Train Horn Honk at the Simpson Railroad

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The Simpson Railroad was the last logging railroad in the United States. Since 2018, the Peninsula Railway and Lumbermen's Museum has been working to restore the railroad as a tourist attraction and working museum. The group has hosted two "Horn Honk" events where collectors bring their locomotive horns to be run on one of the railroad's two "SW" type switcher locomotives. In this video, we will see clips from these events and take a look at several different air horns being run on the locomotives. We'll also take a look at the history behind the horns and talk about some of the ways collectors identify how old horns are based on certain characteristic features.
For more on the Simpson Railroad:
simpsonrailroad.org
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@TrainsNStuff 3 жыл бұрын

That RS3L wins it for me... it's close with the K5LA, but I just love the Leslie RS3L horns

@adventuresofamtrakcascades301 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite is the K5LAS because I really can't stress enough how beautiful they sound

@lizggil123 4 ай бұрын

@@adventuresofamtrakcascades301same

@araelguillen8764 3 жыл бұрын

Homer simpson: i doing my own railroad! Marge: are you fu**ing kidding me? Bart: time to ruin the party 😈

@amtrakisveryepic 3 жыл бұрын

Best thing to wake up too: CosterFan2105's horn videos

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@thealmightydoge5653 3 жыл бұрын

Nice, Mike! I only got to honk once. I was at a terminal station of my local subway line and I saw the cab door was open and the conductor driver was in front of it. And I silently went "Wow, that's the cab!" I was only 8 years old by the time so this was rather 5 - 6 years ago. My mom said hi to the conductor and I wanted to get the gist of it, so i politely asked. "Mind if i... " He read my mind and said "go ahead, bud! Honk!" I did my very first shave and a haircut!!! It was truly an awesome experience but sadly the trains I ride now are too far away and the cab's are rather struggling to get into. Great Video, Mike! Stay safe and happy railroading!

@System6VideoProductions 3 жыл бұрын

FOUND YOUS DOGE LOL

@System6VideoProductions 3 жыл бұрын

also, I got to go inside an Amtrak Acela cab

@somethingsomeonesaid6455 3 жыл бұрын

I was 13 years old and got to ride a Southern Pacific local in the cab of an SW1500 with a GP-9 for about 15 minutes while they switched around cars for a brewery. Had to let me out before the actual engines went on the brewery property, but that was a real treat.

@franciscoyanez425 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE DOGE ALMIHhty

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, cool story! It's always fun! Thanks for watching!

@valeriebassett3107 3 жыл бұрын

The higher pitched horns hurt my ears. My husband and I like the lower pitched ones. However we really like the sound of the steam engines the best. Thanks for sharing this with us, there is so much to learn about trains.

@tzadik36 3 жыл бұрын

Most of the train horns will easily "wake the dead": this inspite of the fact that their sounds are more towards mellow than harsh. Thank you for the video, or in this case - the audio also!

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Thanks for watching!

@tzadik36 3 жыл бұрын

@@CoasterFan2105 And listening?

@Lighthouseadventures1 Жыл бұрын

I am a Washington resident and only recently discovered the Simpson Railroad while at the Great Teain Show in Puyallup, definetly will check the place out and museum

@AmtrakCal462 3 жыл бұрын

Some solid K5LA's in here for sure! Really diggin' that K3 too!

@felixthetrainfan4819 3 жыл бұрын

On 12:08 sounds like a dash 8 Warbonnet in the 1990s!

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

They had Leslie RS3Ls too, just a little newer!

@superbaddy4 3 жыл бұрын

I've always had a great fondness for those Holden Double Tag K5s. Particularly because they're the original horns that are associated with the Bombardier Bi-Level Cab Cars. Although the one here doesn't seem to have that sort of magic to it. Apparently, those ones I'm thinking of used a special tuning done by none other than the Horn Lord himself, Robert Swanson. Either that, or it's the simple fact that BBL Cabs are actual "magic trains", and absolutely anything you mount on them will sound far better than usual. I think it's a combination of both.

@Lakeside_Rail_Productions 3 жыл бұрын

love the multiple horns! I would definitely like to see a video on the Simpson Railroad, never went out there myself.

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It is a really interesting place!

@jurassicsmackdown6359 3 жыл бұрын

Yooo, my niece went to this railroad just last Christmas! Brought me back a wooden coin with a diesel shunter on one side, and "Simpson Railroad" on the other

@RainierRailroader 3 жыл бұрын

Man oh man, I need to get to the next Simpson Horn Honk! Couple weeks ago, I was working a northbound grain load out of Vancouver, up to delivery at the EGT elevator in Longview. Just after going by Interstate South, my engineer asked me if I blew the horn. "No, but I heard it too..." We both look out our window and see a local driving down the highway, honking at us with a nice horn setup mounted to his truck. The joys of being both a railroader and a railfan!

