HD- New Cab car 638 leads the Metrolink Whistle Stop Debut Executive train out of Santa Ana, CA

[TommyBNSF]

The K2s on the Rotems use #2 and #4 bells.

[TEMPLE7D]

Heh that should of been a Leslie S2M horn

[xtremepadrefan]

that K2 sounds like a dying cow

[jmdhintz]

Why do they have 2 F59's pushing? A the cars super heavy or something?

[AmtrakSurfliner768]

@jmdhintz Naw, 860 lost dynamic braking.

[simhopp]

@jmdhintz

I too, always wondered about that.

if they have to put 2 locos, why not front and back? better protection for the passangers, no?

[AmtrakSurfliner768]

@simhopp Not entirely. The new cars are very resistant to crashes. They absorb pulse and have crumple zones where the energy of the crash is focused on. The crumple zones are located beyond the location of where people would be riding. These cars could potentially save people even in the event of a head on crash with another train.

[Surfliner6908]

Hello There Everyone! My name is Mr Cock! ;)

[ocrailfan]

I find it funny how I actually am quite fond of these horns!! LOL and whats up with that sign?!?!?!?!?

[BNSF7508]

It's funny how those cars havent even been in service two weeks & they already have a perminent speed restriction!

[MarkConductor775]

@BNSF7508 Designated at?

[MarkConductor775]

I don't know what you're smoking, but that's a P2... Certainly not a K2, those sound much better. Look up a K2 on Caltrain or something. 

[Amtrak6901]

@MarkConductor775 lol

[AmtrakSurfliner768]

@MarkConductor775 They're coned. That's why this K2 sounds so weird.

[MarkConductor775]

@AmtrakSurfliner768 Cones have nothing to do with the sound, their designed function is to prevent large debris from getting in and clogging the horn.

[MetrolinkTrain638]

@AmtrakSurfliner768 639's isnt coned, and it sounds the same

[UnionPacific18]

Wow it does sound better than a P2 but still pretty crappy.

[kearthfan101]

lol so is it a P2 or K2??? no one can get the answer straight!

[MarkConductor775]

@kearthfan101 P2.

[AmtrakSurfliner768]

@kearthfan101 Lots of foamers like to think this is a P2 because of Metrolink's past, but it's a K2. The Bells are differently shaped and play different notes. The reason it sounds so weird is because the bells are both coned.

[AmtrakFan454]

@AmtrakSurfliner768 It is a K2 and the cones DO NOT affect the sound, but the horn is tuned too high. The whole stereotype of cones seems to originate from 6904, with a coned K5LA, which was also tuned too high.

My only speculation is that the Generation II cabcars on Metrolink are also notorious for (pardon the foamerism) wheezing, but that could be the result of vibrations having an impact upon the bells of the horn.

[treinfan1999]

Nice train! Bud al little ugly horn.. ;) Nice video!

[troysson81]

0:21 Would that mean the customers are riding cock?

[JSurfliner457]

Another anoying horn lol jk.

[UP5140SD70M]

atleast its not a p2

[ANDREWAMTRAK]

Nice label for the Main Res.

[UPHeritage]

Love Metrolinks new trainset. Awesome catch and K2 Brian