Thunderbolt 1000T Siren Test Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 1-7-2012

[Aubrey Brinkado]

If you listen in the backround there is a cyclone and a t-128. You can very feightly hear them....

[thecompanycar]

Here's my theory on the growl. If you watch any video of a 2001 doing a growl, it rotates for a few seconds then stops while the chopper spins up a little bit. Perhaps with the radio upgrade, it was wired up to do basically the same thing only with the blower and rotator wired together and the chopper separately.

[amtrak3501]

@thecompanycar cool, thanks for the info

[Siren1000T1]

That's stupid that GPW decided to do growl first then do the actual test.

[amtrak3501]

@Siren1000T1 not to mention 15 minutes after 1pm, at least GPW wasnt stupid enough to replace this thunderbolt

[Siren1000T1]

@amtrak3501 Didn't they also install two new 2001s in the city as well?

[amtrak3501]

@Siren1000T1 only 130 i saw was at city hall. if there is a 2nd one, no idea where it is.

[Siren1000T1]

@amtrak3501 Well anyways, GPW doesn't need another siren cause that area seems to have plenty of siren sound coverage already.

[el1998p71]

@Siren1000T1 GPW only got one 2001 and the radio upgrade on the T-bolt.

[carexpertandy]

It still sounds great! Wonder why they tested the blower and chopper seperately at first.

[amtrak3501]

@carexpertandy no idea, but bizarre. it was 1:06 when the "growl", then alert at around 1:15

[JustInn014]

With all the fame it's gotten, someone should save it when it's decommissioned. Nice video regardless.

[amtrak3501]

@JustInn014 thanks.no doubt about that, along with the Salter Park tbolt