Here's what I got on a railfanning outing one Saturday in July. Sometimes when you can't find anything new, it's surprising at how cool the old stuff can be.
Finally my two years of a jazz performance degree is helping me! That horn at 1:42 which you like so much is actually fouled. It's a standard tuning K5LA where the 5 bell, the highest note, is fouled and brought down about a whole step. Standard tuning for a K5LA from the lowest to highest bells is D#, F#, G#, B, D#, resulting in a very pleasant "Major 6" chord. However, when the 5 bell (the high D#) is fouled and the pitch drops a whole step, it result in a B 6(9) chord which is a slightly cooler sound which is often used in chordal, floating sections of songs to provide a little more interesting harmony to what would be a relatively bland chord. Getting even more music-theory involved, the notes that make up this fouled tuning are also the same notes that make up the pentatonic scale, which is one of the most common sets of notes in popular music. I also really love the sound of K5LA's which are fouled like that. Edit: got the timestamp wrong.
Awesome explanation Sean! I was rushing home to comment on this as a former working musician and a Musicians Institue grad, I was totally excited to hurry up and respond. No need to though. And also many thanks for the details on the equipment spec on the K5LA. I wish I had one at hom. If only to look at it every now and then :). KUDO's on the whole post, Sir! Danny should really appreciate this. Cheers!
Thanks for that explanation, Sean! I'm always fascinated to know about locomotive horn tunings. I wonder, "who decided on that chord?" What I REALLY like are the minor chords. Those seem to be disappearing, too. I guess smart people at FRA, AAR and Nathan figure this stuff out as to which is most effective. Thanks again. DH
@@distantsignal Not sure exactly who decided on the chord, but Amtrak was the one who, in conjunction with Nathan, developed the Airchime K5LA for their locomotives to give them a more "cheerful" sound when approaching and departing a station.
Former train order operator here. Lakeland Yard (YD) Tampa Northern (TN ) Winston Yard (WN), QD Tampa Union Station, Yeoman (MO), RockPORT yard, mulberry yard, Clewiston, Moore Haven, Immokalee. 1973 to Dec 1984. Good memories. BrucE Watson
gotta love that Florida weather, where it can go from sunny to downpour and back to sunny in minutes with little or no warning. glad you were able to get yourself and the equipment back into the truck without getting completely soaked.
You are the best simply put. I could watch your videos all day if I could. I have been a train fan since the days of the L&N. I'd spend summers at my aunt and uncle's house watching trains as the rolled out of Nashville to Chattanooga and points south. I remember the old F units, GP7s, U-25s, the best was the work trains that were set out for MOW. They were always doing something to the mainline. Those were the days.
I always thought those lightning bolts were just design. Now I know exactly what they mean, thanks to you! I greatly appreciate your commentary, it helps me understand the video better. Wonderful job Danny!
VERY GOOD JOB DONE DANNY FOR NOW ON I WILL WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS BECAUSE I WILL RETIRE FROM AMTRAK AFTER 26 YEARS OF SERVICE SO TRAIN IS PART OF MY LIFE SO KEEP DOING THOSE WELL DONE VIDEO
Have always liked your videos, would love to see more of downtown Lakeland if you have any. Anywhere around Lakeland would also be good. Thanks for the great videos and keep them coming.👍😀
Live on the other side of the country. Washington State. Been watching for about a year. So enjoy your commentary and camera work. I learn so much of the tiny details of railroading from you and I'm sure for a 10/15 minute video it takes hours with editing and for that I thank you. Keep safe and see you out on there on the high iron, some where.
Another great presentation! This is by far the best channel on RUclips if your interested in or learning about trains and the railroad industry! Thank you again for your hard work showing the world about trains!
I really enjoy your videos. The narration is what makes them superior. I live a little over a mile from the NS crescent corridor in NE Tennessee so I catch some good trains. Keep up the excellent work!
Love your videos. Anytime Im in the dumps or tired of the race I pull up a couple of Danny harmon train videos plus its kind of a nice end to a long day beore bed. Thanks for doing these and sharing your knowledge. Love the sign off at the end.
Hi danny loved your comment on committees having served on cms on my railway model club thanks for yr videos it helps greatly with lockdowns in ireland ttys
Thank you Danny for another great video. Your videos are the best on RUclips. I look forward to them all the time. I check daily to see if you put out another video.
