Ashland VA 09.04.10: Make Like The Wind, And Blow

The engineer at the helm of P42 84 gave a gratuitous blast of the horn as the southbound Carolinian crossed College Avenue and rolled past the Ashland station on September 4th at 12:55 PM. The presence of at least a half-dozen waving railfans might have had something to do with it...

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• Carolinian
• P42
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[CPManJoe]

Great video. Gotta love the guys that honk in quiet zones.

[FastFlyingVirginian]

@CPManJoe Yep. In fact, I'd say the only reasons you'd have for NOT hearing a horn in Ashland are - no one's waving, the crew isn't friendly, or nothing's blocking the tracks.

[CSXRP]

Now that's what I'm talking about! Awesome K5LA. Nice to hear blasts like that especially in a quiet zone.

[FastFlyingVirginian]

@CSXRP Funny thing - on my last visit (August 28th), I killed time before the last train talking to a local who said he lived just a block or two over from the tracks. He couldn't say enough about how he and his wife loved to hear the trains come through, ESPECIALLY when they blew their horns.

[amtrak939]

nice catch, that horn sounded pretty good!

[FastFlyingVirginian]

@amtrak939 It's no Leslie honker, but it'll do in a pinch. :)

[SuperStarRendon]

Great Catch and nice horn.

[iusetano]

Showing off for the crowd. I'm all for it. Excellent video.

[GenesisSanctuary]

Nice! That blast of K5LA sounded great!:)

[FastFlyingVirginian]

@UPHeritage Thanks!

[UPHeritage]

Nice catch and K5LA