Objects List Record

Metadata

Title

Train Whistle

Object Name

Whistle, Locomotive

Description

This is a train whistle made of brass used on old trains. Typically, they were used to signal the train's arrival into the station, exiting the station, as well as at railroad crossings and the like. It is metal, and there is a lever to the left of the object that when pulled, creates the characteristic train whistle.

Object ID

IL1996.1.03

Source

B&O Railroad Museum, The

Exhibit

Train Whistle

Caption

Img_1501

Collection

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad