Train Horns! Part 5 - Nathan K5LA

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @pokechimp88
    @pokechimp88 6 месяцев назад +4

    2:56 sounds like a GO Transit F59PH K5LA
    3:56 sounds like a GO Transit Cab Car K5LA (specifically those on the later cab cars, 242-250)

  • @FDNY8231
    @FDNY8231 5 лет назад +30

    Finally the video I was waiting for ... By far my favorite horn EVER ... I liked them all, but the FIRST one (NS 8301) with that Raised Letter K5LA and the last (CSX 7849) were the BEST sounding ... Great Job Eric!

  • @iluvu2199
    @iluvu2199 5 лет назад +93

    K5LA's and RS5T's are the best horns ever!!

  • @BNSFBishop
    @BNSFBishop 5 лет назад +46

    Loving the K5LA. Very common like the K5HL

  • @ctrains5497
    @ctrains5497 2 года назад +11

    5:53 that is one of the best sounding horn’s I’ve ever heard.

  • @gwobblegwobble
    @gwobblegwobble 2 года назад +5

    K5LA's will always be my favorite train horn. They bring me so much nostalgi.

  • @physetermacrocephalus9986
    @physetermacrocephalus9986 5 лет назад +26

    K5LA aka the most overused and fowled train horn in history. Still love the music it makes. In fact, it's one of the most pleasant sounding horns when not fowled, imo.
    @4:15 does that Streamliner have an e-bell?

    • @CentralPennRailProductions
      @CentralPennRailProductions  5 лет назад +6

      Yeah sadly it does have an E-Bell. It has GP38-2 internals as well, so it's only cosmetically an F-unit.

    • @JTfishing6130
      @JTfishing6130 5 лет назад +4

      The k3la and k5hl are a lot more overused considering its all UP,CN, BNSF, and CP use. And the k3's get fouled quiet often too.

  • @MrBnsftrain
    @MrBnsftrain 5 лет назад +5

    CSX 5311, NS 6739, NS 2600, NS 4270, CSX 4563, NS 2501, NS 7144 (with neat consist), NS 8372 (sounds like it has a Canadian version), NS 7227 (also with neat consist), and Amtrak 97 have some noteworthy K5LAs!
    6:48 nice! a caboose in Conrail blue!
    13:47 nice catch of one of the 2018 ski train cars!

  • @phantomrailproductions
    @phantomrailproductions 4 года назад +7

    8:33 That's a short piggyback train you would see rarely.

  • @elijahwilliams4110
    @elijahwilliams4110 Год назад +2

    At 0:07-0:23 Sec Is Dunkirk Marauders Touchdown Horn

  • @TheWhiteFamilySeries
    @TheWhiteFamilySeries 2 года назад +3

    I'm sorry but the first horn clip was amazingly beautiful and haunting. It's enough to freak someone out without expecting it.

    • @yourfellowpancake6335
      @yourfellowpancake6335 4 месяца назад

      I’ve never heard a horn do that weird slow build, it was pretty cool

  • @TheCakeCrusade43
    @TheCakeCrusade43 3 месяца назад +1

    Nathan KL5A or Leslie RS2M, two loud and great sounding air horns

  • @CollectingMemories04
    @CollectingMemories04 5 лет назад +7

    great sounding horns..best railroad videos ever.

  • @hakeemsd70m
    @hakeemsd70m 5 лет назад +3

    Ah, the Nathan Airchime K5LA, the true sound of my childhood. The early K5LA models (round tag, narrow font, etc.) were what I grew up hearing in the distant from the CSX Cincinnati mainline.
    At that time, the horn was the undisputed king, or queen due to her sweet sound, of CSX long before the silly (and totally worthless) FRA horn law and the horns that followed. Every time I hear a well-tuned K5, I'm taken back to the time that birthed my love for railroading.
    Thank you for such a wonderful piece of this staple horn of American railroads. Some very nice power has worn these horns, from the NS Dash 9 to ex-CR SD60i's to an early order of UP SD70M's.

  • @955redavenger
    @955redavenger 5 лет назад +16

    1:21 Hybrid K5LA?