@SunsetRailMultimedia 3 жыл бұрын

///tasty///

@Bkn348og 3 жыл бұрын

Never heard of the this railroad but it looks cool and has all of the old goodies

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

It's a really neat place!

@AVeryRandomPerson 3 жыл бұрын

The M-Series may have been discontinued in the 2000s, but the last time any were bought was in the 80s

@AVeryRandomPerson 3 жыл бұрын

@Acerailfan3303 Trackside Still offered

@AVeryRandomPerson 3 жыл бұрын

@Acerailfan3303 Trackside • 0 seconds ago

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

There were actually some round tag M5s built, which may be one of the things that brought Nathan to finally officially discontinue the M series.

@citxsd70m-2 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Im 100% confident that the first horn is a K5H.

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! The one in the intro is indeed a K5H

@adventuresofamtrakcascades301 2 жыл бұрын

@@citxsd70m-2 it sounds like a K5LA horn though.

@citxsd70m-2 2 жыл бұрын

@@adventuresofamtrakcascades301 sort of…yeah, I guess? The K5H has a High Profile Manifold while the K5LA has a Low Profile Manifold. Also, the arrangements of the bells on both horns are different.

@SMFFL100 Жыл бұрын

Nathan's horns always sound so good to me.

@penghunilangit9909 3 жыл бұрын

This train horn is old but still useful and durable. I am amazed that the ideas of intelligent Americans building railroads hundreds of thousands of km since the 1876 industrial revolution until now are extraordinary, amazing and the train has become a new civilization until now the most modern in Us. Bravo, Americans are indeed smart, dynamic, compact forward, and have proven to be leaders in creating all industries in the world until now. Thank you to the Americans - warm greetings from Indonesia💞👍

@angelmalarkey7946 6 ай бұрын

That K5H hybrid horn sounded like a 1st Gen K5HL horn.

@phillipbonner5215 3 жыл бұрын

This railroad was approved by Homer Simpson 👍

@Lighthouseadventures1 Жыл бұрын

Yessir

@drakejames7630 Жыл бұрын

Yep

@NW611 6 ай бұрын

Yup

@AMTKsimp2009 3 жыл бұрын

Amtrak's F40 411 and ame7 904 K5LA horns are my favorite

@Jazzbass2664 2 жыл бұрын

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE TRAIN HORN VIDEOS IN THE FUTURE

@somethingsomeonesaid6455 3 жыл бұрын

Yes you should do another train horn video. These are informative, unique, and has me looking at prices for one.

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Hopefully I'll get a chance to do another one like this at some point!

@WBDE 3 жыл бұрын

At the large transportation museum where I volunteer in the rail division we have had several instances of locomotive horn thefts. Since that time, we have taken measures to make it more difficult to steal horns off of locomotives and to identify horns as stolen property when they turn up. I would caution horn collectors to be very sure of the background of horns they acquire and to make sure their collection was acquired legitimately. Horns are expensive and a stolen horn makes a locomotive unusable until replaced.

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

You bring up a very good point. It is very unfortunate that some people feel the need to take what isn't theirs. Horns are first and foremost a safety device and in addition to the theft of property, it can cause a massive disruption to operations to have horns stolen.

@trainzguy2472 3 жыл бұрын

Someone stole the horns off of both Cotton Belt GP60s sitting in the local yard last summer. I was chatting with the crew about it as they waited for a maintenance person to arrive with replacements so they could go out with the daily local.

@coolleo149 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah about the air whistles, they are also used for of course Metrolink and the dart light rail, but not the Westinghouse whistles, something else that sounds like different K3LA horns. I always love train horns!!! WHOO!!! :D

@jds1342 3 жыл бұрын

I'd definitely love to hear another horn video! Keep up the great work man.

@thecaliforniarailfanner326 3 жыл бұрын

Once You Get Into The Video Its Already Amazing!

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

@Railfan225 3 жыл бұрын

Can you do a talk about the SD70ACE-T4?

@Railfan225 3 жыл бұрын

Oh ok

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully at some point!

@System6VideoProductions 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent! I did enjoy all the horns on this video, I'm sure there are way more you could have covered but you did do the basic common horns. I look forward to seeing more!

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! There are a lot more, particularly the Leslies. I tried to cover a good variety in this video. I'll have to do more next time!

@SunsetRailMultimedia 3 жыл бұрын

0:09 look ma, I'm famous!

@washingtonstaterailfanning6027 3 жыл бұрын

I'm definitely going to the next horn honk at this place if I'm free I love train horns

@oaktree6986 Жыл бұрын

that mutt K3LA impressed me

@scootosan 3 жыл бұрын

The Whistles were the surprise in the Cracker Jack.

