My grandfather, Art White from San Jose, was an engineer on the Southern Pacific. Greetings from New Hampshire!!

That is incredible that we have SP Steam narrated by the best of all Railfans! Florida's Own- Danny Harmon

My god, finally. Some footage of a Southern Pacific 5000 4-10-2 engine in action!

I got my copy of volume 1 and I can only say that it is an amazing production. The authentic audio is a great contributor. definitely worth purchasing.

WOW. Just...wow! Seeing 4439 going 95mph was just awesome! I'm almost tempted to waste a chunk of my tax return on getting these 2 volumes, and all the Glory Machines ones too!!!

You can tell that it's the end of steam when GS 4-8-4s were pulling commuter service from San Francisco to San Jose

@ThatYankeeKid - Doyle says he got the 4449 up to 87 mph back in the 1980s but also said it was probably the scariest thing he's ever done. Coming back from Michigan last year he didn't break 65 mph. I bet the old girl could do it no problem but quite honestly, I don't think it's worth the risk.

Just rode behind R&N 425 this weekend and she had a SP passenger 6 chime whistle on her. It sounded beautiful. Like that sound track in this you used it in a PRR video. Sure miss your late narrator. He sure sounded great.

Hey, I'd know that voice anywhere. This is narrated by Danny Harmon!

Had both for a while now. Still enjoying both!

I think I might just have to add these videos to my collection. I love SP steam, and seeing that GS-4 at 95 mph is just incredible. It's a shame they can't run the 4449 like that today.

4439 wasn't even at full throttle when she did 95 mph. GS-4s were designed to go 110 mph, and engine 4448 was one of the few engines that have accomplished it.

Just bought both volumes and got them today. About to go watch both of them once I'm done with homework. Still wished we had free shipping on the videos for when we purchased both volumes. Anyways, thanks a lot Herron Rail. I'm excited and can't wait to watch both of them together.

726berkshire The SP Berkshires were numbered 3500-3509. Those berks were from the B&M.

Southern Pacific rr had an incredible variety of steam power for both freight/ passenger operations ; the 4-6-2, 4-8-2 and 4-8-4 type locomotives were enjoyable to observe in passenger service, especially with the pacing scene of engine 4439 hitting 95 mph. I really need to purchase a copy of this DVD to observe for myself at a later date.

The live sound recordings and scenes are precious and I would recommend this DVD to anyone who loves SP steam. Only thing I can say about it in a negative way are how drawn out some of the chase scenes can feel. If you're into that though, this is for you.

Many modern (1940's vintage) steam locomotives had air horns as well as whistles. Horns were considered more audible at speed than whistles, especially important when approaching highway grade crossings at 80 MPH or better!

I got though both of these trailers, and only heard the whistle on Pacific 2475. Every other steamer I heard with an 'alert' mechanism was using an air horn. This is still weird to me.

What was the number of the SP Berkshire?

The Glory days of Southern Pacific Steam 🚂

Love it

Seeing a GS-4 going 95 mph is something else man

Tailterrier27, The pacific you are unsure of is P-8 #2467. And instead of all survivors being P-8's, there's two P-8's and one P-10. The 2479 is the P-10, while 2467 and 2472 are P-8's.

NICE JOB ON THAT VIDEOES KEEP IT UP

Herron Rail is a class act, no doubt about it!

4:41 the whistle

Neat video, although I think the film has been speeded up when the trains leave the station in SF I don't think they ever go around that first curve that fast.

It’s a pity that most steam locomotives in the video are scrapped

funny I find it kinda silly that modern SP engines(2472, 4449 etc) DONT use airhorns that much

4:57 Nice Southern Pacific 6 Chime whistle

Wonder if 4449 is in this

Never knew that some SP steamers had airhorns like PRR S1 had. Great video nowadays

2:17 nice

2:16 Cool Steam

I saw SP 4449 twice.

interesting to see a cab foreward used as a banking (helper) engine.

2467 is the third saved pacific and 2479 is a P-10,not a P-8

berk SH AIAREZZZZ(as a easterner would call it) were primarily used by eastern, and central railroads. most western railroads(including southern pacific, santa fe, and union pacific) did NOT use meany locomotive types(as did eastern) such as 4-6-4's, 2-8-4's, 2-10-0's. as well as meany eastern railroads overlooking some western classics like: 2-10-2's, 4-8-2's, and some even overlooking pacifics(nyc had only a few and most others completely overlooked them(of course excluding prr's K4a)

I had to laugh when I saw the Daylight highballing past, accompanied by the sound of a Diesel "honker."

Hey isn't the narrator Danny Harmon AKA distantsignal from youtube?

2:18 i read a wikipedia article on the sp ac-9s and they're all scrapped. sp coulda donated a few of them to some museums or the also coulda been restored. why'd they scrap them all

Is 4444 in this Video?

Wow I'm gonna buy this do you have a Website?

It just doesn't look physically possible for those drivers to move THAT fast. You'd think it would just tear itself apart.

At 3:51, did she have both the whistle and an air horn blowing at the same time? That sounds wicked cool! I‘ve always thought that most of the larger steam locomotives (like the cab forwards, mountains & GS Northern classes for example) would be equipped with an air horn, but not a smaller 4-6-2 Pacific type. Were the 4-6-2s really equipped with an air horn? Don’t get me wrong, I like the idea that the sound from the air horns travel further than a steam whistle, which I find very useful, and bizarre at the same time.

can someone tell the maximum horsepower for each type of engine please? I have 6000 hp for cab-forwards and 5500 hp for the GS daylights. But the internet won't give me answers the rest. any help would be greatly appreciated.

how did they get the steam engine wistles to sound like semi truck horns?

*****, 2477 doesn't exist anymore, only 2467, 2472 and 2479 are still around.

1:21 my dude i heard a train whitsle

4:34 holy crap never seen a steam locomotive running by that speed

Where can I purchase the DVD? I would like to see all that this preview says is on the dvd

3:51: *Who pulled both cords?*

0:18

can you tell me a rough estimate in % how much of this is authentic recording... because when pentrex gets a whistle wrong it sets me off

Isn't a Herron, a type of Bird?

I'm sorry but why did SP steam use a horn instead of their whistle?

I came here for the AC-9

2468 and 2479 is actually a p-10 and under restoration

guys i saw a daylight super dome in this cideo

Interesting I didn’t know the gs 4 had a horn instead of a whistle kind of ruins the steam engine

Since when did SP make their Steam engines sound like E or F units?

2:09