Hear the Whistle
No steam engine would be complete without a whistle. Here are two samples of Kay-Gee 1875's whistles: whistle 1, whistle 2.
Some people I have talked with have said whistle signals were used to communicate various things out in the field. Others disagree with this beyond the distress signal. The Case-International web site once offered these whistle signals that some farmers used in their company history section.
- One Long Blast
- Indicated the location of the work place
- Two Short Blasts
- Signal to begin work
- One Short Blast
- Stop
- Two Long Blasts
- The work day is over
- Three Medium Blasts followed by Three Short Blasts
- Bring more grain
- One Long Blast followed by Three Short Blasts
- Bring water
- A Repetitious Series of Short Blasts
- Distress
