More DDA40X, More Nathan M5

I took this video last July when I chased the #6936 pulling the Portola Railroad Museum Special into the Feather River Canyon.

First clip is at Lower Honcut Rd., between Marysville and Oroville. The Centennial is slowing down due to a red light ahead. This gave me time to drive two crossings ahead to Central House Rd., where I took the second clip. The Centennial is accelerating after clearing the siding and the red light.

The Nathan M5 sounds more muted, since there's no canyon nearby to reverberate its wonderful sound.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Union
• Pacific
• DDA40X
• 6936
• Nathan
• M5R24

[bkayganich]

P5

[cchan006]

@bkayganich: It's a M5. See below - one of the staff at the WP museum commented on it. A Western Pacific railfan who has heard this M5 will never mistaken it for anything else. P5's sound a bit higher pitched and "brighter" while the M5 sounds mellower. There are websites that compare the sounds, if you want to verify. Look for my videos of the SP 6051 - that one has a P5.

[cweis127]

Doesnt that M-5R24 belong to a museum employee? Because 6396 originally had an RS-3L

[cchan006]

@cweis127: Yes, that's what I have been told, too.

[styx4ever1963]

How fast would you guess that train is going! My guess would be about 40 or 50 miles an hour

[cchan006]

@styx4ever1963: Yeah, my guess would be about 40 mph also.

[t3hsully1985]

One of the most awesome locomotives ever built and one of the best sounding horns ever made. Excellent combination.

[coolcatevan9]

Cool!An F unit!

[trainzaholic]

its cool horn

[andersley]

What a wonderful sight! Both the DDA40X and the WP F units! :)

[gaycowboy31]

I still love these M5s I just wish they wernt so high on ebay to buy one

[gaycowboy31]

@Hightrain12 yah thats cool I also was in Rochelle a few months back and saw a few trains come through on the UP and they had some K5LA horns that sounded like this I am over in CSX territory right now in Clifton Forge Va it might be interesting to hear the horns here and tomorrow I will be over in NS territory in Roanoke Va

[glocker98]

The DDA40X has 2 3,300 horsepower engines.

[Hightrain12]

@gaycowboy31 CSX has some K5LA's that are out of tune and sound sort of like this.

[VeilsItWhite]

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NICE TRAINS