HD- New Cab car 638 leads the Metrolink Whistle Stop Debut Executive train out of Santa Ana, CA

The new Metrolink.
Hyundai Rotem Crash Energy Management (CEM) rail cars will soon take over the old system of Bombardier Metrolink cars.

And yes, I have NO IDEA why there is a little sign like that in plain sight under the cars...

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[jmdhintz]

Why do they have 2 F59's pushing? A the cars super heavy or something?

[AmtrakSurfliner768]

@jmdhintz Naw, 860 lost dynamic braking.

[simhopp]

@jmdhintz

I too, always wondered about that.

if they have to put 2 locos, why not front and back? better protection for the passangers, no?

[AmtrakSurfliner768]

@simhopp Not entirely. The new cars are very resistant to crashes. They absorb pulse and have crumple zones where the energy of the crash is focused on. The crumple zones are located beyond the location of where people would be riding. These cars could potentially save people even in the event of a head on crash with another train.

[MarkConductor775]

I don't know what you're smoking, but that's a P2... Certainly not a K2, those sound much better. Look up a K2 on Caltrain or something.

[AmtrakSurfliner768]

@MarkConductor775 They're coned. That's why this K2 sounds so weird.

[Surfliner6908]

Hello There Everyone! My name is Mr Cock! ;)

[TommyBNSF]

The K2s on the Rotems use #2 and #4 bells.

[MetrolinkTrain638]

@AmtrakSurfliner768 639's isnt coned, and it sounds the same

[TEMPLE7D]

Heh that should of been a Leslie S2M horn

[xtremepadrefan]

that K2 sounds like a dying cow

[AmtrakFan454]

@AmtrakSurfliner768 It is a K2 and the cones DO NOT affect the sound, but the horn is tuned too high. The whole stereotype of cones seems to originate from 6904, with a coned K5LA, which was also tuned too high.

My only speculation is that the Generation II cabcars on Metrolink are also notorious for (pardon the foamerism) wheezing, but that could be the result of vibrations having an impact upon the bells of the horn.