I hear that every night on the way home from my friends house and he lives right down the street from me and we both live in Prospect KY Oldham county. Do you live near here because if you do I would like to see it.
very interesting mine has the spike backs on it I wondered hold old it was I am assumeing from the 70s or earlier possibly it has a wonderfull sound to it like off old ATSF horns its not in Santa Fe yellow though its painted black
@gaycowboy31 The spike back power chambers (RS chambers) first started appearing in early 1979, however a lot of older horns were retrofitted with spike backs when they were rebuilt. A lot of RRs used Leslie 3 chimes back in the day so it's hard to say what RR yours could have come from.
@sgtfhrn very true I wasnt sure which one it was off it sounds like the one in this video here somewhat its a pretty sounding horn I have just started buying train horns
@sgtfhrn it is neat to try and figure out which railroad was the trueowner of these horn's. I have a set of spike back Leslie RS3's. I stripped paint away to find it was actually conrail, I stripped some more and it went down to reading railroad green. Iwonder if these were one of retrofitted Leslie's.
@CSXtrackworker I'm not too familiar with eastern roads, but if it was indeed a former Reading horn rebuilt with RS heads, it would most likely have a date stamp on it and a tag indicating that it was originally an "S" horn, ie "S3LR" rather than "RS3LR". A lot of collectors could care less where the horn came from. They're into the hobby for the horns themselves, not necessarily the history of the horns. I on the other hand like to know as much about the history of a horn whenever possible.
@sgtfhrn Thank's for the info on the identification. I am definately into these horn's for the hobby, but I am also a railroad man and I am into the history of them as well. It is a shame to see the railroad's junk these older horn's for new nathan's. I was at our cumberland locomotive facilities and it was sad to see older 3 chime's in the recycling bin
Positive! Date stamp on this horn is 76. I also know for a fact that S "dome backs" lasted at least through late 78 with RS "spike backs" appearing by early 79.
beautiful indeed...no sound I've ever heard like it
sergio9603 4 days ago
My god... its beautiful
thespwillliveforever 1 week ago
I know a locomotive with this exact horn
EIRR1 1 month ago
Sounds like a Chicago and Northwestern SD 40 nice sounds :)
flyingjay49 1 month ago
Great sounding horn!
refman2002 6 months ago
I hear that every night on the way home from my friends house and he lives right down the street from me and we both live in Prospect KY Oldham county. Do you live near here because if you do I would like to see it.
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parrthd1 1 year ago
very interesting mine has the spike backs on it I wondered hold old it was I am assumeing from the 70s or earlier possibly it has a wonderfull sound to it like off old ATSF horns its not in Santa Fe yellow though its painted black
gaycowboy31 1 year ago
@gaycowboy31 The spike back power chambers (RS chambers) first started appearing in early 1979, however a lot of older horns were retrofitted with spike backs when they were rebuilt. A lot of RRs used Leslie 3 chimes back in the day so it's hard to say what RR yours could have come from.
sgtfhrn 1 year ago
@sgtfhrn very true I wasnt sure which one it was off it sounds like the one in this video here somewhat its a pretty sounding horn I have just started buying train horns
gaycowboy31 1 year ago
@sgtfhrn it is neat to try and figure out which railroad was the trueowner of these horn's. I have a set of spike back Leslie RS3's. I stripped paint away to find it was actually conrail, I stripped some more and it went down to reading railroad green. Iwonder if these were one of retrofitted Leslie's.
CSXtrackworker 1 year ago
@CSXtrackworker I'm not too familiar with eastern roads, but if it was indeed a former Reading horn rebuilt with RS heads, it would most likely have a date stamp on it and a tag indicating that it was originally an "S" horn, ie "S3LR" rather than "RS3LR". A lot of collectors could care less where the horn came from. They're into the hobby for the horns themselves, not necessarily the history of the horns. I on the other hand like to know as much about the history of a horn whenever possible.
sgtfhrn 1 year ago
@sgtfhrn Thank's for the info on the identification. I am definately into these horn's for the hobby, but I am also a railroad man and I am into the history of them as well. It is a shame to see the railroad's junk these older horn's for new nathan's. I was at our cumberland locomotive facilities and it was sad to see older 3 chime's in the recycling bin
CSXtrackworker 1 year ago
long live conrail
FatSeal45 1 year ago
sounds like an ATSF sd40-2 threw willow springs around 90s or so
emdfan78 1 year ago
Sounds just like New England Central in Windsor, Vermont, during 2003.
RJARRRPCGP 1 year ago
the echo on this is unbelievable.....
generfeld 1 year ago
I love the echo it makes in the distance!
gncamaro1991 2 years ago
@gncamaro1991 i think the leslie have more of this scary sound over the nathan k5 which are louder?
iceblu121 2 years ago
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theUPman100 1 year ago
Are you sure that's from '76? I thought all the back caps from 1970 onward were spikes.
randommagnum 2 years ago
Positive! Date stamp on this horn is 76. I also know for a fact that S "dome backs" lasted at least through late 78 with RS "spike backs" appearing by early 79.
sgtfhrn 2 years ago
@sgtfhrn awesome sounding horn. what are the bell numbers?
parim31 10 months ago
@parim31 It has a standard S3L bell set, 25-31-44. Thanks for the comment!
sgtfhrn 10 months ago
awesome
5/5
pjtesar101 2 years ago 2
I love that echo!! it's nostalgic
4SCARECROWS 2 years ago 2
That sounds beautiful!!! I love that corridor echo effect.
est86leo 2 years ago 2
Love that sound it brings back so many memories.
Flowmaster40Series 2 years ago 2
Sounds like a Conrail, Union Pacific, or RF&P unit. Very nice!
nsgevo89 2 years ago 2