PRR PC Amtrak Metroliner Horn Leslie S55 S37

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MaFarnz

8 жыл бұрын

A pair of horns removed from a Budd Metroliner.
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@timwolf5497 10 ай бұрын

This horn brings back memories of hearing it when I was a kid. If the wind was blowing the right direction, it could be heard at our house several miles away.

@fiddlerpin Жыл бұрын

I rode up front with an engineer in a Metroliner in the straight section near Princeton Junction. The speed indicator said we were going 120mph! Engineer was reading the paper! Honest he was!

@ianlikesguitars 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of people say this horn sounds bad and fouled, but I think it sounds great!

@rixxroxxk1620 7 жыл бұрын

Hearing these brought chills up my spine!!! Quick story...my grandmother lived in the mobile home village (nice way of saying trailer park!) across from Bengies drive in on Eastern Blvd in Middle River, MD in the '70s. Her home was way in the back, close to the electric tracks. I remember going there with my mom, and being about 5 or 6 and she'd walk me through the tree line that separated the mobile home from the tracks. We'd sit there for hours watching freight and passenger, pulled by GG-1's, E-33's, E-44's, and last but definitely the best, the metroliners! I remember them in Penn Central and Amtrak liveries. But the thing I remember the most? That horn. Back then, there were a lot of at grade crossings from Baltimore north. On chilly evenings at dusk, I seem to remember that horn carrying an almost eerie echo. It just didn't sound "normal". I've always loved the NEC, but the metroliners will always be my favorites. Thanks for the memories and for letting me share mine.

@travelsonic 7 жыл бұрын

In my opinion, I dislike the K5LA horns that Amtrak put on the Metroliners when they converted them into cab cars - I mean, not a bad sound, just ... there is something about the harmony of these two Leslie horns together that is almost ... magical...

@sleat 6 жыл бұрын

Aberdeen! Especially with snow on the ground, haunting sound from those Metroliners.

@Evanm42 2 жыл бұрын

Same here, I grew up around a similar sounding horn. Every time it would always ring a bell and I would run to see the train pass. I think it was also a leslie and it had a haunting echo sometimes.

@nathanmahoney6346 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful 2-chime, and you are right, one bell often went silent or just couldn't be heard at high speeds.

@IsaacAmadeo 2 жыл бұрын

thats a really intuitive way of recreating a doppler horn of an old loco, well done!

@josephnadler5521 5 жыл бұрын

1:35 *doppler effect intensifies*

@Manatee693 5 жыл бұрын

Got a like from me.

@travelsonic 7 жыл бұрын

Man, the individual horns on their own sound ... all right... but together, that harmonious sound... I likey!

@rwboa22 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a harmonica as compared to the Leslie a200 horns used on the GG1.

@sleat 6 жыл бұрын

My favorite sound from the 70's! Most of them squealed, and that only made it more interesting. They were so high-pitched, for a while we thought they were electronic, until we got a close look.

@stevenmichael2845 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing this video! I have searched far and wide for a good video including the metroliner horns, and have had almost no luck. This is awesome!

@mafarnz 8 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! It was pretty cool that I was able to track down the history in these unique pieces.

@boboperafan 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your research and demonstration! The horns sound just like I remember, when they were functioning properly, which wasn't always the case...

@TrainsandFTFEnjoyer 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!! Totally my #2 favorite horn!

@UnionCountyPhotography 2 жыл бұрын

Glc

@TrainsandFTFEnjoyer 2 жыл бұрын

@@UnionCountyPhotography yea?

@UnionCountyPhotography 2 жыл бұрын

@@TrainsandFTFEnjoyer cool to see you here too

@a340aviationhd6 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds a bit like the Metrolink F125s

@UnionCountyPhotography 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely horn

@ACLTony 8 жыл бұрын

That was really cool! Usually, due to poor maintenance, Metroliner horns often squealed.

@mafarnz 8 жыл бұрын

+ACLTony It took a lot of work with these so that they didn't.

@RockvilleTrainFan 3 жыл бұрын

You deserve some damn credit! The Rails Unlimited Devs stole the horn, I mean you deserve credit. Nice video, but its unfair not to credit.

@mikeytrains1 8 жыл бұрын

It sounds like my home in the Northeast, well, while it was far away from the Northeast Corridor, it still reminds me of the NEC, And it's beautiful past and glory. While watching a movie made by PC to get federal funding, I heard a metroliner with a deaper horn. This reminds me of the Pennsy, and the beautiful engines that roamed it's lines to the very end, to the merger, and into Amtrak and Conrail. That's how I feel watching this video.

@lukethegeneralelectrice60p80 2 жыл бұрын

1:24 Rails Unlimited Urbanliner Horn

@roadrailsrunwaysofwny 2 жыл бұрын

Yup

@CP7014productions 2 жыл бұрын

True

@Jimmytheamtrakf40ph Жыл бұрын

Trainz actually

@lukethegeneralelectrice60p80 Жыл бұрын

@@Jimmytheamtrakf40ph late reply but it is

@BossSpringsteen69 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you ,sir.

