What a unique sounding horn for the perfect engine
@lucky_railfans_trains_200910 ай бұрын
Thats 100% sure 8306
@CobaltZ_hans2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic horn on a fantastic locomotive. Shame that the FRA's taste in horns is absolute booty.
@lucky_railfans_trains_20092 жыл бұрын
WTH HOW?????
@amtk415w2 жыл бұрын
Well, you take 4 bolts off at Sacramento, swap out crappy K5LA for M5, then tighten bolts back up and go for a spin.
@jdmlang96332 жыл бұрын
@@amtk415w you should do it again 🤣
@johnrich21022 жыл бұрын
The M-5 when approaching sounds like a K-5LA going away at speed. Harmony is the same, but in a lower key.
@jeffreytherailfanning20112 жыл бұрын
It's not Amtrak it's CDTX
@poundersproductions19753 жыл бұрын
Some say the rst5 is king. But M5 all the way! There is no better Robert Swanson knew what was up!!!!
@alexisvaldez18194 жыл бұрын
Coaster and Amtrak have M5 horns too!!
@ericgriswold12685 жыл бұрын
Also the sound of Fairbanks - Morse H-16 -44's through Sycamore, Ohio in the '50's!! More good memories!!
@ericgriswold12685 жыл бұрын
The sound of B&O E8's and E 9's through Defiance, Ohio in the very late '50's through to Amtrak! Great memories!!
@TracksideTyson6 жыл бұрын
beautiful sounding horn
@turbochargedtransit72417 жыл бұрын
Goosebumps.
@BOXAXIU9 жыл бұрын
I bet that the engineer was just blowing the horn that much because it sounds awesome! xD
@thomassogabe9 жыл бұрын
Amsome
@thomassogabe9 жыл бұрын
Wonderful
@sogabethomas1939 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@CSX5009 жыл бұрын
sounds AWESOME
@trainzaholic10 жыл бұрын
Thats slightly out of tune but it still sounds like 1951.
@Nohab52offical3 жыл бұрын
Jasper, where is your trainz videos??? Why did delete them???
@AJMartinezmtzsubproductions10 жыл бұрын
So the story behind this is that some, now FORMER, Amtrak Engineer who put the M5 on CDTX 2051 got fired for modifying a FRA fitted horn (K5LA) with a FRA rejected horn (M5). It sounded great but came with a price.
@amtk415w6 жыл бұрын
Martinez Sub. Productions uh, no. That's not what happened. But it sure was fun.
@8989theman6 жыл бұрын
If that story is true....... It came with a price, but the mans a goddamn genius!
@theark-la-missrailfan6 жыл бұрын
In fact! Why not have the M5 fitted to both 2051 and 2052?
@dougc1905 жыл бұрын
That's a true story why the hell is that not FRA approved doesn't make sense
@ArturoRailProductions4 жыл бұрын
@@dougc190 It's cause new inventions phase out the old technology to make it history. But it is mostly cause of people that hate horns and live near the tracks.
@amtk415w11 жыл бұрын
With a wrench.
@WooferCookerz11 жыл бұрын
kk
@amtk415w11 жыл бұрын
Uhh yeah it is. That's my horn and I was running.
@ArcticKitten4 жыл бұрын
Thats awesome!
@coasternamegenerator56113 жыл бұрын
Is it true that you were fired for it?
@WooferCookerz11 жыл бұрын
no thats not an M5 i dont think
@ArturoRailProductions6 жыл бұрын
it is
@coasternamegenerator56113 жыл бұрын
That absolutely is. The sound is unmistakable
@WooferCookerz3 жыл бұрын
@@coasternamegenerator5611 i commented this 8 years ago i had no idea what i was talking about why reply now?
