BNSF GP38 with Leslie S3L horn

[lawpar79]

Does anyone around here know what horn is on the 4723 Dash 9 and the SD40-2 units on MSTS?

[Trainman11185]

@lawpar79 the dash 9 has a K3L , but the highest note on it doesn't work any more

[badgerbuddy]

does anyone know the name of the horn used in train simulator on the gp38... its a bit different than the one in the video

[Trainman11185]

its a Leslie S3K

[trainamtrakcsx]

i have an ho bnsf gp38-2 thnx 4 sharing:)

[tipdrip215]

but listen to it at 0:13 and then again at about 0:27. you'll hear the 3rd RS3L note kick in.

[TPWRAILFAN]

sounds exactly like a RS3K but not the best one

[tipdrip215]

eh, whatever model, its a leslie i know that much.

[TPWRAILFAN]

and its ex BN and they used the RS3K might sound a little weird depending how the engineer is blowing it

[AmtrakFan454]

@TPWRAILFAN The engineer can control how much air is being fed into the horn and therefore change the pitch. This process is known as "quilling" or "feathering".

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The Nathan M3 airhorns also act in a very similar manner.

[tipdrip215]

thought so:)

[tipdrip215]

sounds like one of the bells is only working intermittently, making it sound somewhat like an S3K.

[anthonynami2]

nice