@harmonyards posted:Sid, even if you did happen to stumble across film footage of a Triplex in action, any sounds would most likely have been dubbed over,....may I make a suggestion, ...like I said, send an email to the Erie railroad guys, if they can’t help you, then as you’re probably aware by now doing your research work, that’s a Baldwin built locomotive, pick a Baldwin with a single chime like Steve suggested,.....Maybe Jack ( Hotwater) will see this and lend his expertise like Steve did,.....and then maybe with the two of them, and some of your own research, you can make the educated guess,....keep up the good work!...I watched your Camelback video yesterday....very nicely done!..
Pat
Something to remember about those Erie triplex locomotives is, they were built in, what,,,,,,,,1918? And gone to scrap by 1932? Not much chance of accurate sound movie film available for such remote locomotives from that era, as they were pretty much used only as pusher helpers. As Steve stated, freight locomotives of that era tended to have high note, single tone "factory" whistles, probable similar to C&O or N&W "Hooter" whistles. Passenger whistles would have been much more melodious.
