@@billcampbell9886 A lower pitch would require a longer horn, or one with a larger internal diameter. Search my videos for Leslie A-200 and Wabco E2. That's about as low as a locomotive horn goes, to get any lower you need to go to ship horns.
@@thatbirbfriend2180 The tanks are DOT certified air tanks, meant for vehicle use. Compressed air isn't an explosive agent, it doesn't go boom from a sudden shock. 120 PSI isn't high enough to cause an explosion should a tank get crushed. As soon as a tank is impacted if the pressure rises the safety valve will pop, and if any tank damage is enough to open up a hole that relives the pressure.
Reminds of the Seaboard Coast Line horns.Used to hear them allot.Being I live about a mile and a half from the tracks.I meet a truck driver who had a train horn under his truck.
Minor point of appreciation; part of the magic of train horns is that Doppler shift they make as the train roars past, the distinctive chord sounding continuously. They're meant to be used on moving vehicles, and that's how we hear them. Your recording them mounted on a moving car captures that missing element perfectly. As you drove past, it wasn't hard to imagine a bygone first-generation locomotive from a forgotten railroad blasting past as it leans into a curve. Thanks!
This guy reminds me of another gent that has a WW2 Chrysler air raid siren powered by a Hemi V-8 engine; 138 decibels at 100 feet away-making it the loudest warning device ever built.
It's quite awesome!! I grew up here in Globe, Az. The train goes through every night and it's very comforting. We lived closer to the track until a couple months ago and moved a little further away, but we can still hear it. But now I am in the process of trying to do the same type of thing on my vehicles because I love that sound! Thank you for this video, very cool!👍
*RARE COMMENT:* That's actually really cool, loads of people here don't understand that you don't need reasoning in a hobby, It's just something that you find fun and interesting.Good on you :D
These videos have made me aware of the different styles that engineers have blowing the horn. I get enough freight trains daily passing near my house that I can recognize a few.
mafarnz I'd like to purchase a used Nathan or used Leslie. Do you have any suggestions as to where I might find used ones that may need minor work? I can't afford new ones as I want to stay married for now.
200mphz06 Ebay, horn collector websites are good places. The average range for a good condition used Nathan or Leslie 3 chime is $450 + - 100. Avoid the powder coated ones, they are overpriced for what they are.
mafarnz Wow. That price I can handle. Thanks. What are your thoughts on getting a compressor and/or tank from Harbor Freight? I know they're not top of the line but I think they'll work.
I love it!!!! I grew up near train tracks with trains going to and from the local harbor area. Every time they cross the streets they they are required to blow their horns as a warning. It was great. Most people hated them, but I loved 'em.
Very cool. my father, grandfather, and great grandfather have all worked on the railroad their entire lives, and if they were here with us to see this they would appreciate the fact that you are preserving these very cool devices and sounds. One thing i just gotta say though, pretty darn sure those ball valves are stainless steel, not chrome plated.
Thanks, glad you like it! I've had several people tell me that about the valves, and what I have always said is that the store that sold them to me advertised them as chrome plated, so if they aren't I want my money back.
ok, most people would not understand why you did this. I DO! it's cool. LOUD and FUN! I have a '59 Chev Panel Truck, custom street rod. (you can see pics at my google page.) a friend of mine who works for the railroad got me a cast alum. set of air horns right off the top of a locomotive, I installed a 40 gal. tank underneath the truck, and was able to also mount the huge horns under the truck on the frame. you could not see them, I added a 100 lb. compressor and the fun began! the sound was incredible! so, let me just say...I GET IT!! BLAST AWAY!!...Tommy in Minnesota
This is how air horns should be used. On empty stretches of road, where they can sound like a real train horn, long, with beautiful Doppler effect. Not cruising around fast food row and letting off short blasts that mostly piss people off. Well done.
This is easily the best video on TH-cam. I couldn't help but laugh when you drove past the camera. This is so impractical and useless, but amazing at the same time!
As a train lover myself, (especially the steam locomotive type), I think your train horns are Awesome. The only thing I have in my 09 Crown Victoria are four horns I installed from my old 79 Cadillac with the pitch of A, C, D and F. That's my train horns and it also reminds me of my old Caddy back in the day. Thanks so much for sharing. :-)
Now I know why you asked certain people to not comment. Good job on the horn setup. They are illegal in certain instances but private hobby use off of public street is not a problem.
THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOO cool MAFAMZ!!! GREAT job! Looks complicated .... BUT, I bet I could squeeze these horns into my mini cooper Clubman 2013! LOL!!! My grandpappy was a train engineer and he let me ride a freight train and honk the train horn in Jersey, in Woodbine! NICELY done! Love it!!!
