PRR Steam Audio Recording: I1sa Running Light (1955)

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14 жыл бұрын

Track Description...
"Class I1sa southbound, running light at Williamsport, PA in September of 1955"
From "Steam on the Standard Railroad of the World" by Semaphore Records
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@deloreanman14 13 жыл бұрын

The crickets, the whistle, the echo, the stack talk...the whole thing is magical. I close my eyes and I'm there watching this magnificent beast continue forward to her inevitable date with destiny.

@jeremyasher297 2 жыл бұрын

As the sun sets on a beautiful 1955 evening, a PRR I-1 comes through the area running lightly.

@victoriacyunczyk 4 жыл бұрын

Three of these blasting up a valley with a heavy coal train would have been quite an experience. At least we modelers can experience it in a smaller scale.

@Bassfanatic94 14 жыл бұрын

The decapods were the best freight engine on the Pennsy in my opinion and the K4's where the best passenger engine. I love the K4 3 chime whistle on the decapod in the recording. Steam is the best! The audio is incredibly clear! I could only imagine what it would be like to ride in one of these things and hear the hiss of the steam, the barking of the stack, thundering of the drivers, and the seeing the motions of the engineer and the fireman and they work in harmony. Truly stunning!

@b3j8 5 жыл бұрын

The I1 was a rough rider because the rear set of drivers was right under the cab. Add to that the fact that quite afew remained hand-bombers (not stoker-equipped) for yrs and you'd get a different opinion on how great they were from the crews! LOL. But that said, as a fan, I agree w/you that they look and sound pretty awesome!

@rexluminus9867 5 жыл бұрын

Whistle from the past. Time travel sounds. Thanks, 😎🆒cool.

@PRR5406 3 жыл бұрын

There remains a single I1sa which should be restored and operated.

@victoriacyunczyk 6 жыл бұрын

The greatest sound I ever heard.

@briankaempf7936 11 жыл бұрын

This is one of the most haunting whistles. Man how i wish I was around to see these.

@LIMowersAndMore 6 жыл бұрын

Very very sad sounding whistle..retirement was at a near.

@trainknut 5 жыл бұрын

That's the PRR 3 chime for you, a vert melodic, almost sad sounding whistle. And yeah, if the date is to be believed, that would give this particular locomotive at maximum, two years until retirement... assuming it was among the final steam assignments before total dieselization.

@jrcrawford4 4 жыл бұрын

That's a dyin' dog sad sound for sure.

@rastewart100 2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention the banshee sounded down right creepy.

@wobblinwheel 2 ай бұрын

@@rastewart100 doesn't sound at all like a Banshee!

@rastewart100 2 ай бұрын

@@wobblinwheel I am aware. I was just saying that the PRR banshee whistle sounds creepy at night.

@roberthoffhines5419 3 жыл бұрын

I1s were born an bred for hauling tonnage over the alleghenies, that whistle echoing off the hills is as pure as Mirella Freni at the Met.

@josephlindquist506 2 жыл бұрын

One of these was the N1 2-10-2 Santa Fe type, a PRR rarity.

@TrainiacProductions 14 жыл бұрын

Beautiful photos and beautiful, stunning audio. Thanks for uploading this!

@megatwingo 12 жыл бұрын

Cool sound and lovely photos. Thumbs up! :)

@robertswickard8355 2 жыл бұрын

Those BANSHEE screams from out in the woods are just hauntingly beautiful, Listen very close , there are 3 tones plus the steam pressure for 4 ....

@Stussmeister 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you for uploading this. I purchased the CD some time ago, but somehow, when I tried importing this into my iTunes library, it ended up being corrupted and would skip all the time.

@trainknut 5 жыл бұрын

Love the sound of those old 3 chimes, much better than the banshee whistles they had originally.

@victoriacyunczyk 4 жыл бұрын

I heard that when they were rebuilt with higher boiler pressure, the banshee whistles weren't audible when fully opened.

@trainknut 4 жыл бұрын

@@victoriacyunczyk I was under the impression that they mounted the 3 chimes because crews were complaining about the awful sound they made... But not all of them got the change.

@victoriacyunczyk 4 жыл бұрын

@@trainknut That was one of the reasons. But whistle signals are useless if they can't be heard. I'd think that was the bigger reason, considering that PRR management didn't seem too concerned with crews' comfort, hence why there were 598 I1's, despite many creews hating them for their rough ride.

@mariahhaarstick591 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@mariahhaarstick591 2 жыл бұрын

Love it

@josephignudo7405 11 жыл бұрын

Just to look at her you could tell she would haul some tonage. with 96,000lbs of tractive effort she was a beast!

@torquetrain8963 3 жыл бұрын

Absolute power. Steam is king. Steam will never die.

@victoriacyunczyk 3 жыл бұрын

Steam isn't dead. It's just dormant, waiting for its potential to be recognized by the wider world.

@daylightbigboy 6 жыл бұрын

Cool video! You wouldn't happen to have audio of an FM Trainmaster or anything? They have such a cool sound, a video like this of one would be awesome!

@wrakca6049 6 жыл бұрын

do you sell photos of any engines ??? would like to BUY a couple..

@wobblinwheel 2 ай бұрын

I always thought the I1's used the "Banshee" whistle...🤔

@dcoursey82 2 ай бұрын

They did until later in their lives. As more passenger engines were displaced by diesels, more of their whistles made it onto freight engines

@dcoursey82 10 жыл бұрын

No, it's an N1. Minor oversight.

@drby0788 Жыл бұрын

N1s are 2-10-2...I1s are 2-10-0

@josephignudo7405 8 жыл бұрын

I thought the I1s had a banshee whistle not a 3 chime.

@KLTrainz 6 жыл бұрын

They were delivered with banshee whistles, but most we're changed out to 3 chimes by WWII. A few retained their banshee's like 4483 up in NY.

@SwindellSteamWorks 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info on that. Hearing that 3 chime caught me off guard. Pretty much every model of the I1sa with sound comes with a banshee whistle loaded on.@@KLTrainz

@amtrak1214 2 жыл бұрын

Is this the real audio? Because I thought the whistles of the I1sas were REALLY high pitched.

@dcoursey82 2 жыл бұрын

Yes it's real audio. Before dieselization, they used the Banshee (high-pitched) whistles, but once PRR started phasing out steam, some I1's started using the passenger 3 chimes from retired K4s and M1s.

@amtrak1214 2 жыл бұрын

@@dcoursey82 no I know that. But the 3 chimes on the decapods were very high pitched also

@dcoursey82 2 жыл бұрын

@@amtrak1214 It's still the same PRR 3-chime passenger whistle, but what makes them sound different from engine to engine is the position of the bell (the chambered portion) of the whistle. For example, when you see footage of PRR 1361 on her shakedown run, she has a very deep throaty sound, then later ventures she has a higher pitched sound. Believe it or not, that's the SAME whistle....but the chambers were positioned such that one chambers sound was more pronounced than the other.

@dcoursey82 2 жыл бұрын

Alternately, on one of my videos (of the I1's in Elmira, NY) the whistle is very high pitched, but that's because the engineer is purposefully overblowing it to make it shreik.