@lauraherrera2539 3 жыл бұрын

Leslie rs3l to gp40-2 from kscr in 2001

@christopherjohnson5236 3 жыл бұрын

I remember the Leslie RS3L was mainly on Conrail locomotives

@lizggil123 4 ай бұрын

and ATSF

@westernpacificrr 3 жыл бұрын

K5La is my favorite ever so well tuned

@nathancreel9866 3 жыл бұрын

Got a new cast p3 id love to run on a locomotive excellent video im sure this event was a blast

@1044fan 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful "Pfoagatzn" (it's a styrian word for a horn) 👍🏻

@TrainTrackTrav 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool video, Mike. Love the horns, tons of great chords to listen to. I'd love to hear my ex-Santa Fe RS3L on a locomotive some day. That air whistle at the end though was pretty darn cool. I might need to look on EBay for a couple of trombone whistles!

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

They're neat whistles! Thanks for watching!

@AVeryRandomPerson 3 жыл бұрын

Do you know what happened to Ed's M3 and M5?

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I did, but I don't. Nobody else seems to know either.

@mattyoung2297 Жыл бұрын

My favorite horns are the P5 and the K5LA

@GR10Productions 2 жыл бұрын

It’s cool how once you compare a old cast P3 to a M3, they sound very similar.

@zachariassiefker9249 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video! Very interesting facts about trains horns!

@denasanders2624 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video I love the first m5 m5 and p3s are my favorite horns I dont know which one but there’s one that once had the first multi chime horn ever the h6

@TheAustinSubRailfan 3 жыл бұрын

What a coincidence I was just watching train talk #5 Awesome video mike!!🎵👏🌟💙

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@serbianrailfanning967 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with the K5LA, but my favourite horn is complicated, cause I can't find it's name. It's on the EMD G16's mostly.

@calebprivatestuff4381 2 жыл бұрын

When you posted this video it was my birthday

@alpharailroadproductions 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video Mike!

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@franciscoyanez425 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video too

@LiOn_n 4 ай бұрын

Nice, Mike! 👍 This railroad was approved by Homer Simpson

@PrincessAmtrakMinamoto 3 жыл бұрын

Cool Train Horn. (;

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by!

@alexpaumen3937 3 жыл бұрын

I can’t wait to get a shot at tuning a M horn. So I can practice before I repair WSOR 101’s M3. I seriously wish Micro Precision would take note of the construction of these older horns.

@scr2392 3 жыл бұрын

22:26 this sounds like sothern pacific

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

They did have a few P5s!

@felixthetrainfan4819 3 жыл бұрын

I really like the Metra P5 horn!

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

P5's are great! Thanks for watching!

@MatthewRailfan-ox6si Жыл бұрын

Amazing video! It would be cool if you could make a comp of steam whistles one day

@xDieselv 3 жыл бұрын

Homer simpson approves it

@jiarcarillo6462 3 жыл бұрын

omg i forgot this was live

@Wolf-nd2fv 2 жыл бұрын

Cool videos 👍

@aadenlama2490 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@aadenlama2490 3 жыл бұрын

@@CoasterFan2105 your welcome

@RLM382-3 3 жыл бұрын

18:44 I love that K5H Note *CSX isn’t the only one that has the K5H BCOL (BC Rail has the K5H as well) I personalLy think the K5H was a Fan Favourite in British Colombia however most K5’s on BCOL Locomotives ether been replaced with. A K5LA or a P5

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

You are indeed correct! Southern Pacific also got a few in the early 1990s.

@RLM382-3 3 жыл бұрын

@@CoasterFan2105 However some BCOL C40-8Ms and C44-9WL 4641 still use K5H’s Catch while you can

@cabcar82 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! I really wanted to get up there and record this too but unfortunately it's too far.

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Maybe next time!

@cpt.xander2490 Жыл бұрын

That K3LA made my soul leave my body

@peterprice6898 3 жыл бұрын

I love the blue train horns from the CSX trains better because they seem like the best horn’s I’ll go for those!

@RimRimando 3 жыл бұрын

Great!! Man!!

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@tylermueller3077 3 жыл бұрын

That rs3L was on point

@easternroutemainlinevideos6823 3 жыл бұрын

That K3LA sounded pitch perfect.

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@easternroutemainlinevideos6823 3 жыл бұрын

@@CoasterFan2105 welcome🤘🤘

@lizggil123 4 ай бұрын

@TOPTrainsUSA 3 жыл бұрын

you need to install such a horn in your car 😆

@stampycatfan01lol 3 жыл бұрын

I guess it can be said that the Simpson Railroad lives on in a way.

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

At least as a museum!

@stampycatfan01lol 3 жыл бұрын

@@CoasterFan2105 Hey, at least it’s not lost to time like many other railroads!

