Great Northern O-8 3380 7 chime steam whistle at Walkersville Southern plus Jeddo Coal 85

Today I finally got to hear my Great Northern 7 chime whistle on steam. The whistle is a shop-built boiler tube 7 chime made by the Great Northern and used on their O-8 mikado, 3380, one of the most powerful mikados ever designed. The Walkersville Southern Railroad graciously allowed me to blow this whistle on their steam-powered maintenance-of-way vehicle. This whistle was designed to be used on a locomotive with a boiler pressure around 250 psi, so it doesn't sound quite right with the limited pressure from this smaller boiler, but getting to finally hear it make any noise was a great experience. I would still like to hear it on some higher pressure steam some day, but this was a great first test. We also tested out a crosby 3 chime reportedly off a Southern Railway locomotive. After our fun with the MOW vehicle, Jeddo Coal 85 powered the passenger trains for the day so I stuck around to watch. As noted in the video, 3 hands-on-the-throttle tickets remain as of the time I posted this video. There is one left for May 26th and two for June 2nd. Tickets are $175 and allow you to operate Jeddo Coal 85 for about 30 minutes. I had so much fun doing this at the NCTM back in 2020 that I have my own ticket for June 2nd. If you're at least 18 and have a valid driver's license, I highly encourage you to consider making the trip to the Walkersville Southern Railroad on one of those dates, but definitely purchase your ticket in advanced before they sell out. If you're unable to purchase the throttle session ticket, 85 will still be leading the passenger trains for a couple weekends so still come out and ride behind a genuine steam locomotive. Visit wsrr.org/ws/ for more info.

[@evanf1293]

Really digging 85's new numberplate.

[@yelloweyeball]

I've seen Jedo 85 in Lebanon Ohio. Great engine.

[@Dee_fy]

I never knew 7 chimes existed

[@LisbonRailProductionsandF1]

Magnificent catches of the trains coming by and pass, I like it 5 stars.
Thumbs up.
Keep up the perfect work, my friend, just liked and subscribed, Greetings from Portugal to the USA.

[@danielwalton4563]

A new era.

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

I love that maintenance away engine I think it’s a gypsy type logging locomotive I didn’t know there were more operating examples besides bear Harbor lumber Company number 1 in California which operates alongside the Fowker steam locomotive

[@foraminuteforaminute4056]

That poor seven-chime whistle sounds asthmatic.

[@AlwaysCooodooolu6]

Needs more pressure.

[@cowcatcherstudios5759]

Where on earth did you find that whistle, and are there any markings on it anywhere that confirm's it's 3380's? because some other O-8's had boilertube whistles, but most had the GN 5 chime.

[@danielwalton4563]

1884-1968.

[@danielwalton4563]

William billy jones.