Nice, Mike! I only got to honk once. I was at a terminal station of my local subway line and I saw the cab door was open and the conductor driver was in front of it. And I silently went "Wow, that's the cab!" I was only 8 years old by the time so this was rather 5 - 6 years ago. My mom said hi to the conductor and I wanted to get the gist of it, so i politely asked. "Mind if i... " He read my mind and said "go ahead, bud! Honk!" I did my very first shave and a haircut!!! It was truly an awesome experience but sadly the trains I ride now are too far away and the cab's are rather struggling to get into. Great Video, Mike! Stay safe and happy railroading!
I was 13 years old and got to ride a Southern Pacific local in the cab of an SW1500 with a GP-9 for about 15 minutes while they switched around cars for a brewery. Had to let me out before the actual engines went on the brewery property, but that was a real treat.
The higher pitched horns hurt my ears. My husband and I like the lower pitched ones. However we really like the sound of the steam engines the best. Thanks for sharing this with us, there is so much to learn about trains.
Most of the train horns will easily "wake the dead": this inspite of the fact that their sounds are more towards mellow than harsh. Thank you for the video, or in this case - the audio also!
Man oh man, I need to get to the next Simpson Horn Honk! Couple weeks ago, I was working a northbound grain load out of Vancouver, up to delivery at the EGT elevator in Longview. Just after going by Interstate South, my engineer asked me if I blew the horn. "No, but I heard it too..." We both look out our window and see a local driving down the highway, honking at us with a nice horn setup mounted to his truck. The joys of being both a railroader and a railfan!
I am a Washington resident and only recently discovered the Simpson Railroad while at the Great Teain Show in Puyallup, definetly will check the place out and museum
Yooo, my niece went to this railroad just last Christmas! Brought me back a wooden coin with a diesel shunter on one side, and "Simpson Railroad" on the other
@@adventuresofamtrakcascades301 sort of…yeah, I guess? The K5H has a High Profile Manifold while the K5LA has a Low Profile Manifold. Also, the arrangements of the bells on both horns are different.
I've always had a great fondness for those Holden Double Tag K5s. Particularly because they're the original horns that are associated with the Bombardier Bi-Level Cab Cars. Although the one here doesn't seem to have that sort of magic to it. Apparently, those ones I'm thinking of used a special tuning done by none other than the Horn Lord himself, Robert Swanson. Either that, or it's the simple fact that BBL Cabs are actual "magic trains", and absolutely anything you mount on them will sound far better than usual. I think it's a combination of both.
At the large transportation museum where I volunteer in the rail division we have had several instances of locomotive horn thefts. Since that time, we have taken measures to make it more difficult to steal horns off of locomotives and to identify horns as stolen property when they turn up. I would caution horn collectors to be very sure of the background of horns they acquire and to make sure their collection was acquired legitimately. Horns are expensive and a stolen horn makes a locomotive unusable until replaced.
You bring up a very good point. It is very unfortunate that some people feel the need to take what isn't theirs. Horns are first and foremost a safety device and in addition to the theft of property, it can cause a massive disruption to operations to have horns stolen.
Someone stole the horns off of both Cotton Belt GP60s sitting in the local yard last summer. I was chatting with the crew about it as they waited for a maintenance person to arrive with replacements so they could go out with the daily local.
Oh yeah about the air whistles, they are also used for of course Metrolink and the dart light rail, but not the Westinghouse whistles, something else that sounds like different K3LA horns. I always love train horns!!! WHOO!!! :D
This train horn is old but still useful and durable. I am amazed that the ideas of intelligent Americans building railroads hundreds of thousands of km since the 1876 industrial revolution until now are extraordinary, amazing and the train has become a new civilization until now the most modern in Us. Bravo, Americans are indeed smart, dynamic, compact forward, and have proven to be leaders in creating all industries in the world until now. Thank you to the Americans - warm greetings from Indonesia💞👍
Excellent! I did enjoy all the horns on this video, I'm sure there are way more you could have covered but you did do the basic common horns. I look forward to seeing more!
Very cool video, Mike. Love the horns, tons of great chords to listen to. I'd love to hear my ex-Santa Fe RS3L on a locomotive some day. That air whistle at the end though was pretty darn cool. I might need to look on EBay for a couple of trombone whistles!
18:44 I love that K5H Note *CSX isn’t the only one that has the K5H BCOL (BC Rail has the K5H as well) I personalLy think the K5H was a Fan Favourite in British Colombia however most K5’s on BCOL Locomotives ether been replaced with. A K5LA or a P5
I can’t wait to get a shot at tuning a M horn. So I can practice before I repair WSOR 101’s M3. I seriously wish Micro Precision would take note of the construction of these older horns.