Thanks so much Ollie! I always count on your support. Hope all is good for you in Sweden. The U.S. media holds up your country as the standard in the fight against COVID-19
As a Canadian railfan who travels ( sorry travalled) to Florida every year for railfanning and Sebring's 12 hour race, you Danny are the only Florida contact for railfanning during this pandemic. As you know we cannot cross the border except for emergencies and railfanning is not considered an emergency. When you are able to get out and share your experetise with us, please do as we are many who wait for the notifications ! Great job Danny.
I am enjoying very much the quality of your videos ! your edition, your comments, the sound of the trains. Thank you . Greetings from Tabasco - México. I am a rail fan, but here in Villahermosa where I live, there is not even one track of RR ! It´s a shame !
I am from Southwest Ohio. We have the CSX Toledo Sub and the NS Dayton District. We also have the New Castle District, but it is a 40 minute drive to get there. We don’t get many bulk trains or many mainline trains. I have always enjoyed seeing your videos and you are one of the people that inspired me to make a RUclips Channel. Keep making videos. I always have information on stuff up here if you ever come and visit this area.
I just started freaking out with glee. Danny, thank you.so much for risking your health to entertain us in this dumpster fire we all call 2020. Much respect in any day or night.
Danny being up here in New Jersey it’s great to see all the Florida rail operations,really great videos and you have such a pleasant sounding voice,thanks.
I live in northern Michigan, near the 'pinky' finger, almost no trains at all around here except maybe a tourist train once in a great while, so I gave up trying to find some 'action' on the air and mostly watch this channel on RUclips to get my 'fix'.
Your videos of the BV are a constant reminder of my old stomping ground. I've since moved to NE Alabama prepping for what is to come, armed to the teeth. It might be an idea you should think about, when a mass exodus occurs there's going to be cars running out of gas and I-75 will be mayhem. Get out of there! Your vids are always top notch Danny.
Anybody giving a "thumbs down" for Danny's videos must be pretty hard to please! Another great one! A lot of "lightening bolt" power down your way, Danny!
I've never understood thumbs down on Danny's videos. Everyone I've ever seen is excellent. He is the only one i've seen that adds the voice over and radio traffic. Camera shots are outstanding... especially when he has his drone up!
@@dougferrell7066 I suppose the world would be boring if we were all the same... but, people who don't like bacon or chocolate or being out in the sun or Danny Harmon's videos do make one scratch their head...
Got a chance to see a refurbished SD90MAC (now an SD70ACU) on Canadian Pacific; I've never seen such a clean paint job on CP Rail in Wisconsin - most of the time, they tend towards the dirtier side of things. Also caught a low-numbered BNSF locomotive and I briefly wondered if CSX had misplaced an engine in La Crosse at the big yard, hah. Nice work, Danny! Always a pleasure to hear your voice.
I have a 1940's conductor's lantern. My friend's step dad who worked on a local railroad before he retired.gave it to me, He had put an electric light in it. Fortunately, he didn't damage it at all. I did find online a store that sold kerosene tanks and wick assembly and had one that fit my lantern. It now works in its original state.
Took a ride on Amtrak for Christmas. Impressed with elevated platform. Lots of train delays. Seems like Amtrak is shorthanded when it comes to station logistics when trains arrive.
Finally my two years of a jazz performance degree is helping me! That horn at 1:42 which you like so much is actually fouled. It's a standard tuning K5LA where the 5 bell, the highest note, is fouled and brought down about a whole step. Standard tuning for a K5LA from the lowest to highest bells is D#, F#, G#, B, D#, resulting in a very pleasant "Major 6" chord. However, when the 5 bell (the high D#) is fouled and the pitch drops a whole step, it result in a B 6(9) chord which is a slightly cooler sound which is often used in chordal, floating sections of songs to provide a little more interesting harmony to what would be a relatively bland chord.
Getting even more music-theory involved, the notes that make up this fouled tuning are also the same notes that make up the pentatonic scale, which is one of the most common sets of notes in popular music.
I also really love the sound of K5LA's which are fouled like that.
Edit: got the timestamp wrong.
Awesome explanation Sean! I was rushing home to comment on this as a former working musician and a Musicians Institue grad, I was totally excited to hurry up and respond. No need to though. And also many thanks for the details on the equipment spec on the K5LA. I wish I had one at hom. If only to look at it every now and then :). KUDO's on the whole post, Sir! Danny should really appreciate this. Cheers!
