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Steam locomotives use real steam to blow their whistles
HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART
That iconic, romantic train whistle is actually just pressurized vapor screaming through a metal slot. The boiler that pushes the massive drive wheels also routes highly pressurized steam up through a carefully tuned brass whistle. It was a functional necessity to warn people to get out of the way of hundreds of tons of iron.
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