Nathan Airchime K5LA Train Horn! The Air System Used In My Van For My Train Horn.

Over 18,000 hits on this video since I uploaded this video... That makes it about 1000 hits a month.... Thanks for the support. I will be making more train horn videos soon.

I have been getting lots of questions on where I got these horns from, how much I paid for these horns...

Q: Where did you get these horns from?
A; I got them from someone who I used to work with up in Long Island NY who used to work for a railroad company. back in 1997.

Q: How much did you pay for the horns?
A: I dropped $250.00 USD for the horns and about a total of $500.00 USD for all the other accessories to make the horn work.

Q: What did the K5LA come off of?
A: I am not totally sure on what locomotive exactly but from what I was told by the person who sold me the horns, it came off of a retired F3 diesel locomotive used by the railroad company he used to work for.

Q: Is it legal?
A: In the state that I live in, yes... This state requires that any vehicle registered in this state must have some sort of sound emitting device to warn of on coming danger. It does not matter on how that sound emitting device works or what it sounds like or what it looks like either. I am aware that there are areas on where these horns are not legal to be used on vehicles. I would check with your state/city/town/local laws about owning such air horn.

Q: Do you use them on the road?
A: HELL PHUCKING YEAH!!!!

Q: How often do you scare people off the road with them
A: I only scare those who drive stupidly in front of me as I am driving and use them to let them know that they are acting stupid. I normally don't try to maliciously scare people but I wont lie... once in a while...

Q: Ever blow that horn in a tunnel?
A: I blew these horns in the Lincoln Tunnel and the Mid Town Tunnel in NYC. And let me tell you... THAT WAS FUNNY when I saw people try moving out of my way when I gave the K5 a toot. ( This is one of the times I did scare someone with my horn)

Q: Do you get a lot of people on the road asking you to blow that horn?
A: Almost every time I drive my van, someone pulls up to my side of the vehicle and give me the hand signal to honk the horn or ask me to "Hit The Horn!"

I hope that answers a few questions you all have...

This video was a request from Hornblasters07 to talk about my air system I use for my K5LA Train Horn. I talk about the different valves I use for my horns, the different airlines used for the system and the air tank I use to store the pressurized air.

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• Train Horns
• K5LA
• Airchime K5LA
• Airchime
• Aerostar
• Loud Train Horn
• Nathan Airchime.

[Fireisfun97]

I'm looking for a single train horn that can hook up to a 1/4" air compressor hose and I don't want to spend much on it. Is there any good ones cheap?

[djluna96]

@Fireisfun97 Usually train horns are air hungry and takes a large volume of air to get the full output out of them. How many horns are you planning to put on the system that will be blown all at once? And what valve are you planning to use? If you use a standard valve used in truck cabs, that valve would not be able to pass enough air volume to get a horn like mine featured in this video (K5LA) to its full potential... It would work...but not loud.

[djluna96]

@Fireisfun97 Lastly... What kind of budget are you working with? What kind of price range are you trying to stay within? If I knew what kind of budget you are working with, I would be able to direct you better on where you can get the parts you need that would work...

[barrioscorona215]

where did you get that air valve stem hte one that looks like a tire stem

[djluna96]

@barrioscorona215

[djluna96]

@barrioscorona215 I found the Graham White valve on Ebay.

[Labzo441]

Lol holy crap that's cool

[MrBigfoot1979]

That's awesome!



[Bradbutlahmudafooka]

Lots of good info here man. Good vid

[harrisonvideo1]

cool