  • @PaulsDMVRailroadsandAviation
    @PaulsDMVRailroadsandAviation 5 лет назад +8

    NS 9046, NS 7227, and Amtrak 97 are all K5H or K5L’s actually. They just sound different because they are “raised letter,” just like the “3rd generation” K5LA’s, so they play a slightly different chord

    • @CentralPennRailProductions
      @CentralPennRailProductions  5 лет назад

      Thanks for the info and thanks for watching!

    • @510trackside5
      @510trackside5 5 лет назад

      Amtrak doesn’t have any H horns on their locomotives (especially the P42 as it wouldn’t fit where they place them)

    • @CentralPennRailProductions
      @CentralPennRailProductions  5 лет назад

      9046 definitely has an H manifold but it sounds like there is an A bell in there somewhere, which is why I have it listed as K5HA in the description, but I could be wrong.

    • @gil.k9634
      @gil.k9634 5 лет назад

      Central Penn Rail Productions nope it’s a k5h k5ha’s would sound like k5la’s because they have the same bell arrangement and 9046 plays the same notes as a k5l or k5h

  • @luannogueira8318
    @luannogueira8318 2 года назад +2

    NS#5669 (K5LA) GP38-2 (OLS)

  • @luannogueira8318
    @luannogueira8318 2 года назад +2

    NS#6770 (K5LA) SD60i (fouled?)

  • @MattsTrainArchive
    @MattsTrainArchive 5 лет назад +14

    7:32 is second my favorite horn.

  • @NS4067_Productions
    @NS4067_Productions 2 года назад +1

    NS C40-8 #8301 Horn is k5ha horn in spring 2015

  • @luannogueira8318
    @luannogueira8318 2 года назад +2

    CSXT#5311 (K5LA) ES40DC

  • @dmvspotting
    @dmvspotting 5 лет назад +6

    6:08 when the horn has like a slight "jump" in pitch, is that a reverb?

    • @CentralPennRailProductions
      @CentralPennRailProductions  5 лет назад +3

      Yeah that's reverb, probably off of the crossing signals. You notice this a lot more when inside of the cab.

    • @pokeyrailfanning
      @pokeyrailfanning 5 лет назад +1

      MRCSX it happens at 12:00 too

    • @BE60IFR
      @BE60IFR 4 года назад

      My friend, I believe it’s called Doppler Effect (the pitch change caused by the source of the sound’s position change)...

  • @connorwolfhope2396
    @connorwolfhope2396 4 года назад +8

    6:00 is the best horn ever

    • @NS6711
      @NS6711 2 года назад

      Yep it sure is

  • @fabriciobengozi9650
    @fabriciobengozi9650 2 года назад +2

    Nice Horn This Perfect The ES43BBI Equiped This Horn

  • @LotusbandicootRR
    @LotusbandicootRR 5 лет назад +2

    3:21 NS 2600's horn has only gotten worse since I saw it in 2015. Still fun to hear something different though!

  • @luannogueira8318
    @luannogueira8318 2 года назад +2

    AMTK#138 (K5LA) P42DC (fouled?)

  • @4funJust4you
    @4funJust4you 3 года назад +1

    13:51 CSX Dash 8 train with a K5LA. They mostly have K5Hs.

  • @4funJust4you
    @4funJust4you 3 года назад +1

    The K5LA on NS 2600 sounds like a fouled K3LA and a sick narrow front K5LLA.

  • @dragonite0067
    @dragonite0067 4 года назад +1

    The local that runs past my house always has GP38-2s leading with a 5KLA horn. They are the best sounding in my opinion

  • @BAS19.6
    @BAS19.6 2 года назад +1

    The big tag/corkers that Chessie had were awesome. Unfortunately they are very rare and do not appear in this video. Here on the Maryland midland there is one locomotive, a gp38ac-3, that has one. They sound a bit different from normal k5las.

  • @Mack50586-c
    @Mack50586-c 2 месяца назад +2

    Awesome 💯 horn 8:30

  • @berkshiresubrailfan
    @berkshiresubrailfan 5 лет назад +8

    10:53 k5h Canadian tuned

  • @SailorMoonRailfan
    @SailorMoonRailfan 5 лет назад +1

    Hey I'm just letting you know that I'm going to use this video for a two-part horn on Railworks Train Simulator 2019 with your credit. BTW, nice video.

