The Horns of Caltrain

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The Horns of Caltrain
The Nathan P2 horn is the "voice" of Caltrain. Here is a collection of horn videos of about 2/3 of the revenue fleet running today. Also included are the unique sounds of Locomotives 920, 921, and Bombardier Cab Car 120. Not included in this video: 119, 504, AEM-7, and Stadler EMU.
I am not expert on the air horn subject, but Caltrain seems to have had a long history with horn issues.
The SP's signature horns on the commute was the M5. Initially, the CalTrain commute fleet of 1985-early 2000s used K5LAs. Noise complaints along the line resulted into a switch to P2s.
Their location has changed through the years, from the roof to behind the pilot. The current location for most of the fleet apparently requires quite a bit of piping hence the long and often wheezing honks. The location also attracts dirt, and as a result there are many fouled horns particularly on the gallery cars.
The P2 isn't exactly a favorite to most people, but I enjoy it when there is a delay of the second chime, see: 7:23, 11:42, 11:59, 22:58, 26:04
If the rumors are true and most of the remaining diesel fleet will switch to that "European style" horn seen on two of the MPI F40s, then I will certainly miss this unique sound of Bay Area transit.
Corrections welcome.
F40PH-2 "Growler" and F40PH-2-CAT (1985, 1987): P2 Horns
0:00 900 "San Francisco"
1:19 903 "Santa Clara" (F40PH-2 "Growler")
2:10 906 "Burlingame"
3:05 907 "Mountain View" (F40PH-2 "Growler")
4:17 908 "Redwood City"
4:32 909 "Menlo Park"
4:45 911 "San Carlos"
5:09 914 "Atherton" (F40PH-2 "Growler")
5:40 915 "South San Francisco"
7:02 916 "California" and Cab Car 113
F40PH-2Cs - Note different horns, added during rebuilding
7:48 920 "Morgan Hill" - EMU Horn
8:54 921 "San Martin" - Sounds like a fouled EMU Horn, or a dying goose
9:22 922 "Tamien" - P2 Horn
MP36-3Cs, P2 horns
9:48 927 - Rebuilt Silvery 927
10:43 928
Bombardier Cab Cars - P2 Horns save 119 and 120
10:57 112
For 113 see 7:21
11:28 114
12:13 115
14:32 117
14:59 120 - A K2 horn and a "Canadian style" Transtronic ebell so I am told.
Gallery cars - many suffer from a squealing chime. P2 horns
16:41 4005
18:15 4009
18:39 4012
18:58 4013
20:09 4014
20:45 4015
21:27 4016 - Possibly the worst of the fleet
22:19 4017 - One of the better sounding Gallery car horns
23:31 4018
24:03 4019
24:18 4021
25:23 4022
25:45 4023 with burnt out ditch lights
26:03 4023 a few years ago, sounding a bit better.
26:58 4024

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@Thingiscool323 4 күн бұрын

best caltrain video ive seen so far (caltrain my fav)

@KJW-Transit Жыл бұрын

I really like Caltrain horns. They're very interesting and different compared to a lot of other horns on trains that I've heard

@CommuterRailProductions Жыл бұрын

Man. The east coast has ( used to have ) the F40 “screamers”, and y’all have the “growler”!

@NorCaliRailroading2023 Жыл бұрын

Caltrains scream

@ATPTransit Жыл бұрын

I've only heard "growler" semi-officially around here, but I'm sure somebody says screamer too.

@NorCaliRailroading2023 Жыл бұрын

Ya you can say they growl but honestly I think the freight trains growl

@ILoveTrains 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome documentary of the Caltrain horns!

@larailfan1714 2 жыл бұрын

I have a feeling the EMU horns are going to get a lot of complaints.

@JasonB748 2 жыл бұрын

I can see the peninsula corridor eventually becoming a quiet zone. I hope it does not though.

@sixfifty_sebb 2 жыл бұрын

Frr like it’s better if Caltrain cancels the whole electrification and the CHSR can build its own tracks

@Trainlover1995 2 жыл бұрын

@@sixfifty_sebb No, what would be better is if Caltrain refurbishes the gallery cars and replaces the F40s with Siemens locomotives (ACS-64 for SF-Tamien, SC-44 Charger for SF-Gilroy/Salinas), while installing new K5LAs on the MP36s and cab cars Sure, they would probably be those crappy Raised Letter horns, but they'd be better than nothing. And why listen to sound complaints? What are those sovereign asshats in Atherton gonna do, start illegally ripping up rails?

@CammyTheCamera Жыл бұрын

They sound like p2 horns to me tbh

@TheCaltrainator903Trackside Жыл бұрын

@@sixfifty_sebb Exactly

@scotthilly5653 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Really hope they don’t switch to the electronic horn, it… sucks.

@KJW-Transit Жыл бұрын

I even like them more than capital corridors. Mount sold at K5LA

@superbaddy4 2 жыл бұрын

What exactly 119 and 120's horns are is a pretty controversial subject. Some people claim they're K2s, but other people believe them to be some kind of strange form of Leslie 2-Chime.

@sixfifty_sebb 2 жыл бұрын

Idk they said 120 and 119’s horns are the Nathan K2 horns but idk

@sixfifty_sebb 2 жыл бұрын

I mean like Nathan k2’s kinda sound the same from Caltrains 119 and 120 horns

@superbaddy4 2 жыл бұрын

If you really wanna know what a K2 on a BBL Cab sounds like, listen to Metrolink 632 through 637.

@antoineyoung36 2 жыл бұрын

idk if they are actually k2 horns or not. that horn is still unknown to me

@paulmoreno6279 Жыл бұрын

Super cool 😎

@TheCaltrainator903Trackside 2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@Spaceshotx7 Жыл бұрын

Do you think on the older caltrain fleet, they could replace all the horns with the same ones used on the new Stadler EMUs?

@ATPTransit Жыл бұрын

I think it's very unlikely. Only a couple rebuilt F40 stretches have it from the sound of it. The rebuilt 927 has a P2

@KJW-Transit Жыл бұрын

They definitely beat Bart Horns. I don't even think they use K5LA's but there's Subway systems, not train systems

@Young_Drizz 7 ай бұрын

7:23

@thomaswatt99 Жыл бұрын

20:10 stealer because there’s a steam engine called “big boy” and has the same number

@TheCaltrainator903Trackside Жыл бұрын

F40PH: 903 ALL THE WAY MP36PH: 928 ALL THE WAY Cab Car: 4023 ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!

@caltrain906railfan Жыл бұрын

Do you like 4023 a few years ago, or 4023 now?

@TheCaltrainator903Trackside Жыл бұрын

@@caltrain906railfan A few years ago was better

@Caltrain120 Ай бұрын

Cab Car 120 ALL THE MTFF WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@TheCaltrainator903Trackside Ай бұрын

@@Caltrain120 that too

@Caltrain120 Ай бұрын

@@TheCaltrainator903Trackside yeah, its me sixfifty_sebb this is my Railfanning channel I just uploaded a video, I might try and catch San Joaquins in Escalon, CA since they be going 70 mph thru here