1951 Nathan M5 Locomotive Air Horn

Another slide show and recording of one of my horns. This one is a Nathan round base M5 that was made in December 1951. Judging from the paint, I'd say there's a good chance this was used on an ACL locomotive at one time. This horn was a total mess when I got it. Corrosion had filled the heads and severely pitted the aluminum so I had to have all 5 heads turned by Mike Muha at the South Bay Horn Works. Also cleaned up all the internals as best I could and slapped her back together. This was recorded by Nick O'Dell at the 2008 Oak Ridge, TN Horn Honk.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Nathan
• Airchime
• round
• base
• M5
• locomotive
• air
• horn
• Oak
• Ridge
• TN
• ACL
• Atlantic
• Coast
• Line

[trainzaholic]

does it have leslie spikeback power chambers

[sgtfhrn]

@trainzaholic This horn isn't a Leslie. It's a Nathan M5 so no Leslie power chambers...

[andrey78395]

Isso me da boas lembranças da minha infância

[WPRR1]

Where did you find this? eBay?

[generfeld]

awesome feathering on that thing 1:10

[bobottobob]

Awesome!

[dasmikey1964]

Sounds good, amazing considering the bad shape it was in...