1990 - 1994 has got to be my absolute favorite. It's so unbelievably harmonious, perfect for an engine of such stature as 611. It also reminds me of when I used to watch videos of 611 as a kid on one of the various tapes and CDs I had. Truly a special engine!
indeed. its one of my more favorites worn by the engine, i also like the 1983 whistle. there is just something about those whistles that are just so perfect for the engine.
Thanks, I was working on this for the past few days so I could have something better than my previous videos to upload to represent the new content I will be putting out.
Looks like I’m going to have to update this video soon, sense now 611 has a new whistle as of 2023 I’m going to just add to this version of the various whistles, according to rumors the whistle now on 611 is the one owned by the Claytor family so I’ll update this video once more footage of 611 with the new whistle is released
And now 611 has yet another whistle as we speak as she's once again currently operating at Strasbourg, though it will be her last in there for awhile before returning to Roanoke
They haven’t confirmed or announced yet of where 611 is going after strasburg, but I will say the two places we can guess is either Roanoke or Spencer NC.
My personal favourite is the 1982 whistle, to me that just sounds the most like a "N&W J" - probably because this was most likely the whistle Pentrex sampled for Yesterday's Steam Across America. A close second would be the 90-94 whistle. In both cases it seems like a corrupted note gives each whistle a distinct sound, the 82 whistle seems to have trouble blowing the low note, giving it an almost screeching voice(a sound that was very common in high pressure steam engines, especially towards the end of the 1950s), meanwhile the '90 whistle has the opposite problem, it sounds like the higher notes are having more trouble, giving the whistle that iconic deep screaming voice as all the pressure goes to the low note. This is why locomotive whistles fascinate me so much, fundamentally all of these are just Hancock Long Bell 3's - the same whistle used by Frisco, Union Pacific, Southern, and Northern Pacific, among many others... Yet multiple copies of the same whistle on the same locomotive can sound completely different to each other.
It literally is the same exact whistle... Every single whistle in this video is the same exact whistle as 844, 3985, and 4014... N&W Js used the same Hancock 3 chimes that UP used on all their super steam engines.
Let me take back of what I said about 611 wore SP 4449's old whistle. Here's the correction; during 2015, 611 first wore a UP style Hancock whistle, which belongs to Cheri George. Afterwards, in 2016, it was removed and replaced with Scott Lindsay's Hancock whistle during 2016. In 2023, No. 611 received a newly acquired Hancock whistle, which sounds almost similar to its 1980s-90s whistle.
1990 - 1994 has got to be my absolute favorite. It's so unbelievably harmonious, perfect for an engine of such stature as 611. It also reminds me of when I used to watch videos of 611 as a kid on one of the various tapes and CDs I had. Truly a special engine!
indeed. its one of my more favorites worn by the engine, i also like the 1983 whistle. there is just something about those whistles that are just so perfect for the engine.
That 90-94 whistle is GOATED, gives gooseboomps in a melodic way
Absolutely. Imo, that's her true voice.
This is much better than the previous version of 611’s whistle! I’m glad you finally found videos from 1984
Thanks, I was working on this for the past few days so I could have something better than my previous videos to upload to represent the new content I will be putting out.
@@VirginianRailwayProductions I believe the whistle she currently has on now used to belong to her sister No. 610
#611 was pulling the 1st Excursion for the Norfolk Southern in 1982, and she continued on the excursion duties all the way until 1994.
11:58 this one has to be my favorite besides the one she wore between 1990 and 1994 it has a distinctive sound that makes it sound amazing
Looks like I’m going to have to update this video soon, sense now 611 has a new whistle as of 2023 I’m going to just add to this version of the various whistles, according to rumors the whistle now on 611 is the one owned by the Claytor family so I’ll update this video once more footage of 611 with the new whistle is released
I was going to say because the 611’s new whistle sounds similar to the one she wore in the 1990’s!
11:42 my favorite whistle
The 1987-1989 was my favorite whistle of hers. Can anyone fill me in on why that one in particular had like a squeak or squeal to it
And now 611 has yet another whistle as we speak as she's once again currently operating at Strasbourg, though it will be her last in there for awhile before returning to Roanoke
They haven’t confirmed or announced yet of where 611 is going after strasburg, but I will say the two places we can guess is either Roanoke or Spencer NC.
My personal favourite is the 1982 whistle, to me that just sounds the most like a "N&W J" - probably because this was most likely the whistle Pentrex sampled for Yesterday's Steam Across America. A close second would be the 90-94 whistle.
In both cases it seems like a corrupted note gives each whistle a distinct sound, the 82 whistle seems to have trouble blowing the low note, giving it an almost screeching voice(a sound that was very common in high pressure steam engines, especially towards the end of the 1950s), meanwhile the '90 whistle has the opposite problem, it sounds like the higher notes are having more trouble, giving the whistle that iconic deep screaming voice as all the pressure goes to the low note.
This is why locomotive whistles fascinate me so much, fundamentally all of these are just Hancock Long Bell 3's - the same whistle used by Frisco, Union Pacific, Southern, and Northern Pacific, among many others... Yet multiple copies of the same whistle on the same locomotive can sound completely different to each other.
This is the Queen of Steam…
That first whistle sounds exactly like Union Pacific 844 to me
And also 3985 and 4014!
It literally is the same exact whistle...
Every single whistle in this video is the same exact whistle as 844, 3985, and 4014...
N&W Js used the same Hancock 3 chimes that UP used on all their super steam engines.
I noticed that the 611’s 1982 whistle sounds almost identical to 1984
Let me take back of what I said about 611 wore SP 4449's old whistle. Here's the correction; during 2015, 611 first wore a UP style Hancock whistle, which belongs to Cheri George. Afterwards, in 2016, it was removed and replaced with Scott Lindsay's Hancock whistle during 2016. In 2023, No. 611 received a newly acquired Hancock whistle, which sounds almost similar to its 1980s-90s whistle.
the most recent one is from J class 609
@@trisb0999 Actually, I was told correctly that 611's 2023 onwards whistle is from a NP 2-8-8-4.
611 The Various
Nice video
6:20 imagine doing track work and then this happens
I saw 611 5 times!
N&W J Class 3 Chime
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