@coasternamegenerator56113 жыл бұрын
@@WooferCookerz pure boredom tbh
@TFN545912 жыл бұрын
It's an M5
@RajaRhodes12 жыл бұрын
that train has a bad sounding horn :( shouldnt it have a Nathan K5LA instead of a Nathan M5
@trainknut5 жыл бұрын
Bad? well that's subjective... to me anything that isn't a K5 sounds good. According to the comments I'm seeing, apparently the engineer put it on and got fired for some BS about the M5 not being FRA approved - despite sounding much nicer than the K5LAs you hear today.
@superbaddy45 жыл бұрын
Simple answer to that amazing guy getting fired: The FRA has really bad taste in horns. But if you think that's bad, Transport Canada is even worse! If you're a Passenger System in Canada, they FORCE you to use these absolutely ATROCIOUS horns!
@USARailProductions4 жыл бұрын
That’s the problem... it sounds nice when they want horns to sound ugly to grab attention... lol
@RajaRhodes4 жыл бұрын
I could see why it would be against a company policy to alter the equipment but I couldn’t see it being illegal. A horn is a horn, the job of a train is to be seen and heard, and that’s what it’s doing. He shouldn’t have been TERMINATED. Maybe written up I could see, but not fired
@amtk415w2 жыл бұрын
@@superbaddy4 I did not get fired for swapping the horn
@MichiganCentralLines12 жыл бұрын
why did they do this? its awesome!!!!
@npadul3012 жыл бұрын
It's an M5 but it would be easier to tell if this vid was not shot in 240p on a shit camera.
@EMDSD14R13 жыл бұрын
ah an M5 in perfect tune on a p32-8wh great combo right there..and awsome vid!!
@amtk415w13 жыл бұрын
Sure does sound like it started spinning its drivers when it hit the curve off the bridge. Great vid!!
@fnm990813 жыл бұрын
A beautiful,perfectly tuned M5..nathan don't make horns this good anymore,maybe a maintenance headache but this horn sounds so amazing..thanks for showing how a real horn sounds like
@troy12n13 жыл бұрын
That's obviously an M5, you could never confuse a K5LA with an M5...
@AJMartinezmtzsubproductions13 жыл бұрын
if only they put a sick horn on CDTX 8311.
@KyleVideoDesigns13 жыл бұрын
OMG too good to be true..............
@anderberger13 жыл бұрын
omg that was SWEET
@pennsy600013 жыл бұрын
That's defiantly a M5!
@jordimikado14 жыл бұрын
SPLENDID VIDEO!!! 5*****
@ROADTRAIN2314 жыл бұрын
I work for Amtrak,and I've never heard an M5 on #2052 before!But for good reason:this video was shot prior to its overhaul roughly 1 1/2 to 2 years ago…before I joined Amtrak.Pretty unique horn!
@fixierider9714 жыл бұрын
I never knew 2052 had a M5!!!
@trainmasterfm214 жыл бұрын
sounds great!
@sniperjdp15 жыл бұрын
Good video, that was a great location you found there!
@otrainmano15 жыл бұрын
Fantastic. Love the angle.
@SF375115 жыл бұрын
Nice work Alex, very well shot.
@smitty19515 жыл бұрын
Sweet!
@frrswebmaster15 жыл бұрын
Nice shot from a rarely photographed location Ramosman!
@Michael.Hansen15 жыл бұрын
Awsome awsome awsome!
@amtk415w15 жыл бұрын
Yes, tuned by Bob Packer of Colorado.
@mafarnz15 жыл бұрын
Too bad M's were such a maintenance headache, they sound great!
@denasanders26243 жыл бұрын
Were h horns ever a maintenance headache
@denasanders26243 жыл бұрын
Like the h5 or the 2 h6 horns
@mafarnz3 жыл бұрын
@@denasanders2624 worse than the M’s.
@denasanders26243 жыл бұрын
@@mafarnz oof
@coasternamegenerator56113 жыл бұрын
@@denasanders2624 there were prototype m horns so it makes sense that they were worse
@Genesis11198916 жыл бұрын
I'm 100% sure it's an M5 horn. I'm friends with the person it belongs to.