Agree 100% Like a banshee's scream! Can you imagine if you were a youngster about 4 years old... your visiting your grandparents that live out in the moutains... you're in bed... youre bedroom window is open to let the cool night air in... and that thing starts screaming??
@@laming2006 That's why they were nicknamed "Banshee Screamers" by Pennsy fans. That H3 is a particularly shrill one. The one before it, from the H10 was a more common example of the PRR "Banshee" freight whistle. The J1 2-10-4s were the first freight engines delivered with the passenger style 3 chime. The I1 Decs began life with "Banshees" but received hand-me-down 3 chimes from retired passenger power during shopping later in their careers. Earlier freight power such as the Consolidations and the L1 Mikados had "Banshees" till the end.
The NKP Berkshire 705’s brass whistle is my favourite of the bunch. It’s so soothing and nostalgic sounding. Same could be said with SP 4450’s whistle as well, in fact.
Speaking of the B&O 6, A cass worker told me that Shay 6 AKA Big 6 had a B&O 6 chime when she first arrived to the railroad, so that B&O 6 in the recording came from Shay 6
My Favorite whistles of this video B&O 3 chime 21:54 Southern TS class flattop 3 chime from (#1466) fitted on shay (#4) (2 Recordings) 15:01 PRR 3 chime from I1 Class (#4225) 1:07 PRR J1 3 chime 2:06 B&M 5 chime 32:58 SP 6 chime from SP Daylight (#4450) 33:45 RDG I10 Class 6 Inch hooter 7:50 IC tall 3-note chime whistle from a random steamboat 41:27
After listening to these for many years it's become clear to me that each Engineer developed his own "signature" way of sounding the whistles. Do you agree? (My grandpop was a train engineer for Reading and you could always tell just by the way he handled the whistles that it was him approaching.)
I don’t know why, but the Southern Railway Ts class whistle at 15:01 and 16:32 makes me feel nostalgic. Maybe it’s because at my grandparents’ house, we were less than a mile from the railroad tracks, and I would always hear the whistles from the excursion locomotives. This was during the later years of the Southern Railway’s steam program.
The B&O 6 chime I remember from 1955 and '56 in Defiance , Ohio. Extras East and Westbound through Defiance, Local 102 out of Garette , Indiana bound for Pittsburg, PA., probably on Q3, Q4b 2-8-2's. Don't remember seeing 4-8-2 T3's though. Rode behind P- class Pacifics between Tiffin, OH and Defiance in 1955, '56, '57, though.
Jordan, I’m curious to see where these audios of the whistles came from, I would like to see if there is any actual footage of these whistles in action so please let me know if you find any footage on these whistles. Thanks!
Sent my last post b4 I wanted to. I was going to say my mom lived just afew blocks from the PRR Ft Wayne Div when she was young. Would've been something to have laid in bed night's and listened to those beautiful chime whistles floatin in on the breeze!
You say that now, but If you were five or six years old in a cold bedroom at 3:AM at night during the 1930's depression era and having to hear these forlorn train whistles in the distance you most certainly wouldn't remember them in the fond way as you presently do. As a child and hearing these things in the cold nights was always terrifying.
I would. As an avid railroad enthusiast who likes the sound of high pitched short-bell 3 chimes, I would still love the sound of Princeton 3 chime whistles.