I think it's fantastic that you restore these horns to a usable state and my god!!! they sound awesome. It's an awesome setup too I would love some of them on my pushbike :-) Keep up the brilliant work it is a wonderful thing you are doing.
+Conor Mc Carthy Well then they came to the wrong video. I have tons of other videos that are just the horn but the point of this particular video is to show how my air setup works. It's not my fault that people are lazy and don't want to take the effort to find the video they actually want to watch.
Wow this is a real hobby for you, not some stunt you pull for scaring people, though I must be honest, I laugh my ass off at the train horn pranks, still I know its dumb and dangerous. You did such a clean job on this, congrats!
Good to see you have a decent collection of videos up. we met years ago on Stevens Pass up at the Tunnel during a Rail Fan GTG. I haven't been rail Fanning for a while due to health but getting back into the Photography side again and trying not to get another trespassing ticket for climbing up on BNSF Property for that one in a million shot. lol keep up the great work! Hope to see the videos flowing and pictures coming.
+Daniel Hildebrand I think you may have me mistaken for someone else. I've been to Stevens pass, but never with a group only by myself, and I also have never been ticketed for trespassing.
+mafarnz I possibly may have, I was the one that got the ticket. I climbed on top of a stationary old boxcar that was parked there as part of so e MOW equipment. to get a video of the train coming out of the tunnel. it was just a small group. I just remembered on person in the group stalling about restoring old train horns and having a few sets at the time they test on their car.
When we go to the desert or anywhere with trains we always do the "do your horn" signal with our arms. The sound is amazing and I thank you for not pranking. I wish I had something like this for the truck I'm buying next year. I will keep my eye out for deals.
+Tony Valdez If I wanted to use more than one horn at a time, I would need to modify my roof rack. I do have a collection of over 20 train horns, but I only do one at a time.
People are just so selfish, judgmental and stupid and have a horrible attention span. They don’t take into consideration the dedication and hard work need to preserve history while also being able to not only have fun with it and be able to be safe with it. Nowadays there’s barely any fine line with stupidity and having fun. People usually go with stupidity.
This is a great video, and sounds amazing! I'm glad you set it up correctly, the train horn prankers sound so bad and this sounds super authentic. Well done! :D
I have often come to this video, I think what you've done is awesome. Not modifying the car is a good thing. I'd be VERY tempted in traffic, but I'd not give in to temptation. Thank you for sharing this :)
Not trying to impersonate a locomotive, I just collect horns and need a way to make recordings of them. I do have a few bells but they are too heavy for the roof of a car.
@@mafarnz You should try hitch mounting a bell. You'll need a receiver, but you can easily mount a bell using a ball hitch riser. I've done it before with my bronze bell.
Dude so cool would have thought a train was coming even sounded like a train when you went past the camera how fast does it recover air pressure do you have the compressor hooked to 12 volt or are you using a inverter to run the compressor great vid happy holidays y'all ✌️
The horns are off a train, so yeah they do sound like one! The compressor runs off household 120V AC. I fill up my tanks when I'm at home and don't refill them when driving. I don't run a horn on the car 24/7 so this works great for em.
Read the video description before posting a comment! Thanks and have a great day.
I like your setup but how would I get a deeper / lower tone? Would I need a specific horn, a larger or longer bell, or something else? Thanks.
@@billcampbell9886 A lower pitch would require a longer horn, or one with a larger internal diameter. Search my videos for Leslie A-200 and Wabco E2. That's about as low as a locomotive horn goes, to get any lower you need to go to ship horns.
What if you get in a car crash?
Those tanks might need a roll cage
@@thatbirbfriend2180 The tanks are DOT certified air tanks, meant for vehicle use. Compressed air isn't an explosive agent, it doesn't go boom from a sudden shock. 120 PSI isn't high enough to cause an explosion should a tank get crushed. As soon as a tank is impacted if the pressure rises the safety valve will pop, and if any tank damage is enough to open up a hole that relives the pressure.
Reminds of the Seaboard Coast Line horns.Used to hear them allot.Being I live about a mile and a half from the tracks.I meet a truck driver who had a train horn under his truck.
5:15 Nothing beats that drive by to illustrate the Doppler effect!!! Awesome!!
Minor point of appreciation; part of the magic of train horns is that Doppler shift they make as the train roars past, the distinctive chord sounding continuously. They're meant to be used on moving vehicles, and that's how we hear them. Your recording them mounted on a moving car captures that missing element perfectly. As you drove past, it wasn't hard to imagine a bygone first-generation locomotive from a forgotten railroad blasting past as it leans into a curve.
