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Re: Flintstones Whistle

nathan.h5@... — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:16:53 GMT

It is an 8" Crosby chime, the soundtracking having been speeded up a little. The earlier Flintstones, the same bird just squawked when he pulled the "lanyard".

Re: Flintstones Whistle

Mark Phillips — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:29:51 GMT

Here is the video that I bought off of eBay. It is not the greatest video though. I believe Green Frog, Mark 1, or Clear Block had a video on steam

Re: Flintstones Whistle

Keith Taylor — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:42:43 GMT

Hi Mark, Granted, it has been about 40 years since I last blew the whistle on that Shay, but I can tell you I used to blow it wide open! The Pine Creek is in a

Re: Flintstones Whistle

Mark Phillips — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:08:37 GMT

I have seen and heard vintage footage from up there, and the whistle on the Ely - Thomas shay sounds incredible. The recordings that I have though are not

Re: Flintstones Whistle

Keith Taylor — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:57:24 GMT

Mark, I don't know who started that rumor, but it has been going around for many years.and is not true. Back when the Flintstones was being created, the only

Re: Flintstones Whistle

Mark Phillips — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:42:07 GMT

I was under the impression that it was a whistle on the Pine Creek Ry. When I contacted them, they said that the whistle was not from their railway nor

Re: Flintstones Whistle

Mike Walsh — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:23:28 GMT

I do believe there was an actual whistle used in the real-life film? I don't recall... Mike

Re: Flintstones Whistle

flatcarwillie — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:18:04 GMT

I've wondered about this myself! Here is a link to the theme song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PPf3aaZmUw The whistle is at 0:06. Hard to tell, but

Flintstones Whistle

Tony Batchelor — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:02:13 GMT

Hi Folks, Believe it or not, this is a serious request. I grew up watching episodes of the Flintstones cartoon series. The program always started with Fred

New member from Australia

Peter — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:08:37 GMT

Hi Group, My name is Peter Evans and I reside in the State of Victoria, which is in the southern part of Australia. I joined this group after purchasing a copy

Re: KL Whistles

David Wolf — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:23:14 GMT

Ron, Thanks, maybe some of the collectors will help us identify it. Dave ... From: Ron Chamberlain Subject: Re: Steam Whistle

Re: KL Whistles

Ron Chamberlain — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:50:35 GMT

David ebay photos have been posted. I tested the whistle on 60psi air and found no defects. It definitely was used as an air whistle as there was the

Fw: , K L BRASS TRAIN WHISTLE

Ron Chamberlain — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:36:22 GMT

... From: Ron Chamberlain Subject: Fw: , K L BRASS TRAIN WHISTLE To: aresee02@... Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 6:32 AM This

Re: KL Whistles

David Wolf — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:05:16 GMT

Ron, Please post photos to the steam whistle board. Thanks, Dave Wolf ... From: aresee02 Subject: Steam Whistle Group KL Whistles

KL Whistles

aresee02 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:03:55 GMT

Recently I purchased a 3" brass three chime air whistle with KL2A markings and a "catalog" number on the side of the top flange of the bell. Any idea as to the