Comments on: Horns Inc.

Horns Inc.

hama7 — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:47:12 -0800

Horns Inc.

By: mygothlaundry

mygothlaundry — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:56:30 -0800

And. . . ?

By: katillathehun

katillathehun — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:02:51 -0800

I want to understand. ...But I don't.

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:03:16 -0800

Horns Inc. is not a business. Horns Inc. is an identity. It is the identity of a locomotive air horn enthusiast, collector, and preservationist. And there you have it. A man defined by his hobby.

By: tellurian

tellurian — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:03:18 -0800

"The engineer a little rattled with all these goofy commuters crossing in front of the engine." Sweet find hama7.

By: lekvar

lekvar — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:08:43 -0800

Do not cut this guy off in traffic.

By: knave

knave — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:14:56 -0800

Wait, so this doesn't have anything to do with Japan?

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:21:56 -0800

Fuck the snark, I'm glad you're back and making posts again hama7. Also: awesome.

By: D.C.

D.C. — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:12:43 -0800

I like that his collection page gives the musical notes of the different models. I had a few minutes of fun playing with the 'train chords' on my piano.

By: pjern

pjern — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:29:03 -0800

That brings back memories. A long time ago, when I was working at a railroad museum, I installed a Nathan P5 on a caboose to sound during backup moves, fed from the brakepipe. Big mistake. It was possible to apply the train brakes by holding the valve open long enough, overcoming the relatively puny and somewhat aged air compressor on our 1922 Alco steam locomotive. It was very odd to be driving the train in reverse, and have to add throttle every time we approached a grade crossing because of overenthusiastic whistleblowing by some of the volunteer conductors.

By: nj_subgenius

nj_subgenius — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 05:59:30 -0800

Does it get better than this?. These people must be awesome, no snark. Thank you hama7, but more to Ed and Doc for a cool site.

By: empath

empath — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:23:57 -0800

I went to Miami this march, and heard those air horns every few minutes at the beach. Apparently just rolling down the windows and hollering at girls isn't enough.

By: adamvasco

adamvasco — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:37:42 -0800

Kahlenberg Horns are extremely loud, certified sound signals designed for durability in the most adverse conditions. Hear one here.

By: Monstrous Moonshine

Monstrous Moonshine — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:32:58 -0800

These sounds are beautiful...thank you for the post.