BNSF 6604 Brand New ES44C4! 3 First Time On the Road GEVO's and Badass K5HLL Horn Must See!!!!
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@BNSF2184 Some units have had the horns replaced, so there is variation across the number series. But they are all variations of the K5HL, because they all have only one "L" bell (the 1L bell, producing either a B or a C). The "true" K5HLL is apparently extremely rare (a half-dozen units) and produces a sound much like a Nathan M5, using TWO "L" bells (1L and 3L).
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@ConAmMD80fan NS has since bought ES44ACs and SD70ACes for coal service. There's photo evidence on railpics.
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@BNSF2184 Well UP is going to change their AC60CW's to AC4460CW's and CSX going to keep the AC60CW's as they are or send it to Erie PA to transformed to a ES60AC
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I heard theyre gonna either stay the AC60CW or become AC4460CW's
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@CSXRP Well not really. CSX brought that AC6000CW's out of storage and some will be ES60AC and other will just be the AC60CW's!
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god, I can't believe this is a ES44C4 with K5HLL (or K5HL? Five Chime Consultants says K5HL).
The K5HLL exists, but this isn't one of them. This is a properly tuned K5HL sounding the D# minor sixth that was always intended for the K5HL. All the earlier K5HL horns sounded the wrong notes. It's too bad Nathan/Airchime didn't correct the tuning sooner, since it's a fantastic chord! Replace the 1L bell with a 5 bell and you get the Canadian-tuned K5H.
trainiax 4 weeks ago
@trainiax
i think u might be thinking of the 7500s maybe...... they sound more like a K5HL
BNSF2184 4 weeks ago
@BNSF2184 The 7500s have the old K5HLs, which never sounded the specified chord to begin with. They consistently had an out-of-tune 1L bell sounding a B instead of a C, and a 4a bell (B) in place of a 4 bell (C) to complete the chord (without which the C and B notes would conflict). The horn in this video sounds the intended K5HL chord of C, D#, F#, A#, C from bells 1L, 1, 2, 3, 4 (check it on a keyboard).
trainiax 4 weeks ago
@trainiax
I thought the 77/7600s had the old old ones and the 7500s had the one ur describing and the 74/72/73/78/79/66/67/68/69/6240-6430? have the K5HLL. (Oh and 6234 and 6235 have the same as the 7500s)
BNSF2184 4 weeks ago