Pere Marquette 1225 leaving Owosso in snow

[ecoRfan]

This whistle is actually shockingly similar to the Cumbres and Toltec #487. Nowadays, this locomotive 1225 is just known as the real-life Polar Express. Just shows you what Hollywood can do with publicity.

[DreamsMemories]

I was at one of the crossings when this came through. It was so loud my ears rang for a week. If that were the last sound I ever heard I would have been happy.

[criind]

@DreamsMemories It just made my ears hurt. I was shooting with one hand and plugging an ear with the other.

[CVandergriff2008]

Now that is a whistle. Love that sound

[modelrailroadguy2472]

That is a very nice whistle!!

[screengodess1]

beautiful ! serene!

[Funnyperson251]

Great sounding engine running beautifully to. Steam will still be around when diesels are gone steam is built to last for generations to come.

[criind]

@Funnyperson251 It's really true. If taken care of steam locomotives with last forever. There are things that have to be replaced from time to time, but that is true with anything.

[jakarate11]

is that a CB&Q 5 chime whistle?

[criind]

@jakarate11 It came of the Pacific that is on display in Windsor, Ont.

[PereMarquette1223]

@jakarate11 CNR 5 chime.

[45has2]

Some footage at speed would be cool.

[criind]

@45has2 See my other videos of 1225. The one where it's going through Henderson.

[MovieModerator]

I LOVE the ring of that bell.

[pianomanmaestro]

OMG that is so beautiful.....

[SuperMario6419]

I like pm 1225, i'm going to see the engine this summer!

[criind]

@TrainHistorian The locomotive in Fried Green Tomatoes was Atlanta & West Point #290. The engine is currently under restoration at the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, GA.

[AndrzejMastalerz]

Nice to watching.

[criind]

@TrainHistorian Yes they are ex-Via cars. They have been in and around Owosso for many years. I think they were originally bought by the Bluewater Chapter of the NRHS.

[RandN425]

The whistle kinda sounds like a RDG 6 chime.

[PereMarquette1223]

@TrainHistorian No, it is a MARC car on loan. MARC is a Maryland-based commuter service.

[criind]

@TrainHistorian If you mean the car with the blue and orange strips, it's an old Metro North car from NYC. It could have been used by Amtrak also.

[PereMarquette1223]

@criind No, it is a MARC car on loan. MARC is a Maryland-based commuter service.

[LoganisTrainBoy1]

The rules at SRI is that you have to be 16 to volunteer, but you start out sweeping floors and helping with the museum, the work your way up. I talked to TJ Gaffney about it. I still have two more yrs to go. So I know how you feel badboyIII

[PereMarquette1223]

Any idea what whistle was used for the 1225 in the actual Polar Express Movie? This one sounds too high and her own doesn't sound the same. I can't find anything on what whistle it was.

[criind]

@PereMarquette1223 Don't know which whistle was used in the movie. I guess I always thought that it was 1225's own whistle.

[PereMarquette1223]

@criind Found out that this whistle is off of CNR 5588, a 4-6-2 pacific that sits just across the border in Windsor, Ontario on display. A group is currently trying to restore her to operating condition. The whistle is most likely a 5 or 6 chime.

[Hendo56]

@criind From what I've read, for awhile there 1225 borrowed the whistle from N&W #1218, known as a "hooter whistle" because it has a deep pitch to it. This is probably the correct whistle for #1225. Sounds pretty good to me! There are some vids on here of the 1225 with the deeper whistle. I think it had it when pared with the other NKP Berkshire. 

[criind]

@Hendo56 This is the whistle of a CNR 4-6-2 that is on display in Windsor, Ontario.

[Hendo56]

@criind Very good, and a wonderful video. Nothing like steam in the snow! Happy Rails!

[shookman34]

@Hendo56

Yes sir....I have a video of the doubleheader from back in 2009. The 1225's whistle definately has a deeper pitch in that vid. I was standing in just the right spot during one run-by and they blew the whistle just a few feet before they passed me. I only have a handful of videos on youtube, but that one is by far my favorite. :)

[KenMacMillan]

@PereMarquette1223 "Many of the train's sound effects, such as the whistle blowing and steam exhausting, were created from live sampling of number 1225 while in operation."

en .wikipedia. org/wiki/The_Polar_Express_(fi­lm)#The_train

Remove the spaces.

[RedKruzer]

love it

whistle runs shivers...

and big bonus....

mis appears in a cloud of smoke...

[LoganisTrainBoy1]

Love the whistle, I went to trainfest expecting the 1225 but I got a broken flue then four years wait. And to Paullubliner, many teens (incuding me) are barley on their computers, they are out watching trains almost every day, Too bad that number is dwindling. But I will reamain a train man forever!

[Rockinrailroader765]

BAD ASS!!!!!!

I'm tring to figure out what kinda whistle it is, I know its a 5 chime of some sort, but shore its dramatic.

[amorrizzle648]

words cannot describe how awsome that whistle is!

[TonyCNR]

@amorrizzle648 -- Thanks it belongs to CNR 5588 we are trying to restore her

[criind]

Words cannot describe how loud that whistle is!...lol.. Make your ears itch! Thanks for watching...

[criind]

Having teenager problems? I remember those days... It was a long tome ago....

[badboylll]

@paullubliner teenagers would volunteer but cant because of the rules =P

[badboylll]

@paullubliner well I'm 16, tried to volunteer at the Henry Ford...to young. Tried at SRI..too young. If you can find a place near me that will let me help out, let me know. Till then, my statement it a fact.

[fiddlerpin]

That whistle is one of the best that I have heard! Glad they finally changed it.

[fiddlerpin]

Any whistle is better that the one they had on it several years ago.

[engineer6325]

GREAT WHISTLE!!

[CoastStarlight11]

Very very hard core!

[jrahrig]

The whistle sounds very beautiful, too bad it's real owner, CNR 5588 "Spirit Of Windsor" doesn't run anymore.

If 5588 were restored to operation, the whistle would sound even better on it's own steam engine.

So far, SRI's "Guest Whistle Program" allows us to hear great whistles like this one especially from across the river.

[Stetsonater]

the other whistle is too loud to use in owosso in parts

[criind]

It's original whistle didn't seem as loud to me as this one.

[LionelKid16]

Nothing like a Steam Locomotive in the snow!!!!!!!!! Great Footage

[WSOR10C]

great great whistle!!!

[cektito87]

The Whistle!GREAT!

[criind]

That is actually not it's own whistle. They have two whistles on it for these trips. I'm not sure where that whistle came from...

[TonyCNR]

CNR 5588 out of windsor