@rrsounds 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting! Interesting to hear how the pitch changes as air pressure is turned on. I might add a correction: the Metroliners went into service on January 16, 1969 (not 1971). Glad to see others as passionate about these trains as I am! :-)

@mafarnz 8 жыл бұрын

71 was when the last of the cars first entered service, that is why I listed that date.

@patmeaden 6 жыл бұрын

My uncle used to commute on the metroloners

@EndMii619 2 жыл бұрын

1:54 beautiful

@kidcoleman586 5 жыл бұрын

After this can you tell me why I had a dream about Squidward blowing through the 55 bell? WITH HIS MOUTH?

@SJRC 5 жыл бұрын

you know. you makin' me feel uncontrable & rude my childhood...

@LIMowersAndMore 5 жыл бұрын

You should tell me more of your dreams of squidward LOL!

@REVELLO608 8 жыл бұрын

sounds great

@BossSpringsteen69 8 жыл бұрын

Wow, I never knew i was recording something so significant at the time. I have a couple of recordings of the S55x on Amtrak Hiawatha service Chicago to Milwaukee from the 1990's. One of the recordings in particular it was a snowy day and i thought the horn was slightly clogged from the fresh fallen powdery snow. I never realized the horn was not as clogged as i thought and, it was a former PCC horn.

@mafarnz 8 жыл бұрын

Interesting, I haven't heard of that use of the S55 until now. Do you happen to have pictures of the horn, or a rooftop shot of the locomotive that shows it well? I'm wondering if it was actually a single chime S55, or just a multi chime that had all the lower bells not sounding. For example the SDP40F's had a four chime horn that was a 31, 37, 48, 55 combo, so if all but the 55 bell had stopped sounding it would sound like an S55.

@BossSpringsteen69 8 жыл бұрын

Sad to say i don't have any pictures of the horns. Now you got me second guessing myself thinking it might have been a multi chime with lower bells not sounding. I know that they had just started using the metroliners somewhat recently and, my other guess would be that they used horns off of other equipment. Anyway, i learned something new.

@mafarnz 8 жыл бұрын

When the Metroliners were first put into cab car service, all Amtrak did was paint the stripes on the end. I have seen pictures of them as cab cars with the pans, traction motors and other traction equipment still in place, as well as with the S37/S55 horns. Later as they got traction equipment removed the Leslie's were replaced with K5's.

@travelsonic 7 жыл бұрын

I dunno how to articulate why I feel this way,the but K5s just feel .... so out of place on a Metroliner M..U - even one converted into a cab car. Not a bad sound at all, don't get me wrong, just ... feels out of place for some reason. (Or maybe the harmonious sound of the S55 + S37 playing together sounds is just so awesome.... ! )

@_conrail_ 6 жыл бұрын

Sounds a little like the horn on BNSF 555

@nyshortline 8 жыл бұрын

More often times than not the higher note would go sour and squeal. Sometimes I have heard BOTH go sour.

@kansasstatealerting2424 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting :)

@ploopy5235 8 жыл бұрын

Metroliners entered revenue service on January 16, 1969 not May 1, 1971

@lirrproductions4622 4 жыл бұрын

It sounds like a messed up HVAC lol

@NERRP2017 4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@MYVP. 8 жыл бұрын

Where do you get your horns from?

@mafarnz 8 жыл бұрын

+Mr. Yo Video Productions From a guy that lives in Philadelphia. He got them from a friend of his that worked on the crew scraping out a few of the old Metroliner cars.

@markong8322 6 жыл бұрын

It's sound like Southern Pacific 9135

@VirtualRailfanProductions 5 жыл бұрын

Hey I wanted to ask if I could use this audio for a Railroad Mod for Minecraft called Immersive Railroading. I'm commissioning a Metroliner for the mod and I would like to have a proper horn for the locomotive. Great video by the way.

@mafarnz 5 жыл бұрын

Sure no problem. Thanks for asking.

@davidmolin8944 3 жыл бұрын

btw does this mod exist since i have not seen it for download at all could you link me to a page where i can download it if possible

@VirtualRailfanProductions 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidmolin8944 Yes it does but the locomotive for the mod has not been made. The Mod itself is called Immersive Railroading, and can be found on Curse Forge.

@davidmolin8944 3 жыл бұрын

@@VirtualRailfanProductions ik what IR is i just wanted to know if the resource pack was created but from what you said i have my answer

@VirtualRailfanProductions 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidmolin8944 That's the thing. I don't think it's in one yet. There have been talks about making them but nothing has been released yet.

@pedrorojas4563 2 жыл бұрын

how do you know the horns? where do you find them?

@mafarnz 2 жыл бұрын

The horns came from a horn collector forum, the guy I got them from found they at a flea market in Bear Delaware, where a lot of the Metroloners were scrapped. I’ve been collecting and researching horns for over ten years.

