@Mark V. Spadaro posted:Any comments on having a 110 decibel steam whistle 15 ft. from a very busy pedestrian walkway? I’ll go first.
Reasonable to have a real steamer with whistle at a big train show? Sure.
Was it a poor implementation of that idea? Absolutely!
I share your "irascible curmudgeon" worldview. That whistle was profoundly annoying. I felt very sorry for the poor ladies working in the booths immediately next to the loco.
In addition to the the placement of the steam engine and the sheer decibel volume of the whistle, it was the fact that some immature idiot was sitting in the cab setting it off every 10 seconds. There was a fantastic jackknife bridge in one of the halls and I really wanted to see it work but it had a sign that said "Bridge is opened every half hour, 00:00, 00:30, etc." The exact same discipline and consideration should have been exercised by Mr. Look-At-Me! the engineer.
Grrrr.
Steven J. Serenska