Nice video I love the first m5 m5 and p3s are my favorite horns I dont know which one but there’s one that once had the first multi chime horn ever the h6
Awesome Video Mike!! I just had a quick question about Train horns where can I buy a horn that was previously on a locomotive? Like the K5LA from AEM-7 936 for example or would I have to take one off a locomotive?
Thank you! Ebay is one place. There are also some Facebook groups where people sell them and you see them every once in a while at train shows. Actually, I think both horns from the 936 were sold at the Amherst show a couple years ago. There are also some scrap dealers who will sell directly to the public.
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Nice, Mike! I only got to honk once. I was at a terminal station of my local subway line and I saw the cab door was open and the conductor driver was in front of it. And I silently went "Wow, that's the cab!" I was only 8 years old by the time so this was rather 5 - 6 years ago. My mom said hi to the conductor and I wanted to get the gist of it, so i politely asked. "Mind if i... " He read my mind and said "go ahead, bud! Honk!" I did my very first shave and a haircut!!! It was truly an awesome experience but sadly the trains I ride now are too far away and the cab's are rather struggling to get into. Great Video, Mike! Stay safe and happy railroading!
FOUND YOUS DOGE LOL
also, I got to go inside an Amtrak Acela cab
I was 13 years old and got to ride a Southern Pacific local in the cab of an SW1500 with a GP-9 for about 15 minutes while they switched around cars for a brewery. Had to let me out before the actual engines went on the brewery property, but that was a real treat.
I LOVE DOGE ALMIHhty
Haha, cool story! It's always fun! Thanks for watching!
That RS3L wins it for me... it's close with the K5LA, but I just love the Leslie RS3L horns
My favorite is the K5LAS because I really can't stress enough how beautiful they sound
@@adventuresofamtrakcascades301same
Homer simpson: i doing my own railroad!
Marge: are you fu**ing kidding me?
Bart: time to ruin the party 😈
Best thing to wake up too: CosterFan2105's horn videos
Thanks for watching!
The higher pitched horns hurt my ears. My husband and I like the lower pitched ones. However we really like the sound of the steam engines the best. Thanks for sharing this with us, there is so much to learn about trains.
Most of the train horns will easily "wake the dead": this inspite of the fact that their sounds are more towards mellow than harsh. Thank you for the video, or in this case - the audio also!
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching!
@@CoasterFan2105 And listening?
Man oh man, I need to get to the next Simpson Horn Honk!
Couple weeks ago, I was working a northbound grain load out of Vancouver, up to delivery at the EGT elevator in Longview. Just after going by Interstate South, my engineer asked me if I blew the horn. "No, but I heard it too..." We both look out our window and see a local driving down the highway, honking at us with a nice horn setup mounted to his truck. The joys of being both a railroader and a railfan!
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love the multiple horns! I would definitely like to see a video on the Simpson Railroad, never went out there myself.
Thank you! It is a really interesting place!
0:09 look ma, I'm famous!
I am a Washington resident and only recently discovered the Simpson Railroad while at the Great Teain Show in Puyallup, definetly will check the place out and museum
Yooo, my niece went to this railroad just last Christmas!
Brought me back a wooden coin with a diesel shunter on one side, and "Simpson Railroad" on the other
Some solid K5LA's in here for sure! Really diggin' that K3 too!
Awesome video! Im 100% confident that the first horn is a K5H.
Thanks! The one in the intro is indeed a K5H
@@citxsd70m-2 it sounds like a K5LA horn though.
@@adventuresofamtrakcascades301 sort of…yeah, I guess?
The K5H has a High Profile Manifold while the K5LA has a Low Profile Manifold. Also, the arrangements of the bells on both horns are different.
Never heard of the this railroad but it looks cool and has all of the old goodies
It's a really neat place!
I've always had a great fondness for those Holden Double Tag K5s. Particularly because they're the original horns that are associated with the Bombardier Bi-Level Cab Cars. Although the one here doesn't seem to have that sort of magic to it.
Apparently, those ones I'm thinking of used a special tuning done by none other than the Horn Lord himself, Robert Swanson. Either that, or it's the simple fact that BBL Cabs are actual "magic trains", and absolutely anything you mount on them will sound far better than usual. I think it's a combination of both.
Beautiful video about locomotive horns and The Simpson Railroad.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE TRAIN HORN VIDEOS IN THE FUTURE
The M-Series may have been discontinued in the 2000s, but the last time any were bought was in the 80s
@Acerailfan3303 Trackside Still offered
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There were actually some round tag M5s built, which may be one of the things that brought Nathan to finally officially discontinue the M series.
