for in advance.

...you should keep it at least until Dixie, and blast it from the top of the hill...

While Dave plays the Star-Spangled Banner!.....

I have a brass ships horn about the size of the largest in your cluster. First time I tested it out a trucker from the interstate responded back.

I got 2 fire truck horns and a siren first day I tested them the police drove around the block 3 or 4 times looking.

Those are cool Phil. Someone could have a lot of fun with those LoL

What kind of air pressure does it take to make them work?

I put a tire valve in a small plastic tube on the end and used an air compressor.

I have two sets already. I turn it on my compressor with regulator at 80 and they really sound off.

Depending on the horn they can sound off at 45-60PSI up to 110PSI, the more critical number for quality is CFM as it's the vibration developed from the mass of air flowing over the valving.

Think of it this way, when Louis Armstrong was blowing his horn his cheeks were extended dramatically to hold more air to push through the instrument.

My ships horn has a full 1" inlet and 3" throat whereas most semi-truck systems have less than half that. Given you are looking at a gang of horns you'll need a pretty good supply of air to make them sound off.

My horn sounding off at low CFM

New day another new thing learned. I did know Satchmo was good!

Sold

My old friend George had a locomotive horn on his '31 Packard and liked to sound it at grade crossings.

It wasn't by chance George Hahn was it?

Ed

Sold locally, have access to a couple more