  • @sevenb4710
    @sevenb4710 Год назад +1

    That’s the slowest I’ve ever seen the capital limited running through there… usually they’re flying

  • @nhyardlimit
    @nhyardlimit 4 года назад +2

    Excellent! Thank you. Awesome information!

  • @RameshKSingh-gp2mx
    @RameshKSingh-gp2mx 3 года назад +2

    Finally found the honk used in our country diesel locomotives .

  • @MattsTrainArchive
    @MattsTrainArchive 5 лет назад +7

    8:18 was my favorite k5la in the video.

  • @RailroadVideosofPA
    @RailroadVideosofPA 5 лет назад +2

    Ah yes the K5LA the horn that has been slapped on almost every modern locomotive. It is sad to not see when railroads used primarily Leslie horns. But im alright with the K5LA. I don't mind them, I just miss the low deep sound of a Leslie RS3L or a Leslie RS5T. The K5LAs I hate the most are on the GPs that run the Lititz Secondary they have 2nd Gen Nathan K5LAs and boy do I dislike them a lot! So loud and squeaky, but what another awesome video! Keep it up!

  • @donald_eskabul
    @donald_eskabul Год назад +1

    This horn use our locomotives TE33A “Evolution” in Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

  • @SignalMan9292
    @SignalMan9292 21 день назад

    The K5LA with the whistling sound when released is the Narrow Font 2000's K5LA or NF2 K5LA for short.

  • @luannogueira8318
    @luannogueira8318 2 года назад +1

    NS#5607 (K5LA) GP38-2 FOULED?

  • @skrep359
    @skrep359 3 года назад +2

    That weird echo at the start makes it sound like a ghost train. Although it IS the best horn of all time

  • @510trackside5
    @510trackside5 5 лет назад +11

    I don’t know why everyone goes around saying “first gen” “second gen” “third gen” .. that’s incorrect.
    If we REALLY wanted to go into different styles / eras of the K5LA, there would be like ... 9 “generations” ...
    Also - the K5LA didn’t come out until the 1970’s ... nice video nonetheless

    • @CentralPennRailProductions
      @CentralPennRailProductions  5 лет назад +3

      I changed the description, I meant to say in the 1950's starting with the K5L/H. Yeah the K5LA wouldn't have been introduced until the mid-70's when the 3A and 4A went into production. Thanks for making me double check that!

    • @trainknut
      @trainknut 5 лет назад +1

      Also, while the K5LA was introduced in the 70s, it should be noted that it was pretty much Amtrak exclusive until the late 1990s.
      Until the introduction of the SD70s and GEVOs, the vast majority of railroads were using Leslie or Nathan 3 chime airhorns, SP was loyal to the P3, pretty much everybody had a few K3LAs and RS3Ls laying around... maybe the odd P5 or S5L, but the K5 series really wasn't very popular until units started being built with them pre-installed.
      If you ask me they traded down, the 3 chimes of the Super Seven era were much nicer to listen to than the modern K5(insert random amount of Ls and As here)

    • @hakeemsd70m
      @hakeemsd70m 5 лет назад

      @@trainknut The Chessie System trio of the B&O, C&O, and WM were one of the K5LA's earliest users, with pictures online confirming their use on the C&O as early as 1979, thought the line officially started using them to replace the Leslie RS3L starting in 1977. I grew up hearing the K5LA on Chessie successor CSX, so I've always been partial to them ever since the dawn of when I could talk.
      I like that you mentioned the P3 on the SP, as like you said they were without a doubt the last heavy user of the P series on the Class 1's. I enjoy hearing the P's on my local railroad, the Indiana & Ohio Railway.

    • @trainknut
      @trainknut 5 лет назад

      @@hakeemsd70m Chessie was only one railroad though... Okay techically it was three, but they operated as one. And they did use the RS3L pretty heavily... CSX was probably the first railroad to fully embrace the K5 series besides Amtrak, using them all the way back in the 80s just after the merger... but ONE railroad using the horn is far from the mega-popularity that the K5LA's younger cousins enjoy today.
      Plus, you know, much of CSX was operated by Seaboard or Conrail at one point... I'm not totally sure what the various Seaboard railroads preferred, but I'm fairly sure it wasn't the K5LA... and I know for a fact that Conrail was a Leslie diehard, I would be genuinely surprised if they ever operated a locomotive that didn't have an S3 on it.