Thanks for that explanation, Sean! I'm always fascinated to know about locomotive horn tunings. I wonder, "who decided on that chord?" What I REALLY like are the minor chords. Those seem to be disappearing, too. I guess smart people at FRA, AAR and Nathan figure this stuff out as to which is most effective. Thanks again. DH
Curious, I'm hearing C Major, 2d inversion (G, C (root), E. 1:42
@@distantsignal Not sure exactly who decided on the chord, but Amtrak was the one who, in conjunction with Nathan, developed the Airchime K5LA for their locomotives to give them a more "cheerful" sound when approaching and departing a station.
The local at 2:42 also has a K5LA, but is the newer cast and sounds uglier for some reason.
Danny does a GREAT JOB! And he is one of the best!
He is the best
Yes this channel's definitely one of the best
The minute people got the notification:
EVERYBODY RUN TO YOUR DEVICE!
It's a Madhouse!
The Railroad Crossing Channel Yeah
If you need to know something about trains or anything about the railroad, this is the man. Thanks Danny!
Just this morning I was wondering, "Gee, we haven't heard from Danny lately. Getting to be about that time."
Former train order operator here. Lakeland Yard (YD) Tampa Northern (TN ) Winston Yard (WN), QD Tampa Union Station, Yeoman (MO), RockPORT yard,
mulberry yard, Clewiston, Moore Haven, Immokalee. 1973 to Dec 1984. Good memories. BrucE Watson
I'm a little late to the table on some of these videos but man, I'm addicted! This guy is the best.
Danny Harmon should win an awards. His videos are the best.😄👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I'am a french railroad man now retired and I follow your videos; very nice job!
Bonjour de France!
DH, I actually like it when you're able to capture footage of Amtrak trains.
First timer. Enjoyed your presentation...professional, informative and clear.
Glad to see you back Danny. Enjoy your videos so much. Thanks!
We always love watching your videos Danny. Thank you
gotta love that Florida weather, where it can go from sunny to downpour and back to sunny in minutes with little or no warning. glad you were able to get yourself and the equipment back into the truck without getting completely soaked.
You are the best simply put. I could watch your videos all day if I could. I have been a train fan since the days of the L&N. I'd spend summers at my aunt and uncle's house watching trains as the rolled out of Nashville to Chattanooga and points south. I remember the old F units, GP7s, U-25s, the best was the work trains that were set out for MOW. They were always doing something to the mainline. Those were the days.
Glad you sent us another video, Danny, and you did not get wet with those Florida rain storms. Thanks for another video!
I always thought those lightning bolts were just design. Now I know exactly what they mean, thanks to you! I greatly appreciate your commentary, it helps me understand the video better. Wonderful job Danny!
12time12 no I don’t, but I’m sure someone else does around here..
Your narration is SUPERB!!! BRAVO!!!!!!!!
Thank you kindly!
STUPENDOUS JOB DANNY!!!!!! LONG TIME SUBSCRIBER... ALWAYS WILL BE. KEEP UP THE FANTASTIC WORK!! STAY SAFE!!!!!
Drop everything!!! Danny Harmon has posted!! Another excellent video from the master of the rails... Australia says hello..
Another great video, Danny. Every one is informative and a pleasure to watch.
Your voice is so soothing, rich and professional! Plus, you so very much about the train industry!!! Wow!
Thanks for those kind words.
Danny. You make these videos informative and entertaining. Thanks.
Love your videis as an old Southern Railway employee. (1959-1973, then IC from 1973 to retirement
VERY GOOD JOB DONE DANNY FOR NOW ON I WILL WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS BECAUSE I WILL RETIRE FROM AMTRAK AFTER 26 YEARS OF SERVICE SO TRAIN IS PART OF MY LIFE SO KEEP DOING THOSE WELL DONE VIDEO
Just spent a week in FL from OH. Thanks for keeping the state open.
Thank you for visiting. I think every state could stay open if everyone just took the precautions.
Have always liked your videos, would love to see more of downtown Lakeland if you have any. Anywhere around Lakeland would also be good. Thanks for the great videos and keep them coming.👍😀
I can watch your videos all day!
Thank you so much for all your videos!!!! Very entertaining and educational!!!!!
