Amtrak 553 with Nathan M5 horn

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Genesis111989

16 жыл бұрын

Amtrak 553 runs west through Berkeley with a Nathan M5 horn mounted on the locomotive, CDTX 2052. Filmed from Gilman st in Berkeley to Shellmound in Emeryville.

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@BOXAXIU 9 жыл бұрын

I bet that the engineer was just blowing the horn that much because it sounds awesome! xD

@ROADTRAIN23 14 жыл бұрын

I work for Amtrak,and I've never heard an M5 on #2052 before!But for good reason:this video was shot prior to its overhaul roughly 1 1/2 to 2 years ago…before I joined Amtrak.Pretty unique horn!

@EMDSD14R 13 жыл бұрын

ah an M5 in perfect tune on a p32-8wh great combo right there..and awsome vid!!

@fnm9908 13 жыл бұрын

A beautiful,perfectly tuned M5..nathan don't make horns this good anymore,maybe a maintenance headache but this horn sounds so amazing..thanks for showing how a real horn sounds like

@TheCaltrainator903Trackside 4 ай бұрын

What a unique sounding horn for the perfect engine

@ericgriswold1268 5 жыл бұрын

The sound of B&O E8's and E 9's through Defiance, Ohio in the very late '50's through to Amtrak! Great memories!!

@TrainmasterCurt 16 жыл бұрын

A Nathan M-5 on the unique Amtrak Cali B32-8W, how cool is this! It should stay on this engine

@ericgriswold1268 5 жыл бұрын

Also the sound of Fairbanks - Morse H-16 -44's through Sycamore, Ohio in the '50's!! More good memories!!

@troy12n 13 жыл бұрын

That's obviously an M5, you could never confuse a K5LA with an M5...

@turbochargedtransit7241 7 жыл бұрын

Goosebumps.

@dasmikey1964 16 жыл бұрын

Definitely a very rare horn! Nice!

@seank97 16 жыл бұрын

Now THAT was an airhorn!

@amtk415w 11 жыл бұрын

Uhh yeah it is. That's my horn and I was running.

@ArcticKitten 4 жыл бұрын

Thats awesome!

@coasternamegenerator5611 3 жыл бұрын

Is it true that you were fired for it?

@sogabethomas193 9 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

@johnrich2102 2 жыл бұрын

The M-5 when approaching sounds like a K-5LA going away at speed. Harmony is the same, but in a lower key.

@trainzaholic 10 жыл бұрын

Thats slightly out of tune but it still sounds like 1951.

@Nohab52offical 2 жыл бұрын

Jasper, where is your trainz videos??? Why did delete them???

@TracksideTyson 6 жыл бұрын

beautiful sounding horn

@thomassogabe 9 жыл бұрын

Wonderful

@CSX500 9 жыл бұрын

sounds AWESOME

@trainmasterfm2 14 жыл бұрын

sounds great!

@SF3751 16 жыл бұрын

She's got one sick horn.

@mafarnz 15 жыл бұрын

Too bad M's were such a maintenance headache, they sound great!

@denasanders2624 3 жыл бұрын

Were h horns ever a maintenance headache

@denasanders2624 3 жыл бұрын

Like the h5 or the 2 h6 horns

@mafarnz 3 жыл бұрын

@@denasanders2624 worse than the M’s.

@denasanders2624 3 жыл бұрын

@@mafarnz oof

@coasternamegenerator5611 3 жыл бұрын

@@denasanders2624 there were prototype m horns so it makes sense that they were worse

@poundersproductions1975 3 жыл бұрын

Some say the rst5 is king. But M5 all the way! There is no better Robert Swanson knew what was up!!!!

@alexisvaldez1819 4 жыл бұрын

Coaster and Amtrak have M5 horns too!!

@Michael.Hansen 15 жыл бұрын

Awsome awsome awsome!

@amtk415w 15 жыл бұрын

Yes, tuned by Bob Packer of Colorado.

@fixierider97 14 жыл бұрын

I never knew 2052 had a M5!!!

@HawksFootSection 16 жыл бұрын

Swanson Would Be Proud.. Very nice..

@pennsy6000 13 жыл бұрын

That's defiantly a M5!

@AJMartinezmtzsubproductions 13 жыл бұрын

if only they put a sick horn on CDTX 8311.

@KyleVideoDesigns 13 жыл бұрын

OMG too good to be true..............