WHISTLES PRR 3-chime from a K4: 0:12 PRR 3-chime from I1 #4225: 1:07 PRR 3-chime from a J1: 2:06 PRR 3-chime from a J1: 3:03 PRR 3-chime from a D16: 4:00 PRR banshee from B6 #4090: 5:05 PRR banshee from a H10: 5:41 PRR banshee from a H3: 6:49 RDG banshee from a I10: 7:50 RDG 6-chime from a G1: 8:33 N&W Y6 short bell hooter: 9:18 N&W M-Class 8-inch hooter: 10:18 N&W Y6 brass hooter: 11:35 SOU Roundtop bootleg 8-inch hooter: 12:43 SOU flat top bootleg hooter: 13:52 SOU long bell 3-chime from TS class #1466 : 15:01 SOU 3-chime freight whistle: 17:43 SOU top-lever 5-chime: 18:55 B&O 6-chime: 20:14 B&O 3-chime: 21:54 C&O banshee from G6 #390: 23:43 C&O 6-chime from F19 Pacific #490: 24:46 C&O long bell 3-chime from J3 #603: 26:02 C&O Old Crosby: 26:55 WM flat top 3-chime: 28:11 WM Hancock long bell 3-chime from #1411: 29:09 UP short 5-chime: 30:35 B&M 6-chime: 31:55 B&M 5-chime: 32:58 SP 6-chime from #4450: 33:45 NKP 6-chime from a Berkshire: 35:07 NKP brass 6-chime from Berkshire #705: 36:23 CN 5-chime: 37:48 DMIR long bell 3-chime from Yellowstone #228: 38:59 IC tall 3-chime steamboat whistle: 41:27 IC cut-down 6-chime: 42:14 Dierks Lumber Co. 5-inch 3-chime: 43:49
@@T128Productions I’ve observed both B&O 3 chimes and Southern Railway freight and mixed traffic whistles (both versions) side by side. The B&O seems to have a similar design to the mixed traffic southern 3 chimes. The mixed traffic SR 3 chimes were built in Lenoir City, Tennessee, and were taller and had a bit of a deeper sound than the freight service models, which were built in Princeton Indiana. 4501’s freight service 3 chime was heavily modified to sound more like a SOU mixed traffic whistle.
You know that's really funny the whistle on the very end closest to the engine that is all steel that's the first wish I ever built when I was in machine shop that was around 2013 I'm 27 now and still have the whistle and it sounds good
I1’s came built with the PRR Banshee (single chime) as it was their standard freight whistle. After modernization Post-WWII, many I1’s and a few other freight class engines received the PRR 3 chime from retired passenger engines. The 3 chime was Pennsy’s standard passenger whistle. Thus, there’s some crossover.
Whistle Playlist (minus talking):
PRR K4: 0:12
PRR I1 (#4225): 1:07
PRR J1: 2:06
PRR J1: 3:03
PRR D16: 4:00
PRR B6 (#4090): 5:05
PRR H10: 5:41
PRR H3: 6:49
RDG I10: 7:50
RDG G1 (homemade): 8:33
N&W Y6 (short bell): 9:18
N&W M-Class (8-inch): 10:18
N&W Y6 (brass): 11:35
SOU roundtop bootleg (8-inch): 12:43
SOU flat top bootleg: 13:52
SOU TS class (#1466, two recordings): 15:01
SOU 3-note freight whistle: 17:43
SOU top-lever 5-chime: 18:55
B&O 6-chime: 20:14
B&O 3-chime: 21:54
C&O G6 (#390): 23:43
C&O F19 Pacific (#490): 24:46
C&O J3 (#603): 26:02
C&O Old Crosby: 26:55
WM flat top 3-chime: 28:11
WM hancock (#1411): 29:09
UP short 5-chime: 30:35
B&M 6-chime: 31:55
B&M 5-chime: 32:58
SP Daylight (#4450): 33:45
NKP Berkshire: 35:07
NKP Berkshire, brass (#705, two recordings): 36:23
CN 5-chime: 37:48
DMIR Yellowstone (#228, two recordings): 38:59
IC tall 3-note steamboat: 41:27
IC cut-down 6-note: 42:14
Dierks Lumber Co. 5-inch, 3-chime: 43:49
Thank you
@@baskemtbal you're welcome!
Some of those whistle sound like a British whistle
The B&O 3 chime sounds almost like southern 4501’s whistle
That WM Hancock From 1411 Though!
6:51 That's the most eerie and frighteningly high pitched whistle I've ever heard. It sounds a lot more like a scream for help than a normal whistle.
Agree 100% Like a banshee's scream! Can you imagine if you were a youngster about 4 years old... your visiting your grandparents that live out in the moutains... you're in bed... youre bedroom window is open to let the cool night air in... and that thing starts screaming??
