40145 thrash Keynsham with a huge horn!

40145 goes hellfire through Keynsham with a huge horn! Cheers to the driver for this!
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[robertgift]

To: JBofBrisbane Why not sound bothornsimultaneously? Makes no sense to sound one, then the other. If sounded together they would also create a resultantone.

And who came up the the sad-faced locomotive design?

Americans make a big show out of approaching level crossings withe horn blasted FOUR! times. Yet some idiotstill manage to gethemselves killed.

Some people are getting tired of the noise and are petitioning for "Quiet Zones" at level crossings

having (o)T(o) , gates and bells.

[JBofBrisbane]

@robertgift - Mate, don't ever go railfanning in the UK. They all sound like that, even the HSTs.

[robertgift]

@graememg Though I am a musician (classical organist) I would not want to hear the pip-squeak heard on the sad-faced locomotive here. (Resembles a boy's voice cracking.) The harmonious American locomotive whistles and horns are a pleasure to hear.

Yes, I am biased towards the great, powerful, American locomotives compared to thEnglish weaklings. Buthey don't need to be more powerful since your trains are shorter and tracks usually more level.

Yes, fun to see differentypes of locomotives.

[graememg]

@robertgift I would rather listen to the loco than listen to some blaring horn 4 times per level crossing, just a waste of space and a throwback to old ways from steam days same with the bell !!!

Every countries loco's are different your once again just another cocky uh-merry-can biased and suffering macular degeneration !!!

I prefer to check out loco's from all countries new and old loco's, steam, diesel, hydraulic, diesel gen, turbine !!

[robertgift]

@choirboyfromhell1 By opening the horn valve partially, I have sounded locomotive horns "quietly" at level crossings protected by lights (o)-(o) , gates and bells and where traffic was stopped.

Now, many crossings are "Quiet Zones" with horn sounded only if necessary.

Yes, there are many "merican-morons" who get themselves hit by trains. Just cleaning the gene pool.

Our horns are far better than Limey pip-squeak embarrassments.

Also great for non-signaled level crossings.

[choirboyfromhell1]

@robertgift Because they're Brits and not everybody does it like "Uhmerka". Actually it's nice to live in a town and not have to put up with Nathan K-5's blaring and blasting away because Yank motorists are too

dumb to see the approaching C-44.

[giomuaxuan]

beautiful shot

[Doomsday2060]

@robertgift

So I take it you don't like our trains/locos over here in the UK?

That's fine of course, but I can tell you if you have ever been through Battersea behind a 40 at night time, you need some fucking earmuffs. You see people coming out onto their flat balconies wondering what all that engine and horns are about. And people are used to noise over those parts.

You can't accurately capture any real sound onto YouTube, not with these built in microphones on video cameras. (5/5)

thanks

[robertgift]

Glad it was kitchen waste water.

Horns still sound ridiculous.

No purpose in having two sequential tones.

Engine looks like a sad dog.

[amosbriz]

The vehicle passing at 0:37 is a kitchen car, so most likely not a toilet being flushed. The design of these coaches dates from the mid-1950's when toilet tanks were unheard of; these vehicles are now only used on charter trains such as this. And yes we do have signs instructing not to flush in station, however at speed and with windows blanked out for privacy it is very hard to tell when you are passing a station. As for the horns, well, they are loud enough for UK requirements, thanks.