@TrainTrackTrav 8 жыл бұрын

I like the two chime because it is a very unique sounding horn. Not pretty, but distinctive. I like it! I take it Leslie didn't have a designation for this bell combo. As a side note, I think I saw a video of a man from the UK that had this bell combo on a two chime manifold stamped as an S2G, which is odd, because 37 55 is not an S2G.

@mafarnz 8 жыл бұрын

+TrainTrackTrav It was a 37 48 combo, which is very close to this. 48 plays an A#, 55 plays a C#. I like it because of the history and the uniqueness of it. Most horns I have for the sound, but this is a good historical piece.

@JacobMakesStuff 2 жыл бұрын

Hey can I use this sound for a roblox project?

@mafarnz 2 жыл бұрын

You may.

@JacobMakesStuff 2 жыл бұрын

@@mafarnz oh thank you!

@amtrak706 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know if this would be possible, but I would love to hear these somehow be made to foul like the real ones did, producing that very distinct shrill two-note sound. There is basically no decent quality audio out there of Metroliner horns in service, and I would like to make a custom ESU project for my Walthers units. With the bullshit tsunami decoders they came with, they sound like refrigerators equipped with an S3L.

@mafarnz 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve discovered from other horns that I’ve had over the years that chambers that were glass bead blasted inside often squeal and malfunction. If I ever end up with another set I could play around with that. I’ve heard the Walters units, not super impressed with the sound.

@amtrak706 3 жыл бұрын

@@mafarnz OK, interesting. You don't have this set anymore?

@mafarnz 3 жыл бұрын

Still do.

@riverhuntingdon6659 8 жыл бұрын

Pity about the Metroliners. I'm told that as EMU sets they weren't successful. But at least they had proper trucks, rather than those flimsy - looking Budd Pioneer III types found under Silverliners and the like. Is it right that the "Museum" two of the prototype Pioneer III MU's were sent to scrapped them ? What a shame if so.

@mafarnz 8 жыл бұрын

I'm only aware of a single Metroliner car that was preserved, the #860 at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. This is the first I have ever heard of the prototype pair. The electrical systems had components from several different manufactures, and it is my understanding they didn't work well together. The fact that the cab car conversions are still in service shows that at least the trucks frames and car bodies were well built... they were a Budd product after all!

@travelsonic 7 жыл бұрын

It's too bad, a lot of unconverted Metroliners were, for a time, stored, some in Phase II scheme even, a number of which were modified to have the hump on top that housed the electrical components, a number of them remaining unmodified though - I bet they're all good and scrapped now. :(

@mafarnz 7 жыл бұрын

Amtrak still (as of 2016) has a few sets of unmodified Metroliner cars stored at Bear Delaware. There is also one single car at the PRR Museum in Strasburg PA.

@travelsonic 7 жыл бұрын

mafarnz Wow, didn't know they were still there. I wish something could be done so at least one of each car type was preserved. :(

@AllAboardAudio. 7 жыл бұрын

Unless you haven't done so already, Would you be willing to sell these horns?

@mafarnz 7 жыл бұрын

I am not interested in selling.

@travelsonic 7 жыл бұрын

Would it be all right if I used the audio of the horns in an attempt to remake the Metroliners for the Trainz train simulator? (Obviously, credit given where need be)?

@mafarnz 7 жыл бұрын

Sure, thanks for asking!

@travelsonic 7 жыл бұрын

mafarnz I mean, no idea when I'd get around to it due to my busy schedule (comp sci major, night classes for subjects that should NOT be taught as 1-a-week 3 hour classes), but it'll be cool to have a model with accurate sounds. :D

@luispatricio2801 4 жыл бұрын

In Chile there are locomotives that have the horn leslie s37x but I don't know if it is the same here I leave a link to compare it kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i52ol7iKnbXRoY0.html

@mafarnz 4 жыл бұрын

It does sound like an S37! I can't see the horn so I am unable to confirm if it is.

@luispatricio2801 4 жыл бұрын

@@mafarnz It's not the same locomotive but the horn sound is the same i.ytimg.com/vi/sG2w-Xq85hY/maxresdefault.jpg

@mafarnz 4 жыл бұрын

Ok, thank you for the picture! I'm not sure what that is, but its not a Leslie.

@lionelkid456 8 жыл бұрын

you seem to be a god with these train horns lol.. I wish I had money for horns great video though

@mafarnz 8 жыл бұрын

Collecting horns can be expensive, but it doesn't have to be. I got this pair for $200.

@turbochargedtransit7241 7 жыл бұрын

mafarnz where did you get them?

@mafarnz 7 жыл бұрын

The horns in this video I purchased from the moderator of a horn collector forum that I am a member of. He got them from a salvage sale that occurred near a location where many of the Metroliner cars had been scrapped out.

@turbochargedtransit7241 7 жыл бұрын

What notes do they play?

@mafarnz 7 жыл бұрын

S37 plays F# (370hz), S55 plays C# (554hz).