    • @hakeemsd70m
      @hakeemsd70m 5 лет назад +1

      @@trainknut I see what you mean about mass railroads using the K5LA's in the early days verses Amtrak's use of the horn, and you're right that I the early days, Chessie was the only freight carrier with the horn, as they were requesting the K5LA on their orders of GP40-2's by the late 70's. By the CSX merger of '86, there were probably more K5LA's on CSX than RS3L's, but I'll leave that to the old heads and Chessie/CSX alumni.
      Seaboard Coast Line, Family Lines, and successor Seaboard System were heavy users of the Leslie S5T/RS5T. The Louisville & Nashville pretty much stuck to the cheap RS3L after the Nathan M5's on their passenger locos became too expensive to maintain, plus their passenger service, like all American railroads, sank in the 1960's, so consequently most of the those beautiful old E- and F- units didn't make it past the 70's. I'm not sure about the horns of other Family Lines railroads. Of course as we both know, again by the merger of '86, the K5LA quickly became standard fare across the CSX family, ex-Seaboard included.
      Right on about Conrail, they were the last heavy Leslie user on large railroads. I believe you're 100% right about the Big Blue choosing the S3L/RS3L for all of their locos.

  • @maddbubbles1649
    @maddbubbles1649 4 года назад +2

    Love the K5LA!

  • @Ormodius3751
    @Ormodius3751 2 года назад +1

    0:18 the best horn

  • @BNSF1458
    @BNSF1458 2 года назад +1

    I do love a good Nathan K5LA

  • @NortheasternRailPhotography
    @NortheasternRailPhotography 5 лет назад +4

    Did you know GP59's and 60's were meant for long hood forward operation? Also, 7849's horn is a Nathan K3LA

    • @CentralPennRailProductions
      @CentralPennRailProductions  5 лет назад +2

      CSX 7849 has a backwards mounted K5LA... K5LAR135, this may be the reason it sounds similar to a K3LA since the 2 and 4A are forward facing.

    • @FlyingEagleTV
      @FlyingEagleTV 5 лет назад +1

      Railfan Center GP59s are considered Yard units. Especially since the engineer faces the middle and the controls are on the wrong damn side!

  • @BHV0810
    @BHV0810 Год назад +1

    0:07 My favorite

  • @kansasstatealerting2874
    @kansasstatealerting2874 3 года назад +1

    My second favorite train horn! Great video.

  • @ReadingAreaRailfan
    @ReadingAreaRailfan 4 года назад +1

    The K5LA on the F unit sounds amazing

  • @benclark3513
    @benclark3513 4 года назад +1

    I love this Nathan k 5 is my favorite :) I gotta see it honk gotta hear it

    • @benclark3513
      @benclark3513 4 года назад

      I think Nathan k5 is the loudest?

  • @4funJust4you
    @4funJust4you 3 года назад +1

    The K5L on NS 9372 sounds like the K5Hs on CSX Dash 8 trains.

  • @luannogueira8318
    @luannogueira8318 2 года назад +1

    NS#5607 (K5LA) GP38-2 fouled?

  • @cjmarsh504
    @cjmarsh504 3 года назад

    11:31 Louis Armstrong blowing his trumpet birds scared off

  • @EASTERNTRACKSIDER
    @EASTERNTRACKSIDER 3 года назад

    2:15 where is this?

  • @wrrail
    @wrrail 5 лет назад +2

    RS5T's Are my favorite kind of horns

  • @aircraftsandtrains2309
    @aircraftsandtrains2309 4 года назад +1

    Central Penn it would be nice if the raised letter k5la has 2 4a bells

  • @Sacto1654
    @Sacto1654 5 лет назад

    I do hear the K5LA and K5LLA a lot in Sacramento, mostly due to UP SD70ACe-T4 and ES44AC locomotives running through the city.

  • @No_oneasked
    @No_oneasked 3 года назад +1

    0:42 is that amtrak's horn?

  • @BURNINGRYZEN112
    @BURNINGRYZEN112 Год назад +1

    4:16 I LIKE IT!