@@laming2006 That's why they were nicknamed "Banshee Screamers" by Pennsy fans. That H3 is a particularly shrill one. The one before it, from the H10 was a more common example of the PRR "Banshee" freight whistle. The J1 2-10-4s were the first freight engines delivered with the passenger style 3 chime. The I1 Decs began life with "Banshees" but received hand-me-down 3 chimes from retired passenger power during shopping later in their careers. Earlier freight power such as the Consolidations and the L1 Mikados had "Banshees" till the end.
Me when I hear this whistle: “And every year on the date of the accident, it runs again. Shrieking like a lost soul.”
Yes., Like a cry of a lost soul from Hell.
This is way scarier than sp 745s desert screamer whistle
Cass has the best acoustics for whistles on the planet.
Joe Dailey absolutely
Agreed
Agreed
Agree, some of them are creepy but are also good
@@ArnavKhode does that first one count as creepy?
The NKP Berkshire 705’s brass whistle is my favourite of the bunch. It’s so soothing and nostalgic sounding.
Same could be said with SP 4450’s whistle as well, in fact.
That H3 whistle would be perfect for a ghost train. One of the most ear shattering screamers ever!!
Personal favorite whistles (for my own cataloguing):
PRR J1: 2:06
PRR D16: 4:00
Reading G1 (Homemade): 8:31
B&O 6-chime: 20:14
C&O "Old" Crosby: 26:55
WM Hancock (from #1411): 29:09
NKP Berkshire: 35:07
I swear that NKP Berk whistle is from engine 760. The 765 wore the 760’s whistle on the Cuyahoga Valley trips, and it sounds just like that whistle.
I agree with your favorites, and isn’t the c&o old Crosby whistle , the whistle they had on shay 2 in the 90’s
Speaking of the B&O 6, A cass worker told me that Shay 6 AKA Big 6 had a B&O 6 chime when she first arrived to the railroad, so that B&O 6 in the recording came from Shay 6
My Favorite whistles of this video
B&O 3 chime 21:54
Southern TS class flattop 3 chime from (#1466) fitted on shay (#4) (2 Recordings) 15:01
PRR 3 chime from I1 Class (#4225) 1:07
PRR J1 3 chime 2:06
B&M 5 chime 32:58
SP 6 chime from SP Daylight (#4450) 33:45
RDG I10 Class 6 Inch hooter 7:50
IC tall 3-note chime whistle from a random steamboat 41:27
After listening to these for many years it's become clear to me that each Engineer developed his own "signature" way of sounding the whistles. Do you agree? (My grandpop was a train engineer for Reading and you could always tell just by the way he handled the whistles that it was him approaching.)
I do agree, Cass used to be the one place that you could definitely tell the engineers apart, and it’s unmistakable.
VERY true! It's also somewhat true with horns but yeah with whistles it's much easier.
I sat back and listened to the whole thing
29:09 38:59 15:01 up 844 blows it's Hancock 3 chime Whistle 37:48 san luis & rio grande 18's CN 5 chime Whistle
33:45 made me emotional and it’s also a scary whistle at night
37:48 seems very sad
38:59 seems very peaceful sounding
Fabio Alfredo's big boy whistle used late in 2036 29:09 38:59 15:01 & Castelo rá tim bum's 6 chime whistle 37:48
Wow! 6 chimes are spectacularly wonderful!
Agreed
i fell asleep watching this video. its so calming to listen too
That H-10 was TERRIFYING! As was the H-3. That thing sounds like a banshee.
Probably why they're also known as "Banshee Whistles" lol
6:51 holy Jesus. That whistle is so high pitched I actually jumped. I recon that’s a PRR banshee whistle?
yup. It's a banshee alright, howlin' in the night like a hungry wolf
That N&W short bell Y6B whistle sounds like a Merchant Navy 4-6-2.
