611's Current Whistle?

Sorry Nick, incorrect.

Sounds a lot like Western Maryland Scenic #734, with her Western Maryland whistle. 

WOW - this thread has, for all intensive purposes,  become a Whistle 101 course!  

Quite a bit of technology involved with this very necessary and important locomotive appliance.

One question that came up in my mind during the Whistle Shop video:

Certainly the whistle construction MATERIAL (whether brass, bronze, or steel) would affect the signature sound?

Personally, I would hope Mr. Claytor will reach some kind of agreement (truce?) with the 611 team and lend his 600 series whistle to be used on the restored 611.

The 611 whistle I dearly remember during the years 1982-1994 is the "Claytor Family Whistle"!  

Also, does anyone have a current phone listing for the Whistle Shop?

Apparently, they are no longer located in Waterford, MI. 

Nope, but here's another manufacturer of reproduction whistles.

While there are three pitches to this whistle, there are also harmonics as well. As a trumpet player, I would have to say "yes", the material matters.

You win the Cupee Doll!

I found the steam whistle.  It has "F. S. Stansbury" engraved on it and has "Gift of the Southern Railway System 1954" stamped on the lower part and "1858" on the large fitting on the bottom.

That little guy may be from a steam wrecker, or something similar but, it sure doesn't look like any steam locomotive whistle since the late 1880s or early 1900s.

At the risk of opening another can of worms, I thought the Western Maryland used Nathan threes, (at least on the Potomacs) not Hancocks. I've known that WM Scenic 734 carries a Hancock, but never read anywhere that its provenance was the Wild Mary.

There was also a Southern Railway in Great Britain, could be from there.

Lat year for a while and maybe some time in 2013 and a few years before 734 had

a whistle that was a reproduction of the ones used on the 1400's, the Potomacs.

Late last year and now she has Kevin Rice's Hancock on her.

Ed

This is what 611 whistle should sound like:

The whistle which is on the 611 as of this moment is a former Union Pacific whistle that came off of a Challenger. It belongs to Cheri George, 611's fireman (woman). 

Here is a video from her personal youtube channel, and you can hear it is the EXACT SAME WHISTLE. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-CdE-bSM1k