Nathan P5 Horn Compilation Vol. 4: More of the Sweetest Shrill on the Railroad!

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The Nathan P5, man, a sadly dying breed of horn but one nonetheless that I love to hear. This used to be frequent additions to locomotives in the age of the standard cab, but alas as the Nathan K series has taken over, P5s are slowly disappearing. Fortunately, however, there are some new and plenty of old locomotives that still play these sweet tunes for a railfan such as myself to enjoy. Though I don't hear these as much as I used to, I'm thankful for every chance I have. I hope you enjoy.
God bless. I'll see you soon, out on the High Iron.
Romans 8:28

[@yeahman70]

P5s are one of my favorite horns

[@djtrainman2]

I agree. That's my top favorite

[@yourfellowpancake6335]

P5s and M5s man, nothing beats them

[@LocoPro]

Love me some crisp P5s, dawg.

[@THE_IRON_HORSE]

It's always a nice treat when you get a sweet P5 on sum like a gevo or such, and damn these sd40-2s like sheeesh

[@markquiswest6607]

The late 70's and early 80's, along with the 90's p5's are the best!

[@lexiyaa3499]

That shrill was so sweet

[@TwoWeekCowboy]

Love hearing those P5s, great compilation here. The only thing I might add is that, yes, on new heavy duty locomotives the K5HLL is pretty much the norm now but a lot of the AC44C6Ms got P5s or had them already on and NS retrofitted a ton of P5s on four-axle locomotives and those will be necessary for a long time still. CN had a few P5s for awhile but I don't know if they still use them. I would agree with you that the 70s through early 2000s were pretty much the P5 Golden Age and they're much less common now. Time marches on.

[@LocoPro]

Yeah, CN definitely still uses them, and you can still find them on certain shortlines.

[@TK-ec5bv]

The biggest user of the P5 was by far the Southern Railway.

[@TwoWeekCowboy]

It seems like the Southern wanted to put a P5 on everything from about 1977 to 1982. A lot of things like GP30s and 35s and 38s they had that at first had P3s got P5s in later years. Illinois Central was pretty much the same way in the 1990s.

[@markquiswest6607]

Amen!

[@CSXFan5496]

Awesome video!

[@K1nLies]

12:15 This mix of P3 and P5 sounds amazing 👌

[@tsrtrainproductions]

I’ve always enjoyed these types of videos keep up the great work

[@DV_Graph1cs]

P5's are on top fasho

[@angelmalarkey7946]

0:49 now this has a P5a

[@LocoPro]

Yeah, for sure. I mixed some P5As in there. :)

[@angelmalarkey7946]

@@LocoPro Wow

[@markbass9639]

I know we’re talking horns but my slight ADHD was wondering who that was with that little switcher in the first clip(?)

[@LocoPro]

@@markbass9639 That’s at the Southeastern Railway Museum. One of the more veteran and friendly volunteers was engineer on the train ride today, and fortunately the crew on the NS train was just as friendly.

[@markbass9639]

@@LocoPro hey thanks for that, that’s really neat to see the banter back and forth between the two. I work for a short line terminal road where I live and we have little quips like that with big orange and yellow. Stuff like this is what keeps me going as a railroader. Keep it up!

[@ThatModelGuyGA]

P5 r better than lla change me mind (unless gen 1 lla)

[@redtrainproductions]

Depends if it’s old cast or new cast

[@XXXDomtacion]

0:59

[@elijesus2009]

0:17

[@user-ug5ms5wq5r]

P5s are one of my favorite horns. P5 r better than lla change me mind (unless gen 1 lla).

[@east_carolina_rail_photos]

Youre kinda tripping if you think new cast P5s are "rare" or are "being replaced". NS and CN still use them religiously. Not to mention they sound like dogshit

[@LocoPro]

They not nearly as common as they once were. Many of the units that had them are now gone, and it’s honestly lowkey rare to hear them where I’m at when I used to hear them almost every outing.