@etwikfam 3 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@modeltrainproductions3167 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely

@Travelistic 3 жыл бұрын

Hope everyone’s having a blessed day 😁

@kevp9601 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Kev!

@MetroNorth203Productions 3 жыл бұрын

AWESOME VIDEO!

@blakek5llak5la 3 жыл бұрын

I do love me a good horn video! Nice job Mike!

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Blake!

@richiemyshrall1397 3 жыл бұрын

Yes more train horns!!

@TheCloakedTiger 3 жыл бұрын

The Simpson Railroad... *Train horn plays Simpsons theme* Too bad no one had a daylight 4449 air horn... freakin love those horns.

@graphtonix6607 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I had the K5LA horn from EX Amtrak F40PHR unit 404.

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I knew what happened to it. From what I saw from pictures of those F40s being moved to LTEX, none of them have horns anymore.

@graphtonix6607 3 жыл бұрын

@@CoasterFan2105 That sure is sad to know.

@graphtonix6607 3 жыл бұрын

@@CoasterFan2105 Happy F40PH Friday by the way. Your a great friend.

@SolluxTheGamer 3 жыл бұрын

The CSX K5H most likely came off of a C40-8W

@AirchimeLTDproductions174 9 ай бұрын

The CSXT C40-8Ws were delivered with 1994 Tagless K5Hs. It's very possible that this K5H was off of an earlier AC4400.

@yaraihan 3 жыл бұрын

K5LA Sound Are Cool, Even Amtrak Use It Too On Genesis.

@DinoQuin5622 3 жыл бұрын

I want a roaring camp video

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully I'll get back there eventually. Have you seen some of my older videos from Roaring Camp?

@DinoQuin5622 3 жыл бұрын

Ok 😁

@AVeryRandomPerson 3 жыл бұрын

@thecaliforniarailfanner326 3 жыл бұрын

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Hello!

@franciscoyanez425 3 жыл бұрын

Hello there

@washingtonstaterailfanning6027 3 жыл бұрын

how long did it take for the train to come back with a new horn? like 45 mins?

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

They were going through them pretty fast. I'd say about 1 every 10 minutes or so.

@washingtonstaterailfanning6027 3 жыл бұрын

@@CoasterFan2105 Wow thats fast

@leffnaedroblox529 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@leffnaedroblox529 3 жыл бұрын

@@CoasterFan2105 Np!

@somethingsomeonesaid6455 3 жыл бұрын

Nathan P3 for me. K5LA is a close second. (1800 bucks for one; maybe I can find a kit...I would really like to have a genuine So-Pac P3)

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Both great horns. 1800 sounds on the steep side for a K5LA. Better deals appear from time to time on eBay.

@agwrr71productions79 3 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised there was no Leslie A200 or Hancock air whistle.

@510trackside5 3 жыл бұрын

Why didn’t you post anything about 3rd Generation K5LA’s?

@alexandrefavero8027 3 жыл бұрын

Where's homer?? '-'

@lauraherrera2539 3 жыл бұрын

Nathan p3 to gp60cc in 2001

@BNSF_7777_Productions 3 жыл бұрын

Is it just me or does the hybrid K5LA (20:40) sound kinda like a K5HL

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

They are similar! A K5HL is just a K5H with a 1L bell instead of a 5 bell.

@ChrisTrinhnumber1 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video about locomotive horns and The Simpson Railroad.

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

@DENVERRIOGRANDEMAN21 3 жыл бұрын

The simpsons theme song Play

@prii_silva83 3 жыл бұрын

Lreuip

@willberestartingthischanne9984 3 жыл бұрын

Nice Video Mike

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@F59PHI 3 жыл бұрын

Mike, can you link the music you used throughout the video? I just really want to listen the music that was used

@paulmcmullan8142 3 жыл бұрын

hey mike get some more passenger train horn like Amtrak horns

@Angel-Diaz_805 3 жыл бұрын

Can you make a video about single airchime horns

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Possibly! That would be a neat topic!

@sherryt.447 3 жыл бұрын

I hope you the horn from the Caltrain

@4014fan 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome Video Mike!! I just had a quick question about Train horns where can I buy a horn that was previously on a locomotive? Like the K5LA from AEM-7 936 for example or would I have to take one off a locomotive?

@CoasterFan2105 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Ebay is one place. There are also some Facebook groups where people sell them and you see them every once in a while at train shows. Actually, I think both horns from the 936 were sold at the Amherst show a couple years ago. There are also some scrap dealers who will sell directly to the public.

@MidwesternRailfan 2 жыл бұрын

@@CoasterFan2105 wait AEM-7s had two horns? What kinds of horns was the second one?

@AirchimeLTDproductions174 2 жыл бұрын

@@MidwesternRailfan AEM-7s wore Early 80s Bigbore K5LAs on both the F-end and B-end. So each AEM-7 wore two K5s