I don’t know why, but the Southern Railway Ts class whistle at 15:01 and 16:32 makes me feel nostalgic. Maybe it’s because at my grandparents’ house, we were less than a mile from the railroad tracks, and I would always hear the whistles from the excursion locomotives. This was during the later years of the Southern Railway’s steam program.
Tbh, the first recording of the Old C&O Crosby 3 chime sounded like a Manie Central 3 chime
My favorite whistle in this video is definitely the B&O 3 chime at 22:02!
I love the DM&IR 228's whistle
Listen to how those whistles are echoing back from the distant hills.
Absolutely beautiful!
I agree because I myself have been to cass 2 times in the past
The B&O 6 chime I remember from 1955 and '56 in Defiance , Ohio. Extras East and Westbound through Defiance, Local 102 out of Garette , Indiana bound for Pittsburg, PA., probably on Q3, Q4b
2-8-2's. Don't remember seeing 4-8-2 T3's though. Rode behind P- class Pacifics between Tiffin, OH and Defiance in 1955, '56, '57, though.
Imagine this; your just laying down outside at around 6 AM in 1932 and hear the Western Maryland flattop
Best vibes in the world
The banshees made my corgi think another dog was outside.
Jordan, I’m curious to see where these audios of the whistles came from, I would like to see if there is any actual footage of these whistles in action so please let me know if you find any footage on these whistles. Thanks!
Living in the dense woods in the middle of nowhere and you hear the PRR H3 when you're just getting ready to sleep. That's a very horrifying whistle.
Yeah, especially when you're 6 yes old alone in your room under the covers at 2AM in the dead of winter and you hear that H3 in the distance.
Oops. I meant 6 "Yrs." old.
All the PRR 3 chimes, plus the NKP 6 chimes, the UP 5 and CN 5 chimes were the best of the best.
Sent my last post b4 I wanted to. I was going to say my mom lived just afew blocks from the PRR Ft Wayne Div when she was young. Would've been something to have laid in bed night's and listened to those beautiful chime whistles floatin in on the breeze!
Ikr?
Fun fact: the whistle at 33:45 is currently owned by the Reading & Northern, and was used on 425 in the 2022 Mountain Top run
So your telling me that The reading & Northern owns a SP daylight (Southern Pacific #4450) 5 chime?
@@IlanTheSouthwesternRailfan Yes, apparently they do. And, I know this is probably just a typo, but it’s a 6 chime rather than a 5 chime.
The b&o 3 chime sounds like southern 4501
Imagine being a little kid alone in your bed at night in the dead of winter hearing that H-3. i'd be scared stiff.
I love the class H3, I've seen Pennsy 1187 and I love that engine... She's so beautiful, isn't she?
ToonLink682 Me too! I saw 1187 at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania many times!
brian falzon She really is a work of art, isn't she? There's just nothing quite like a 19th century Pennsy locomotive, eh?
Yes, she is a work of art indeed!
brian falzon I love Pennsy engines... I especially like the G5s Class, because they were used on my local railroad, the LIRR (Long Island Railroad)
that PRR H-3 would not be a whistle I would not want to hear in the middle of the night that's for sure lol.
Oohoo. Talk about bone chilling.
lives up to the "banshee" nickname
I love that whistle! it is my favorite whistle 18:14!
You say that now, but If you were five or six years old in a cold bedroom at 3:AM at night during the 1930's depression era and having to hear these forlorn train whistles in the distance you most certainly wouldn't remember them in the fond way as you presently do. As a child and hearing these things in the cold nights was always terrifying.
Yeah good point.
I would. As an avid railroad enthusiast who likes the sound of high pitched short-bell 3 chimes, I would still love the sound of Princeton 3 chime whistles.
I believe that the B&O 6 chime and 3 chime were from are the 6 chime belonged to B&O 5216, and the 3 chime belonging to B&O 5312
The PRR H3 sent a chill down my body
Ahhh, the file I didn't trust you on. Eh, Jordan? ;) Very nice collection. You were right about the B&O 6 chime. It's great :)
14:26 Either the engineer pulled the cord too hard and fast, or the whistle busted its chime for a second, lol
Longest voice crack ever LOL
It sounds so scary, imagine hearing this in a forest at night!