Live on the other side of the country. Washington State. Been watching for about a year. So enjoy your commentary and camera work. I learn so much of the tiny details of railroading from you and I'm sure for a 10/15 minute video it takes hours with editing and for that I thank you. Keep safe and see you out on there on the high iron, some where.
Another great presentation! This is by far the best channel on RUclips if your interested in or learning about trains and the railroad industry! Thank you again for your hard work showing the world about trains!
Best videos on the website ! Your voice gives me old pentrex train videos vibes I used to grow up on those. Love the videos!
Great job Danny!! I really appreciate your videos. 👍🇺🇸
I'm from Texas but spent alot of time in the Tampa area. I love your videos and really enjoy railfanning in FL. Keep them coming.
Another awesome video Danny. Enjoyed it. Thanks 👍👍👍❤️
Danny iam from New YORK and really enjoy all of your videos,thanks!
I really enjoy your videos. The narration is what makes them superior.
I live a little over a mile from the NS crescent corridor in NE Tennessee so I catch some good trains. Keep up the excellent work!
Love your videos. Anytime Im in the dumps or tired of the race I pull up a couple of Danny harmon train videos plus its kind of a nice end to a long day beore bed. Thanks for doing these and sharing your knowledge. Love the sign off at the end.
Thank you for these videos, I have enjoyed many of them and thank you for your commentary on the trains, cargo, and destinations.
Much appreciated Chris.
Hi danny loved your comment on committees having served on cms on my railway model club thanks for yr videos it helps greatly with lockdowns in ireland ttys
Danny your videos never disappoint us.
What better way to relieve quarantine than sitting back & watching the latest work from Distant Signal's Danny Harmon.
no one will ever be as good as Danny
Thank you Danny for another great video. Your videos are the best on RUclips. I look forward to them all the time. I check daily to see if you put out another video.
Well done video ! Greetings from Germany ! KEEP ON RAILROADING !
Always a treat to see your videos, they are by far the best executed of any here in RUclips. Cheers from Sweden!
Thanks so much Ollie! I always count on your support. Hope all is good for you in Sweden. The U.S. media holds up your country as the standard in the fight against COVID-19
I have learned so much this year about the railroads thanks Danny
Glad I could help, Randy
As a Canadian railfan who travels ( sorry travalled) to Florida every year for railfanning and Sebring's 12 hour race, you Danny are the only Florida contact for railfanning during this pandemic. As you know we cannot cross the border except for emergencies and railfanning is not considered an emergency. When you are able to get out and share your experetise with us, please do as we are many who wait for the notifications ! Great job Danny.
Thanks so much Danny I really enjoy your videos..Gary from Australia
I am enjoying very much the quality of your videos ! your edition, your comments, the sound of the trains. Thank you . Greetings from Tabasco - México.
I am a rail fan, but here in Villahermosa where I live, there is not even one track of RR ! It´s a shame !
I was just getting ready to write you and ask for a new video. Great job as always please keep the coming.
Anther great video Danny, thank you very much. Very entertaining & educational.
Glad you are safe and well Mr. Danny.
It's great to see another fantastic video by you ! You are world class !
SBF
I could watch this all day!
Thanks!
good day viewing. As always, thanks for sharing.
Thanx Danny! You help us shut-ins stay sane. Take care.
I am from Southwest Ohio. We have the CSX Toledo Sub and the NS Dayton District. We also have the New Castle District, but it is a 40 minute drive to get there. We don’t get many bulk trains or many mainline trains. I have always enjoyed seeing your videos and you are one of the people that inspired me to make a RUclips Channel. Keep making videos. I always have information on stuff up here if you ever come and visit this area.
That's a marvellous aerial view of the yard. Looks just like a model layout. Seems to be laid out on a rather sharp curve.
Danny, love your videos. I have learned a lot about the railroad business. keep up the great job
I just started freaking out with glee. Danny, thank you.so much for risking your health to entertain us in this dumpster fire we all call 2020. Much respect in any day or night.
Um, he's not reallly risking his health. He's outside and not around people.
I would think, to anyone with any logic, the chances of risking one's health out in the countryside watching trains was absolutely *zero*
And there's not really a risk at all. Don't buy in to the hyperbole hysteria.
@@jovetj - oh please don't tell us it's a hoax ... 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Glad to see some old style searchlight signals. I didn't realise that there were any really left.