Thanks!
That is EXACTLY why I did the car air setup!
Everyone is gangsta until they hear a train horn in the neighborhood
Doppler Effect in action
i thought the same thing!
This guy reminds me of another gent that has a WW2 Chrysler air raid siren powered by a Hemi V-8 engine; 138 decibels at 100 feet away-making it the loudest warning device ever built.
uploaded 6 years ago and youre still replying to comments, 10/10 my dude
It's quite awesome!! I grew up here in Globe, Az. The train goes through every night and it's very comforting. We lived closer to the track until a couple months ago and moved a little further away, but we can still hear it. But now I am in the process of trying to do the same type of thing on my vehicles because I love that sound!
Thank you for this video, very cool!👍
*RARE COMMENT:* That's actually really cool, loads of people here don't understand that you don't need reasoning in a hobby, It's just something that you find fun and interesting.Good on you :D
Rare comment indeed! Thanks, glad somebody understands.
I loved the doppler effect as you went by!
I like how I finally found a train horn video that isn't about pranks
I have a LOT more horn videos where this came from!
Nice example of the Doppler Effect.
+HUBBABUBBA DOOPYDOOP: Dammit, You took my comment. lol.
Chas S *_"Great minds think alike"_*
im glad u dont giveheartattacks to people with that ,,,, thanks for being a decent human
When I heard the horn, I genuinely started to wait for that approaching "...chuka-chuka-chuka-chuka..." knowing it wouldn't come :o
I dont know why, i just really like the sound of train horns.
+UB-420 MeMeLoRd you came to the right place then, check out my other videos.
I laughed like a child when I finally heard the horn. The good news is I'm only 51 so I'll grow up, eventually.
I'm in my 30's and still don't feel "grown up" yet lol.
You really don't want to do that.
Yep I thought grow up nar not them either
These videos have made me aware of the different styles that engineers have blowing the horn. I get enough freight trains daily passing near my house that I can recognize a few.
I'm glad this popped up in my suggested videos this is a very interesting setup. I love the sound as it passes the camera.
This guy's just straight-up roasting his haters
Love the Doppler Effect as you drove towards and passed. Nice horn.
each horn set has a specific psi that makes it the loudest possible. more isnt always louder
Collecting and restoring old train horns?
Sounds pretty fucking cool.
Thanks, I think its pretty cool myself. Check out my other videos, I have over 20 different train horns that I have rebuilt are restored.
I'll be sure to check them out.
mafarnz I'd like to purchase a used Nathan or used Leslie. Do you have any suggestions as to where I might find used ones that may need minor work? I can't afford new ones as I want to stay married for now.
200mphz06
Ebay, horn collector websites are good places. The average range for a good condition used Nathan or Leslie 3 chime is $450 + - 100. Avoid the powder coated ones, they are overpriced for what they are.
mafarnz Wow. That price I can handle. Thanks. What are your thoughts on getting a compressor and/or tank from Harbor Freight? I know they're not top of the line but I think they'll work.
I love it!!!! I grew up near train tracks with trains going to and from the local harbor area. Every time they cross the streets they they are required to blow their horns as a warning. It was great. Most people hated them, but I loved 'em.
Coolest thing I have seen all week. What I used to do before having internet access is something I can't remember or fathom.
im reading these comments and im impressed at how well you stay ontop of comments even after 6 years
how did he get that garden hose connector, connected first try?
Very cool. my father, grandfather, and great grandfather have all worked on the railroad their entire lives, and if they were here with us to see this they would appreciate the fact that you are preserving these very cool devices and sounds. One thing i just gotta say though, pretty darn sure those ball valves are stainless steel, not chrome plated.
Thanks, glad you like it! I've had several people tell me that about the valves, and what I have always said is that the store that sold them to me advertised them as chrome plated, so if they aren't I want my money back.
I could tell this was a couple of years old because every sentence didn't begin with "So..." Thanks for that! Big ups!
Come back to see the vid every couple years, for some reason i love the squeal of the horns when you cut the air...
ok, most people would not understand why you did this. I DO! it's cool. LOUD and FUN! I have a '59 Chev Panel Truck, custom street rod. (you can see pics at my google page.) a friend of mine who works for the railroad got me a cast alum. set of air horns right off the top of a locomotive, I installed a 40 gal. tank underneath the truck, and was able to also mount the huge horns under the truck on the frame. you could not see them, I added a 100 lb. compressor and the fun began! the sound was incredible! so, let me just say...I GET IT!! BLAST AWAY!!...Tommy in Minnesota
Cool hobby! I've got to admit, I love train horns. My favorite is the Nathan P3, at a mid pitch.