  • @luannogueira8318
    @luannogueira8318 2 года назад +1

    CSXT#4563 (K5LA) SD70MAC

  • @Atlantametrorailfanproductions
    @Atlantametrorailfanproductions 3 года назад +1

    Nice dash 8 catch

  • @trevorjosephmedia1550
    @trevorjosephmedia1550 5 лет назад +1

    You can tell his camera doesn’t like the cold in the snowy shots

  • @luannogueira8318
    @luannogueira8318 2 года назад

    AMTK#97 (K5LA) P42DC

  • @ervinthompson6598
    @ervinthompson6598 2 года назад +1

    The Juice Train in Run 8. Wow...........

  • @trainboy647
    @trainboy647 5 лет назад +2

    7:05 what is that

  • @SETX_Sirens_and_Rail_02
    @SETX_Sirens_and_Rail_02 5 лет назад +1

    Love the way the first one is being quilled

    • @happymom2781
      @happymom2781 3 года назад

      What’s the first one called I like it

  • @luannogueira8318
    @luannogueira8318 2 года назад

    AMTK#138 (K5LA) P42DC

  • @mattyoung2297
    @mattyoung2297 Год назад +1

    (6:03) That sounded so good!

  • @DelmarvaRailProductions
    @DelmarvaRailProductions 5 лет назад +1

    Are you sure 9372 is a Canadian Style K5H and not a K5L? Because I had that loco visit a few days ago and the group told me is a K5H. Just to let you know. Correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks!

    • @theedsonsubrailfan4465
      @theedsonsubrailfan4465 5 лет назад

      It could be a K5LR24, I think.

    • @CentralPennRailProductions
      @CentralPennRailProductions  5 лет назад

      Yes, K5L. I do not denote reversals in the description but I believe K5LR24 is correct. The only difference between a K5H and K5L is the manifold, H being high and L being low-this doesn't affect sound much, if at all. Looking at pictures it's definitely on a low or "L" manifold.

    • @DelmarvaRailProductions
      @DelmarvaRailProductions 5 лет назад

      @@CentralPennRailProductions Oh ok. I guess I am wrong on so many levels lol

  • @JaredRouse8465
    @JaredRouse8465 2 года назад

    Most Amtrak trains have this horn, right?

  • @jannikheidemann3805
    @jannikheidemann3805 5 лет назад +1

    The snow sucks up quite a bit of the sounds. It's realy audible.

  • @dmvspotting
    @dmvspotting 5 лет назад

    12:00 isn't that where you found the two intermodal racing?

  • @rnrailproductions5049
    @rnrailproductions5049 5 лет назад +4

    If there is one thing that ticks me off about most railfans, is the horn “generations” that were made up. Glad you didn’t put those in, lol.

    • @trainknut
      @trainknut 5 лет назад

      Same with locomotive "phases"
      Like the SD40 "phase 2"
      or the infamous F3, which has like, seven phases.
      EMD never marketed improvements to their designs, nor did they have any indication on their designs of engine "phases", these are just phrases people came up with after the fact to spot little differences in the locomotives that came out of the factory in different years.

    • @rnrailproductions5049
      @rnrailproductions5049 5 лет назад

      The Arctic Gamer exactly, I’m guessing the same could be said about Nathan K horns.

    • @hakeemsd70m
      @hakeemsd70m 5 лет назад

      @@rnrailproductions5049 I agree, it gets on my last nerve when railfans do that too. For example, a "1st gen" K5H? You can ask any of those railfans how a horn that's been in production since 1954 have just 3 "generations"? A "1st" and "3rd gen" K5LLA?? Where's the 2nd? And hey, how can anything just skip a whole generation? It makes me cringe just saying these as examples. I wish I could tell off the person that came up with such a useless idea for identifying train horns.