Yes you should do another train horn video. These are informative, unique, and has me looking at prices for one.
Awesome! Hopefully I'll get a chance to do another one like this at some point!
At the large transportation museum where I volunteer in the rail division we have had several instances of locomotive horn thefts. Since that time, we have taken measures to make it more difficult to steal horns off of locomotives and to identify horns as stolen property when they turn up. I would caution horn collectors to be very sure of the background of horns they acquire and to make sure their collection was acquired legitimately. Horns are expensive and a stolen horn makes a locomotive unusable until replaced.
You bring up a very good point. It is very unfortunate that some people feel the need to take what isn't theirs. Horns are first and foremost a safety device and in addition to the theft of property, it can cause a massive disruption to operations to have horns stolen.
Someone stole the horns off of both Cotton Belt GP60s sitting in the local yard last summer. I was chatting with the crew about it as they waited for a maintenance person to arrive with replacements so they could go out with the daily local.
This railroad was approved by Homer Simpson 👍
Yessir
Yep
Yup
Nathan's horns always sound so good to me.
Nice video Mike!
Thank you!
Nice video too
On 12:08 sounds like a dash 8 Warbonnet in the 1990s!
They had Leslie RS3Ls too, just a little newer!
Oh yeah about the air whistles, they are also used for of course Metrolink and the dart light rail, but not the Westinghouse whistles, something else that sounds like different K3LA horns. I always love train horns!!! WHOO!!! :D
This train horn is old but still useful and durable. I am amazed that the ideas of intelligent Americans building railroads hundreds of thousands of km since the 1876 industrial revolution until now are extraordinary, amazing and the train has become a new civilization until now the most modern in Us. Bravo, Americans are indeed smart, dynamic, compact forward, and have proven to be leaders in creating all industries in the world until now. Thank you to the Americans - warm greetings from Indonesia💞👍
Excellent! I did enjoy all the horns on this video, I'm sure there are way more you could have covered but you did do the basic common horns. I look forward to seeing more!
Thank you! There are a lot more, particularly the Leslies. I tried to cover a good variety in this video. I'll have to do more next time!
Very cool video, Mike. Love the horns, tons of great chords to listen to. I'd love to hear my ex-Santa Fe RS3L on a locomotive some day. That air whistle at the end though was pretty darn cool. I might need to look on EBay for a couple of trombone whistles!
They're neat whistles! Thanks for watching!
I really like the Metra P5 horn!
P5's are great! Thanks for watching!
Can you do a talk about the SD70ACE-T4?
Oh ok
Hopefully at some point!
What a coincidence I was just watching train talk #5
Awesome video mike!!🎵👏🌟💙
Thank you!
I'd definitely love to hear another horn video! Keep up the great work man.
Once You Get Into The Video Its Already Amazing!
Glad you like it!
Cool Train Horn. (;
Thanks for stopping by!
Amtrak's F40 411 and ame7 904 K5LA horns are my favorite
Do you know what happened to Ed's M3 and M5?
I wish I did, but I don't. Nobody else seems to know either.
When you posted this video it was my birthday
The Whistles were the surprise in the Cracker Jack.
Wonderful "Pfoagatzn" (it's a styrian word for a horn) 👍🏻
I remember the Leslie RS3L was mainly on Conrail locomotives
and ATSF
that mutt K3LA impressed me
Nice, Mike! 👍 This railroad was approved by Homer Simpson
Excellent video! I really wanted to get up there and record this too but unfortunately it's too far.
Thank you! Maybe next time!
Cool videos 👍
I'm definitely going to the next horn honk at this place if I'm free I love train horns
22:26 this sounds like sothern pacific
They did have a few P5s!
Nice!
Thanks!
K5La is my favorite ever so well tuned
Amazing video! It would be cool if you could make a comp of steam whistles one day
Leslie rs3l to gp40-2 from kscr in 2001
That K5H hybrid horn sounded like a 1st Gen K5HL horn.
Hi
Hi
Hello!
Hello there
Homer simpson approves it
Nice horns!
Thanks for watching!
Why didn’t you post anything about 3rd Generation K5LA’s?
My favorite horns are the P5 and the K5LA
18:44 I love that K5H
Note *CSX isn’t the only one that has the K5H BCOL (BC Rail has the K5H as well)
I personalLy think the K5H was a Fan Favourite in British Colombia however most K5’s on BCOL Locomotives ether been replaced with. A K5LA or a P5
You are indeed correct! Southern Pacific also got a few in the early 1990s.