"what's that? We don't live anywhere near the railroad tracks..."
This is how air horns should be used. On empty stretches of road, where they can sound like a real train horn, long, with beautiful Doppler effect. Not cruising around fast food row and letting off short blasts that mostly piss people off. Well done.
5:13 I've never seen such a beautiful example of the doppler effect
This is easily the best video on TH-cam. I couldn't help but laugh when you drove past the camera. This is so impractical and useless, but amazing at the same time!
Most hobbies are impractical and useless.
The drive by was perfection! :)
The sound is epic. The best I've heard on a vehicle
I got to give it up to you man! People like you who goes all in, it's impresive!
Legends say, the driver who's at the intersection waiting for the train to come is still there. ☻
As a train lover myself, (especially the steam locomotive type), I think your train horns are Awesome. The only thing I have in my 09 Crown Victoria are four horns I installed from my old 79 Cadillac with the pitch of A, C, D and F. That's my train horns and it also reminds me of my old Caddy back in the day. Thanks so much for sharing. :-)
That's sounds beautiful, love that sound in the distance in the morning, keep it loud man !
I love this video so much! I appreciate your enthusiasm, and how legit you are about not using it as a nuisance.
What are you doing at Windows XP background
ExtremAdn beautiful comment
Hardly ever comment but felt compelled on this occasion. Brilliant. Thanks for posting
Now I know why you asked certain people to not comment. Good job on the horn setup. They are illegal in certain instances but private hobby use off of public street is not a problem.
THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOO cool MAFAMZ!!! GREAT job! Looks complicated .... BUT, I bet I could squeeze these horns into my mini cooper Clubman 2013! LOL!!! My grandpappy was a train engineer and he let me ride a freight train and honk the train horn in Jersey, in Woodbine! NICELY done! Love it!!!
I laughed out loud as you drove past the camera! That sound and that car combined is awesome! 😂😂
Amazing sound, loved the doppler effect too!
Sounds legit when they're all going in proper unison
I think it's fantastic that you restore these horns to a usable state and my god!!! they sound awesome.
It's an awesome setup too I would love some of them on my pushbike :-)
Keep up the brilliant work it is a wonderful thing you are doing.
Man that dope right there, I need some for my semi
Wow!!!! That is a freaking AWESOME set up! I thought my crappy little lit was cool... you put mine to shame. Kudos bro!!!
This reminds me of the movie,"THE CAR",it had horns like that under the hood.(sound was dubbed in for the movie most likely)
That was awesome when you drove the vehicle down the road, sounding the horn! Happy railroading!!!!!!!!!!!!
half the people watching don't care about the setup they just want to hear the horn
+Conor Mc Carthy Well then they came to the wrong video. I have tons of other videos that are just the horn but the point of this particular video is to show how my air setup works. It's not my fault that people are lazy and don't want to take the effort to find the video they actually want to watch.
That's pretty awesome dude. Keep those sounds alive! Those horns probably saved a lot of lives in their time.
Nice demo of the Doppler effect.
Wow this is a real hobby for you, not some stunt you pull for scaring people, though I must be honest, I laugh my ass off at the train horn pranks, still I know its dumb and dangerous. You did such a clean job on this, congrats!
Very useful when you have to travel with your family and pets.
That's why I designed the system to be removable. In gave everything but the rack comes out in less than 5 minutes.
Dude, that is awesome. Glad to see people that still have an interest in stuff like this.
Your neighbors must really love you!! Even if they are two miles away!!
This was the first video I have seen on your channel.Back in 2013 is when I have watched this video. Man time really flies!
just read the description, props to you mate! great video
I genuinely thought this was Michael cera at first, badass setup dude
... "Marion- When did they build a railroad over at the Henderson's farm??"
For many years csxt and the seaboard coast line and L&N and Seaboard System all used Rs5t horns mainly on ge u bosts U30c and EMD Sd 40-2 etc
Indeed! Biased off the layers and colors of paint that I found on this horn, I think it may have been a former L&N S5T.
That's awesome you can't tell the difference between that and a diesel locomotive
Sounds like a happy UP train conductor coming by. Good stuff.
Epic Doppler effect
Some guys just have too much time on their hands.
I love watching what they do with it!
Thanks for the chuckle.
Love that Doppler effect. And it's totally free!
Good to see you have a decent collection of videos up. we met years ago on Stevens Pass up at the Tunnel during a Rail Fan GTG. I haven't been rail Fanning for a while due to health but getting back into the Photography side again and trying not to get another trespassing ticket for climbing up on BNSF Property for that one in a million shot. lol keep up the great work! Hope to see the videos flowing and pictures coming.
