I have never heard of anyone doing this. A whistle is a restricted outlet and putting one on the exhaust of a safety valve defeats some of its effectivity. The safety valve serves an important purpose and better left alone to do its job. Besides you could have an annoying constantly whistling loco after while. I would put more effort and money into a whistle that has a dedicated outlet either R/C or manually controlled. Sincerely Steve Ciambrone Sr. Test Engineer L-3 Ocean Systems Besides, I would like to see the excess steam to exit through a whistle soldered onto the safety valve. Has anyone experience with these modifications and could refer me to someone who could do it. Regards, Matthias __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! 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