Richard Carter used to have a blast at Cass with the whistle for sure.
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WHISTLES
PRR 3-chime from a K4: 0:12
PRR 3-chime from I1 #4225: 1:07
PRR 3-chime from a J1: 2:06
PRR 3-chime from a J1: 3:03
PRR 3-chime from a D16: 4:00
PRR banshee from B6 #4090: 5:05
PRR banshee from a H10: 5:41
PRR banshee from a H3: 6:49
RDG banshee from a I10: 7:50
RDG 6-chime from a G1: 8:33
N&W Y6 short bell hooter: 9:18
N&W M-Class 8-inch hooter: 10:18
N&W Y6 brass hooter: 11:35
SOU Roundtop bootleg 8-inch hooter: 12:43
SOU flat top bootleg hooter: 13:52
SOU long bell 3-chime from TS class #1466 : 15:01
SOU 3-chime freight whistle: 17:43
SOU top-lever 5-chime: 18:55
B&O 6-chime: 20:14
B&O 3-chime: 21:54
C&O banshee from G6 #390: 23:43
C&O 6-chime from F19 Pacific #490: 24:46
C&O long bell 3-chime from J3 #603: 26:02
C&O Old Crosby: 26:55
WM flat top 3-chime: 28:11
WM Hancock long bell 3-chime from #1411: 29:09
UP short 5-chime: 30:35
B&M 6-chime: 31:55
B&M 5-chime: 32:58
SP 6-chime from #4450: 33:45
NKP 6-chime from a Berkshire: 35:07
NKP brass 6-chime from Berkshire #705: 36:23
CN 5-chime: 37:48
DMIR long bell 3-chime from Yellowstone #228: 38:59
IC tall 3-chime steamboat whistle: 41:27
IC cut-down 6-chime: 42:14
Dierks Lumber Co. 5-inch 3-chime: 43:49
6 chime whistles are spectacular too, but the only 6 chime I got is a Santa Fe!
I wish N&W 475 had an 8" single note whistle like the one in this collection. Great sound!
She did have one for some time
She does have an 8" hooter after she hit the excavator. They rebuilt her smokebox front and door and put an 8 inch hooter in her
Just imagine SP 4450s whistle on SP 4449
Who would dislike this???
ALW Productions a steam hater
Apparently
Steam haters obviously.
Hi Thomas! It was very funny what you said:, ""Steam Haters" HAAA!!
No squidward a Banshee screams like this 5:41
More like 6:51. Now THAT’s a Banshee!
#1411 is an absolute BEAST.
The Chime Whistles.
*Then Jack hears the whistle echo across the sky over the mountains*
15:01
24:46
33:45
36:24
speak english holy shit
31:57 love that B&M sixer.
I love the PRR j1's whistle.
8:33 sounds like reading 425.
14:26 I love hearing a single chime hooter squealing. Reminds me of 1218
Where did you find these whistle sounds?
I have seen and heard a B&M 6 chime on Conway Scenic Railroad 7470
21:55 Why does this one sound exactly like Southern 4501?
I really don’t know. Maybe it had the same exact casting despite being from different railroads.
@@T128Productions I’ve observed both B&O 3 chimes and Southern Railway freight and mixed traffic whistles (both versions) side by side. The B&O seems to have a similar design to the mixed traffic southern 3 chimes.
The mixed traffic SR 3 chimes were built in Lenoir City, Tennessee, and were taller and had a bit of a deeper sound than the freight service models, which were built in Princeton Indiana.
4501’s freight service 3 chime was heavily modified to sound more like a SOU mixed traffic whistle.
You know that's really funny the whistle on the very end closest to the engine that is all steel that's the first wish I ever built when I was in machine shop that was around 2013 I'm 27 now and still have the whistle and it sounds good
That’s awesome! Glad you still have it. It’ll be a great conversation piece for years!
For that Reading 6 Chime being homemade it sure sounds like an original step top
But aren’t reading 6 chimes flat-topped?