+Daniel Hildebrand I think you may have me mistaken for someone else. I've been to Stevens pass, but never with a group only by myself, and I also have never been ticketed for trespassing.
+mafarnz I possibly may have, I was the one that got the ticket. I climbed on top of a stationary old boxcar that was parked there as part of so e MOW equipment. to get a video of the train coming out of the tunnel. it was just a small group. I just remembered on person in the group stalling about restoring old train horns and having a few sets at the time they test on their car.
Imagine the people around there wondering where the hell the train came from
Oh wow I had no Idea that people actually restored old train air horns. I have seen old steam whistles saved. Very cool
I pissed myself laughing when you drove past the camera blowing the horns XD.
That's mad, I love it but it's mad! Hats off to your attention to detail and your eccentricity!
Those horns are sexy! Where are all the good men with train horn’s attached to the roof of their cars these days? I guess chivalry is dead.
Or good women...
Beautiful sound
I used to live near train tracks and that sound brings back memories
Him: *slaps tank*
This bad boy can hold so many gallons!
When we go to the desert or anywhere with trains we always do the "do your horn" signal with our arms. The sound is amazing and I thank you for not pranking. I wish I had something like this for the truck I'm buying next year. I will keep my eye out for deals.
Awesome work!!Can you use more air horns like 3-4?
+Tony Valdez If I wanted to use more than one horn at a time, I would need to modify my roof rack. I do have a collection of over 20 train horns, but I only do one at a time.
OMG...!!! You have engineered an absolute masterpiece...!!! WELL DONE...!!!
Absolutely AWESOME, and I feel sorry for all the folks who don't get it!!
People are just so selfish, judgmental and stupid and have a horrible attention span. They don’t take into consideration the dedication and hard work need to preserve history while also being able to not only have fun with it and be able to be safe with it.
Nowadays there’s barely any fine line with stupidity and having fun. People usually go with stupidity.
This is a great video, and sounds amazing! I'm glad you set it up correctly, the train horn prankers sound so bad and this sounds super authentic. Well done! :D
why is everyone ripping on this dude for having a fucking hobby. jeez
They have no life and nothing better to do.....
I have often come to this video, I think what you've done is awesome. Not modifying the car is a good thing. I'd be VERY tempted in traffic, but I'd not give in to temptation.
Thank you for sharing this :)
Is it just me or can anyone else hear the Phantom noise of train Wheels rolling on the rails!? Lol
Nice use of Whelen light bar mounting feet lol.
That is a nice clean setup. Dont waste your trainhorn rigging energy on trolls. When you fight them they only win. ignore them so thet die
That has to be one of the coolest I have seen yet, lol I love it :)
If you want to impersonate a locomotive, don't forget the bells - otherwise you might get pulled over
Not trying to impersonate a locomotive, I just collect horns and need a way to make recordings of them. I do have a few bells but they are too heavy for the roof of a car.
Bells are not required in other countries just the USA, we don’t have them where I live so his setup is accurate for the rest of the world
@@mafarnz You should try hitch mounting a bell. You'll need a receiver, but you can easily mount a bell using a ball hitch riser. I've done it before with my bronze bell.
Well done, I did read the description and it looks like you have a lot of fun!
Sounds so Nice
Greetings from Germany
It is a crazy thing that you put on those big train horn. Amusing and totally absurd to say the least. Thumbs up.
Dude you are the king of train horns.
RIGHT 😆😆😆
Outside of a train!
Reminds me of growing up in Wilson NC. The Old SCL trains used this horn.
+Kevin Leach Biased on the layers of paint that I found while restoring it, I think there is a good chance this one is a former SCL horn.
+mafarnz it is. This was mounted on the trains that sported the SCL logo.
awesome awesome awesome sound! That is a job to be proud of!
Very nice setup. I'm looking for a Leslie #25 bell to complete my RS3L horn. Gotta love the old 1970's era horn
This could be useful for road trains out there
Love those Waco e2 horns and a S3L and an RS5T it's too bad normal cars can't have those as standard equipment
Dude so cool would have thought a train was coming even sounded like a train when you went past the camera how fast does it recover air pressure do you have the compressor hooked to 12 volt or are you using a inverter to run the compressor great vid happy holidays y'all ✌️
The horns are off a train, so yeah they do sound like one! The compressor runs off household 120V AC. I fill up my tanks when I'm at home and don't refill them when driving. I don't run a horn on the car 24/7 so this works great for em.