I got to see and ride behind 4960 myself back in the fall of 2022. While I had already visited the Grand Canyon 4 years prior, I felt lucky to visit it again, but this time behind steam. Will definitely be returning for another visit in the future for when 29 is back or they do another doubleheader, or even a special guest.
@@AlyssaLovesToVacuum the engine's operating pressure is 200 psi and has never changed since GCR rebuilt it. Operating pressures are not changed on a whim, especially on a preserved boiler. The whistle sounds to me like the same ATSF 6-chime it usually has, but a number of factors could effect how it sounds in a given context (microphone, train speed, wear, whether the whistle was rotated, different whistle of the same design...)
Fantastic Video you made.
Fantastic video! Glad you got out to the Grand Canyon Railway.
I got to see and ride behind 4960 myself back in the fall of 2022. While I had already visited the Grand Canyon 4 years prior, I felt lucky to visit it again, but this time behind steam. Will definitely be returning for another visit in the future for when 29 is back or they do another doubleheader, or even a special guest.
Beautifully done sir! This is definitely on the bucket list
I don’t know why, but the 4960’s whistle sounds a bit different.
Because she has the boiler pressure at a different psi . Maybe I’m guessing 500
@@AlyssaLovesToVacuum 500? I always thought every steam locomotive boiler (like the 4960’s for instance) would go up to 300 psi.
@@T128Productions my bad, it’s 300 psi bc the whistle sounds different and she had the SP Desert Whistle in May.
@@AlyssaLovesToVacuum the engine's operating pressure is 200 psi and has never changed since GCR rebuilt it. Operating pressures are not changed on a whim, especially on a preserved boiler. The whistle sounds to me like the same ATSF 6-chime it usually has, but a number of factors could effect how it sounds in a given context (microphone, train speed, wear, whether the whistle was rotated, different whistle of the same design...)
@HematomaFalafalPatrol probably just a different tuning of the whistle.