  • @2Hot2Furious
    @2Hot2Furious 5 лет назад +1

    That first one was 🔥🔥😍😍

  • @berkshiresubrailfan
    @berkshiresubrailfan 3 года назад

    NS 9046 has a Raised letter K5HR24

  • @gunnerjohnson2840
    @gunnerjohnson2840 5 лет назад +2

    Kansas City Southern also uses K5LA

  • @reinaldoveitia4261
    @reinaldoveitia4261 3 года назад

    The first video machine its horns sound like a horror movie

  • @JDA0826
    @JDA0826 3 года назад

    Amtrak 138 has a K3H or K3L

  • @luannogueira8318
    @luannogueira8318 2 года назад

    CSXT#4821 (K5LA) SD70MAC

  • @Atlantametrorailfanproductions
    @Atlantametrorailfanproductions 3 года назад

    The Atlanta United and Falcons use a Nathan K5LA if did not know

  • @NS6711
    @NS6711 Год назад

    Favorites
    NS 8301
    NS 6705
    NS 9965
    NS 5669
    NS 9046 &
    NS 9372 (Now NS 4588)

  • @luannogueira8318
    @luannogueira8318 2 года назад

    NS#2600 (K5LA) SD70M

  • @aircraftsandtrains2309
    @aircraftsandtrains2309 5 лет назад +6

    My fav k5la is the 3rd gen

    • @Morbid_Railfan
      @Morbid_Railfan 5 лет назад

      aircraft and train guy my fav K5LA is the first gen, it sounds so loud!, the csx P903 has a first gen K5LA and it is loud as heck

    • @aircraftsandtrains2309
      @aircraftsandtrains2309 5 лет назад

      @@Morbid_Railfan i like all gens but the raised letter is my fav

    • @floridianrailauto9032
      @floridianrailauto9032 5 лет назад

      The 3rd gen is literally the worst one

    • @aircraftsandtrains2309
      @aircraftsandtrains2309 4 года назад

      @@floridianrailauto9032 your opinion dude

    • @floridianrailauto9032
      @floridianrailauto9032 4 года назад

      @@aircraftsandtrains2309 Arguably it is the most obnoxious sounding horn, 1st gens are the best

  • @nkyrailfan3676
    @nkyrailfan3676 3 года назад

    Is the train at 5:25 a K5LLA?

  • @CSX6711
    @CSX6711 2 года назад

    Im pretty sure 5:15 CSX 4563 and 8:40 CSX 4821 have both K5LA's Horns

  • @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan
    @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan 2 года назад +2

    *Me: Awesome K5LLA*

  • @NJT4211
    @NJT4211 3 года назад +1

    Nice Video! Hey what camera do you use? I'm looking into a new one.

  • @froztytrainfilms9148
    @froztytrainfilms9148 5 лет назад +1

    I like the Hybrid K5LA (1:05) because it sounds like First gen K5LAs in a way

  • @jordanthurston36
    @jordanthurston36 Год назад

    You made a horn error on ns 7227 that had a k5h

  • @SilverThunder710
    @SilverThunder710 4 года назад

    What the heck is the horn at 1:26?! It sounds like a K5HL!

  • @Franz193
    @Franz193 5 лет назад +3

    The Video is i A Wonderful for The Railway 🇺🇸😎👍📹

  • @denault3985
    @denault3985 5 лет назад +3

    Horns are a little harsh but the video is great, as always! Your the best East Coast Railroad video photographer with those perfect pans.
    Asked last week...what bit-rate do you use in the completed videos, always smooth on playback.

    • @CentralPennRailProductions
      @CentralPennRailProductions  5 лет назад

      50 mbps in HD. There are a few 4K 30p shots in here (the CSX and Amtrak ones) so you may have noticed some frame dropping.

  • @fallingup90
    @fallingup90 5 лет назад +2

    Great shots. Are some of them recorded in 30 or 24fps?

  • @HVACSirenTowerTrainFanFan2012
    @HVACSirenTowerTrainFanFan2012 2 года назад

    The AMTK 138 Clip was Recorded on my 3rd Birthday! I’m gonna be 10 Tomorrow

  • @RascalTrainz
    @RascalTrainz 4 года назад +1

    The voice of Amtrak and NJ transit

  • @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan
    @Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan 2 года назад +2

    6:50 *Conrail Caboose!*

  • @luannogueira8318
    @luannogueira8318 2 года назад

    NS#7227 (K5LA) SD80MAC

  • @luannogueira8318
    @luannogueira8318 2 года назад

    CSXT#5311 ES40DC

  • @nomore25
    @nomore25 5 лет назад +1

    Whistle is my favourite.