Your train videos are the best Danny
Danny being up here in New Jersey it’s great to see all the Florida rail operations,really great videos and you have such a pleasant sounding voice,thanks.
I live in northern Michigan, near the 'pinky' finger, almost no trains at all around here except maybe a tourist train once in a great while, so I gave up trying to find some 'action' on the air and mostly watch this channel on RUclips to get my 'fix'.
I used to go railfanning in Northeast Jersey
@@Mikey82688 where in Jersey
Thank you for a really good video. Your commentary was easy to listen to and it enhanced the video.
First time I saw this. Thank you Danny. I am from the Boston area and don't get to see enough freight trains in these parts!!
Your videos of the BV are a constant reminder of my old stomping ground.
I've since moved to NE Alabama prepping for what is to come, armed to the teeth.
It might be an idea you should think about, when a mass exodus occurs there's
going to be cars running out of gas and I-75 will be mayhem. Get out of there!
Your vids are always top notch Danny.
Well let's hope that day is not soon too in our future.
Another great video! Thanks for explaining the lightning bolts on the power units.
Always the best RR videos. I look fwd to each one. Keep up the great work DH. A fan from East TN
Excellent and very informative. Keep the videos coming.
A classic video. 🎥💯✔
Danny..... the horn is a 'C' chord. Another great video, man.... keep 'em coming!
Awesome video, Danny!
Great videos, drone video and expert commentary.
Danny, thanks for another great video.
Another great job. Every time you post a new video it's like opening a Christmas package. You never disappoint!
I knew he had to do tv or radio. His voice is made for it and his videos are so well done. Radio and tv since 1978. Thank you sir
Another awesome video Danny! Thank you!
Enjoy every one of your videos, you teach model railroaders how railroads work
Thumbs up as always! 😊✔
Yep
yep,me too!
Thanks Danny, nothing better than a good pick me upper from you. I'm near the old Seaboard Coastline in Suffolk va.
Thank you for the videos Danny. As a healthcare worker that is now on covid house arrest this time around, they're a nice surprise. Stay safe.
As always Danny, great video!
Danny makes great video's.
Thanks for videos danny they are all really good
Danny thank you very much for the content.
We can always rely on Danny for great vids and info! Thanks for the excellent work that you do Danny. It was your videos that got me into railfanning.
Danny,wonderful job mate you are doing a very good job😃,I'm gona do the best I can to watch all your videos,Ta Da Jose out!😃
Thanks Danny, great video.
Think YOU for the videos. Always wondered how R.R. operated, knowing nothing about railroading I enjoy your videos very much..
Thanks Danny, very interesting. Stay safe, and healthy
Danny- thanks! enjoyable! please keep on sharing your railfanning videos!
Anybody giving a "thumbs down" for Danny's videos must be pretty hard to please! Another great one! A lot of "lightening bolt" power down your way, Danny!
I've never understood thumbs down on Danny's videos. Everyone I've ever seen is excellent. He is the only one i've seen that adds the voice over and radio traffic. Camera shots are outstanding... especially when he has his drone up!
@@dougferrell7066 I suppose the world would be boring if we were all the same... but, people who don't like bacon or chocolate or being out in the sun or Danny Harmon's videos do make one scratch their head...
Danny just discovered your channel and love it. Thanks!!!
Another brilliant video really enjoyable, keep them coming.
Love all train horn nice loud from Indiana Terry ☮️
Got a chance to see a refurbished SD90MAC (now an SD70ACU) on Canadian Pacific; I've never seen such a clean paint job on CP Rail in Wisconsin - most of the time, they tend towards the dirtier side of things. Also caught a low-numbered BNSF locomotive and I briefly wondered if CSX had misplaced an engine in La Crosse at the big yard, hah. Nice work, Danny! Always a pleasure to hear your voice.
I always look forward too your videos. They're already great.
Keep 'em coming! I always wondered what the lightning bolts indicated. Thanks. The day you don't learn something is a wasted day!
I have a 1940's conductor's lantern. My friend's step dad who worked on a local railroad before he retired.gave it to me, He had put an electric light in it. Fortunately, he didn't damage it at all. I did find online a store that sold kerosene tanks and wick assembly and had one that fit my lantern. It now works in its original state.
Took a ride on Amtrak for Christmas. Impressed with elevated platform. Lots of train delays. Seems like Amtrak is shorthanded when it comes to station logistics when trains arrive.