If you love train horns like I do then you'll enjoy this video on Youtube. The engineer blasts away on the horn for a full 1 1/2 minutes. As a bonus he is flashing the headlights which I also love.
Say what you will about CN but in my humble opinion I think their train horns are one of the best sounding if not the best. Here is the link.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4_gyCWuPxRg&feature=related
That CN horn in Lena, Illinois---dare we call it a Lena Horn(e)?
Seriously, it does sound GREAT. It reminds me of some of the haunting notes you'd hear off those old 5-horn Nathans on the SP.
Anybody who loves RR air horns should check out this link:
http://atsf.railfan.net/airhorns/
garyla wrote: That CN horn in Lena, Illinois---dare we call it a Lena Horn(e)? Seriously, it does sound GREAT. It reminds me of some of the haunting notes you'd hear off those old 5-horn Nathans on the SP. Anybody who loves RR air horns should check out this link: http://atsf.railfan.net/airhorns/
VERY good one...now I'm wating to have somebody ask who Lena Horne is.
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trainfan1221 wrote:But a train under load, especially on a bit of a grade, is an awesome sound.
True enough! Growing up I lived by a CN branch line on a long grade. Every night about 11:00pm a 60 - 90 car train usually hauled by 4 engines would pass by going up grade. You could hear the engines struggling to pull the train upgrade miles away (it helped it was in the country without much other noise). The sound still gives me the chills. Needless to say, I never went to sleep until after the train went by.
Minute and a half?
Put your earplugs in for my video.....
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Andrew,
Very cool! That Nathan K5H was melodic music.
Karl,
Talk about getting a "blast!" Enjoyed your vid-clip also.
Yes, I am one of those "loco horn nuts". I'm glad that now we have sound in model railroad locomotives as well.
Don't forget to check out http://www.dieselairhorns.com and click on the "Sound Library" for more train music
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