40:20 New Haven I-5 Trainz Forge origin whistle
The SOU 3 Chime freight is my favorite
Mine too. That SOU freight whistle sounds exactly like the one at Dollywood
0:12 awesome but creepy.
PLUS DANNY Should have used it as Dr. Sanchez's emergency whistle when he had or, because She's vigilant
i like the B&M 6 chime for Hudson 5406. 31:55.
6:52
I Will Go With The Santa Fe Whistle
I agree! The PRR 3 Chimes are insane but wonderful!
They are decent imo
Picture is kinda creepy, but that soundtrack sure is neat. Where did you get it? :)
18:56 O Shoot! Oceanic Express Alert!
The whistle (in this video) was from the Southern Railway, not the CB&Q (which is used on ex-Frisco #1522 in 1995)
2:13 sounds like the whistle of the 7470.
Wtf no
@@Henriqueleal0609 I’m talking about the B&M 3 Chime 7470 has.
@@nicholasmedovich8691 are you kidding me? In no way thats a B&M 3 chime, they didn't even have them, and thats now even a B&M 3 chime
@@Henriqueleal0609 I’m saying it sounds very similar
@@nicholasmedovich8691 I agree with you. I kinda does sound similar to 7470.
I recognize that pic. :-P
Where it fron
@@alexthesouthernpacificmt4879 I shot it, at the Cass whistle blow, forever ago.
Rich carter's cut down 6-chime from IC remiinds of Danny's shortened reading and acl 6-chimes
16:48
15:55 *awesome*
29:09 pere Marquette 1225 n&w 611 Hancock 576 3 chime
…..what?
6:51 But Percy Just Went:PRR H3 Version
14:26 what happened there haha
Virginian who know lol
Virginian The whistle hit puberty, that's all
It’s just a southern bootleg hooter hitting puberty.
Pulled the chord too hard and the whistle just busted its chime.
Excuse me, do you know where this original soundtrack came from?
J L I am not sure, it was sent to me privately years ago.
@@eltonjohnfan100 Oh OK
What did he say at 43:41?
@@jltrain-zgamingrailfan202x3 Dirk Lumber Company In Arkansas, 5 Inch Powel 3 Chime at the shops (Thats my guess)
Hey that's Artie!
That's cool!
Isn't that I1 whistle another PRR passenger whistle? I thought the PRR used the banshees on most freight engines?
I1’s came built with the PRR Banshee (single chime) as it was their standard freight whistle. After modernization Post-WWII, many I1’s and a few other freight class engines received the PRR 3 chime from retired passenger engines. The 3 chime was Pennsy’s standard passenger whistle. Thus, there’s some crossover.
And it was great
In 13:58 is the origin from the k&l C&O kanawha
What year was these whistles recorded in?
From the 60s and 70s for sure
Maybe 80s too
I'm guessing it's the 50's and 60's
Do you think Danny's Southern Bootleg hooter was Rich Carter's (the one Danny has that i think IS A C&O Hooter?
Pennsy H-3! that sounds like Rich Carter is screaming
K&L trains brought me here 7:50
same
but ni
all the sound clips are from my fave shay
13:56 C&O Hooter Whistle
16:48 C&o (ex southern) Kanawha Trainz whistle origin
1:44 a K&L Trainz whistle 💀💀
7:23 uh
Imagine being out in the wilderness and in the middle of the night you here that!!!! The H3 is truly terrifying!!
0:12 is SNR 27's 3 chime in narrow gauge hills (its a good roblox game)
34:34
13:56 sounds like k&ls 2716
I think it is
Yes it is.
Wasn’t Richard carter the engineer of the heisler?
He primarily ran the 4. Then in the mid 90s, he went to work for the New Hope and Ivyland
@@wwrr98 he was the engineer of heisler No. 6 in the movie of cass
Is he still around
@@ArnavKhode yea I think so
it's a sentry 2.9 on steam
35:07
33:44 cool
33:30
It’s so creepy in the dark I believe
Artie sounds kind of like a firetruck tere