Some are actual steam whistles, but most are the air horns designed by Robert Swanson to imitate their earlier counterparts, the most famous being the E-flat minor triad of the transcontinental ...

The whistles used in this installation aren’t old train whistles. They are brand new cast brass whistles based upon the original steam train sounders. The compressed air available today doesn ...

Heritage locomotives across the south of England will be joining in a worldwide "whistle-up" to mark 200 years of passenger rail travel. Swanage Railway, North Dorset Railway, Isle of Wight Steam ...

The co-ordinated event involved locomotives across the UK and beyond sounding their whistles and horns at noon. Swanage Railway, North Dorset Railway, Isle of Wight Steam Railway and Didcot Rail ...

At 12 noon on Wednesday, January 1, the crew of the Swanage Railway Trust’s unique Victorian T3 class steam locomotive No. 563 will blow its whistle as the engine departs Swanage station hauling ...

It was a simple safety device to warn engineers when a steam boiler was running out of water which could lead to a rise in pressure and an explosion. It was added to every boiler, railway ...

While working in his Litchfield machine shop one day in May 1997, Mark Dalquist heard what he describes today as the “unmistakable sound of a steam whistle.” “I had never seen it before, but I ...

Join us as we walk the bays of the John Street Roundhouse a national historic site of Canada originally built for the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1929 to replace the earlier John Street roundhouse ...

Railroads Online is a highly detailed simulation that supports up to 16 players online. It's a must play for those who enjoy ...