David Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 As in the instructions scanned below, the part is installed in the top of the Kato 9600 steam engine, just forward of the cab. The part itself is painted a brass color, leading me to believe it may be the trains whistle. I've included a second picture from a different model with the part circled. In searching through prototype pictures I've also noticed that this part seems to be missing in many of the pictures of restored 9600s (though there are other alterations as well owing to the prototype being in operation for 50 years). Link to comment
Fenway Park Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 It is the whistle. Will search through my photos of 9600s to see if there are variants. Link to comment
marknewton Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 The whistle shown on the drawing looks like a Nathan 3-chime, or a copy thereof. I have one of these in my collection of junk, er, artifacts! Cheers, Mark. Link to comment
westfalen Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 The whistle is often the first thing to go missing from preserved locomotives (along with builders/number plates and other brass fittings), or they may have been taken off for safekeeping. Link to comment
marknewton Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Yes, that's how I come to have one - safekeeping, not theft! Looking at numerous photos of 9600 class locos, it appears that many of those numbered in the 469XX and 769XX series were fitted with stepped-top whistles, while engines in other number series had cylindrical, or "bootleg" whistles. Cheers, Mark. Link to comment
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