Reply to "4014's whistle"

@AGHRMatt posted:

While it was "on standby" in Pomona, 4014's whistle was tack-welded in place to prevent it from becoming a souvenir. From all of the videos of the restoration process, I never clearly saw if they had removed the whistle (and they never mentioned it). When they were moving it, they were using air to blow it. The internals may have deteriorated from sitting out in the air for 50 years.

I'm pretty sure the whistle had to be removed for the hydro test.  There's the possibility of corrosion (and therefore weakness) on the threads after all those years of display.

Rusty