Heres a video of me running a train coming into Emporia,KS. You can see me sometimes barely tap the horn button to sound the whistle. It will kinda give you a idea what goes on up in the cab when you see a train going by. The whistle sounds loud in the video but its really not. The conductor had his...
The new ... SD70Ace's they have a little lever but they are electronic also. All the new bells on the newer locomotives are electronic with a speaker down by the front steps That is unfortunate. Does not allow varying horn volume output. Electronic bells? Yuck. But with a speaker bell, at least it ...
Red, do all new locomotives have a push button horn button which actuates an electric valve? It is either off or completely open. At grade crossings I have sounded an Amtrak horn where you could partially open the mechanical valve allowing many degrees of volume. When we approached grade crossings ...
I am engineer for the BNSF. ALot of the old engines have half arse whistles and really dont make much noise and provide no warning at crossings. THe newer locomotives are REAL loud
I saw some pics in some other threads where people have them mounted right on their decks. I want to see some more pictures and lets see some video of you just firing them up randmonly. If I had one i'd be in jail LOL. Isnt that freakin loud in your house?
So it sounds like you are near a Thunderbolt or Hurricane. I guess they could keep the blower off for testing seems how older controls had switches for what was to be on. The PSI that is ran through a Thunderbolt was I believe 6 or 6.5? Someone do correct me if I am wrong. Whatever siren it is its ...
Dumb question...but I registerd a long time ago but have always been curious about the sirens. It seems to me like whenever the real deal is happening the sirens seem louder but maybe its b/c im outside my house with the camera looking for a twister. Even then I remember back in the day even in my h...