SP 4449 slams the Rondout diamonds at 60MPH with an awesome horn show! 08/02/09

[ShrinehillRail]

Great shot!!!  from Newman

[trainboy94]

Whistle show would be more like it

[darkhound891]

i would love to see her blow through benson nc the track limit here is 79 mph for passenger and i think its the same for freight imma have to check on that one though but i know for sure its 79 for passenger

[Polybun]

@darkhound891 they would probably keep her down at 65. The loco picks up a terrible harmonic at 70mph that just rattles the hell out of the loco crew. It's so bad it shakes them from their seat.

[dwkcamman611]

Awesome! Jenny and I shot her flying through Northbrook!

[irishmanO1]

awesome video

[PereMarquette1223]

Diesal's have horns, Steamers have whistles (although #4449 does have a 1940's air horn, which isn't used much).

[Polybun]

@PereMarquette1223 but when it is, you know it! That air horn is fucking, loud! You just have no idea. And origonally the steam whistle was mounted under the cab and used only for communication with train crew and/or a second unit. In all other cases the air horn would have been used. The steam whistle also didn't have a pull chord, it was actuated by an air driven solenoid and could not be played.

[RailsandRoads]

FRIKING AWESOME

[trainmaster55]

Wow what a show!

Alex

[zangertrains00]

That was th best horn show,you where right

[mmjurczak]

Wow, I can't believe I missed this... I bike there all the time and told myself after I missed the CP Empress last year that I'd be on the lookout... Where does one find the dates and times for these excursions?

[MaxInterjects]

Thats the whistle, not the horn. 4449 has both. So please don't confuse the 2

[Costanza632]

I was just south of the tower.

[ProTwoAm]

All I can say is WOW! Those diamonds seem to be in better repair that the ones at Calumet Junction in East Chicago, IN.  A train crossing them at 30-40mph makes so much racket that your ears literally hurt. At 60mph one would probably end up deaf. :)

[bryson55]

Beautiful train. Nice going.

[hawkeyetherailfan]

Whoa, You'd think they slow down for the diamonds, Awesome video!

[skinnyshit8888]

I CAN'E BELIEVE I DIDN'T NOTICE YOU!

[skinnyshit8888]

I SAW IT ON THE BIKE PATH!

[NicTrain35]

Awesome. Yeah, I was up there for a while, but then I really wanted to get it crossing the diamonds.