@@CoasterFan2105 However some BCOL C40-8Ms and C44-9WL 4641 still use K5H’s
Catch while you can
It was nice being able to meet you!
You too! See you at the next one!
It’s cool how once you compare a old cast P3 to a M3, they sound very similar.
how long did it take for the train to come back with a new horn? like 45 mins?
They were going through them pretty fast. I'd say about 1 every 10 minutes or so.
@@CoasterFan2105 Wow thats fast
Nice video! Very interesting facts about trains horns!
I do love me a good horn video! Nice job Mike!
Thanks, Blake!
I guess it can be said that the Simpson Railroad lives on in a way.
At least as a museum!
@@CoasterFan2105 Hey, at least it’s not lost to time like many other railroads!
I love the blue train horns from the CSX trains better because they seem like the best horn’s I’ll go for those!
I love your videos
Thank you!
@@CoasterFan2105 your welcome
That K3LA sounded pitch perfect.
Thanks for watching!
@@CoasterFan2105 welcome🤘🤘
Fr
That K3LA made my soul leave my body
Awesome
Thanks, Kev!
I can’t wait to get a shot at tuning a M horn. So I can practice before I repair WSOR 101’s M3. I seriously wish Micro Precision would take note of the construction of these older horns.
you need to install such a horn in your car 😆
omg i forgot this was live
I agree with the K5LA, but my favourite horn is complicated, cause I can't find it's name.
It's on the EMD G16's mostly.
That rs3L was on point
Got a new cast p3 id love to run on a locomotive excellent video im sure this event was a blast
Yes more train horns!!
Nice Video. 🚋🚋🇮🇳
Thank you!
AWESOME VIDEO!
Nice
Thanks!
@@CoasterFan2105 Np!
Nice video I love the first m5 m5 and p3s are my favorite horns I dont know which one but there’s one that once had the first multi chime horn ever the h6
Nice Video Mike
Thank you!
The Simpson Railroad... *Train horn plays Simpsons theme*
Too bad no one had a daylight 4449 air horn... freakin love those horns.
I want a roaring camp video
Hopefully I'll get back there eventually. Have you seen some of my older videos from Roaring Camp?
Ok 😁
Awesome Video Mike!! I just had a quick question about Train horns where can I buy a horn that was previously on a locomotive? Like the K5LA from AEM-7 936 for example or would I have to take one off a locomotive?
Thank you! Ebay is one place. There are also some Facebook groups where people sell them and you see them every once in a while at train shows. Actually, I think both horns from the 936 were sold at the Amherst show a couple years ago. There are also some scrap dealers who will sell directly to the public.
@@CoasterFan2105 wait AEM-7s had two horns? What kinds of horns was the second one?
@@MidwesternRailfan AEM-7s wore Early 80s Bigbore K5LAs on both the F-end and B-end. So each AEM-7 wore two K5s
Great!! Man!!
Thanks!
Definitely
The CSX K5H most likely came off of a C40-8W
The CSXT C40-8Ws were delivered with 1994 Tagless K5Hs. It's very possible that this K5H was off of an earlier AC4400.
Ok Mike Armstrong I have a question, do you like the raised letter K5LAs (3rd generation)?
They're really close to sounding very good. They're alright as is, but I like the older K5LAs better.
@@CoasterFan2105 Who made the horns, Nathan Airchime or Amtrak?
Nathan P3 for me. K5LA is a close second. (1800 bucks for one; maybe I can find a kit...I would really like to have a genuine So-Pac P3)
Both great horns. 1800 sounds on the steep side for a K5LA. Better deals appear from time to time on eBay.
Can you make a video about single airchime horns
Possibly! That would be a neat topic!
Where's homer?? '-'
I wish I had the K5LA horn from EX Amtrak F40PHR unit 404.
I wish I knew what happened to it. From what I saw from pictures of those F40s being moved to LTEX, none of them have horns anymore.
@@CoasterFan2105 That sure is sad to know.
@@CoasterFan2105 Happy F40PH Friday by the way. Your a great friend.
Hope everyone’s having a blessed day 😁
hey mike get some more passenger train horn like Amtrak horns
The simpsons theme song Play
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K5LA Sound Are Cool, Even Amtrak Use It Too On Genesis.
Is it just me or does the hybrid K5LA (20:40) sound kinda like a K5HL
They are similar! A K5HL is just a K5H with a 1L bell instead of a 5 bell.
I'm surprised there was no Leslie A200 or Hancock air whistle.
Yaaaay I'm early!!
Glad you could make it!
Question, since when has this railway been in operation?
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Thank you!