@amtk415w 16 жыл бұрын

Very sure it's an M5 seeing as how I put it on there. Besides, even on a good day, a K5 never sounds as good as that.

@MichiganCentralLines 12 жыл бұрын

why did they do this? its awesome!!!!

@AJMartinezmtzsubproductions 10 жыл бұрын

So the story behind this is that some, now FORMER, Amtrak Engineer who put the M5 on CDTX 2051 got fired for modifying a FRA fitted horn (K5LA) with a FRA rejected horn (M5). It sounded great but came with a price.

@amtk415w 6 жыл бұрын

Martinez Sub. Productions uh, no. That's not what happened. But it sure was fun.

@8989theman 6 жыл бұрын

If that story is true....... It came with a price, but the mans a goddamn genius!

@theark-la-missrailfan 6 жыл бұрын

In fact! Why not have the M5 fitted to both 2051 and 2052?

@dougc190 5 жыл бұрын

That's a true story why the hell is that not FRA approved doesn't make sense

@ArturoRailProductions 4 жыл бұрын

@@dougc190 It's cause new inventions phase out the old technology to make it history. But it is mostly cause of people that hate horns and live near the tracks.

@amtk415w 11 жыл бұрын

With a wrench.

@CobaltZ_hans 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic horn on a fantastic locomotive. Shame that the FRA's taste in horns is absolute booty.

@amtk415w 16 жыл бұрын

next time I'll put a p5 on. then we'll try a leslie s5

@lucky_railfans_trains_2009 5 ай бұрын

Did you know that there is one unit on the line that uses a New Cast P5 Well that one is CDTX Cabcar 8306.

@MarcAndreBlais 16 жыл бұрын

Very nice sound loll mmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !

@thomassogabe 9 жыл бұрын

Amsome

@TFN5459 11 жыл бұрын

It's an M5

@Genesis111989 16 жыл бұрын

I'm 100% sure it's an M5 horn. I'm friends with the person it belongs to.

@jeffreytherailfanning2011 2 жыл бұрын

It's not Amtrak it's CDTX

@Inyo22 16 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the train from hell

@WooferCookerz 11 жыл бұрын

@lucky_railfans_trains_2009 2 жыл бұрын

WTH HOW?????

@amtk415w 2 жыл бұрын

Well, you take 4 bolts off at Sacramento, swap out crappy K5LA for M5, then tighten bolts back up and go for a spin.

@jdmlang9633 2 жыл бұрын

@@amtk415w you should do it again 🤣

@WooferCookerz 11 жыл бұрын

no thats not an M5 i dont think

@ArturoRailProductions 5 жыл бұрын

it is

@coasternamegenerator5611 3 жыл бұрын

That absolutely is. The sound is unmistakable

@WooferCookerz 3 жыл бұрын

@@coasternamegenerator5611 i commented this 8 years ago i had no idea what i was talking about why reply now?

@coasternamegenerator5611 3 жыл бұрын

@@WooferCookerz pure boredom tbh

@npadul30 12 жыл бұрын

It's an M5 but it would be easier to tell if this vid was not shot in 240p on a shit camera.

@RajaRhodes 12 жыл бұрын

that train has a bad sounding horn :( shouldnt it have a Nathan K5LA instead of a Nathan M5

@trainknut 5 жыл бұрын

Bad? well that's subjective... to me anything that isn't a K5 sounds good. According to the comments I'm seeing, apparently the engineer put it on and got fired for some BS about the M5 not being FRA approved - despite sounding much nicer than the K5LAs you hear today.

@superbaddy4 5 жыл бұрын

Simple answer to that amazing guy getting fired: The FRA has really bad taste in horns. But if you think that's bad, Transport Canada is even worse! If you're a Passenger System in Canada, they FORCE you to use these absolutely ATROCIOUS horns!

@USARailProductions 4 жыл бұрын

That’s the problem... it sounds nice when they want horns to sound ugly to grab attention... lol

@RajaRhodes 4 жыл бұрын

I could see why it would be against a company policy to alter the equipment but I couldn’t see it being illegal. A horn is a horn, the job of a train is to be seen and heard, and that’s what it’s doing. He shouldn’t have been TERMINATED. Maybe written up I could see, but not fired

@amtk415w 2 жыл бұрын

@@superbaddy4 I did not get fired for swapping the horn