N&W Y6b 2-8-8-2 #2173 whistle on NHV Ry #17 (part 2 of 2) from tube 8 Watch Video
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Description: New Hope Valley Railway in Bonsal, North Carolina (south of Raleigh) operates a small steam locomotive, tank engine 17.Its operating crew borrowed a whistle from a friend in West Virginia who collects steam whistles from steam locomotives.The whistle in this video is from Norfolk & Western Railway Y6b 2-8-8-2 #2173, an authentic hooter made by the N&W in their Roanoke shops from the steel tube housing surrounding superheater tubes.It's ear-splitting even when at 120 PSI.One can o
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