Steam Whistle Echos in the Mountains

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  • On the Durango & Silverton Railroad, a 3 note whistle breaks the silence of the Rocky Mountains at Cascade Canyon as the engineer calls passengers back to the train for the return trip to Durango. December, 2006

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  • @GrandAdmiralThrawn.7th_Fleet
    @GrandAdmiralThrawn.7th_Fleet 2 роки тому +97

    0:40 I absolutely love the sound that follows after the whistle stops. The echoes of the whistle, travelling through and bouncing back from the mountains. The tone and sound it creates is so...ethereal.

    • @hehe-IgoBRRRR
      @hehe-IgoBRRRR 9 місяців тому +5

      It genuinely sounds like Angels coming down from the Heavens. And it's just, well, Heavenly..

    • @2fr56
      @2fr56 9 місяців тому +3

      0:52 and just like that! End!

    • @andrewpetik2034
      @andrewpetik2034 6 місяців тому +3

      That sound reminds me of my father....he loved that sound, he just loved trains...
      R. I. P. Dad...and Mom 😢

    • @GrandAdmiralThrawn.7th_Fleet
      @GrandAdmiralThrawn.7th_Fleet 6 місяців тому +3

      @@andrewpetik2034 If there was a heart button, I would use it. But, at least you have this to remember them by. May they rest in piece.

    • @2fr56
      @2fr56 3 місяці тому +1

      Btw the 3 whistle blasts where for calling in passengers that the train was leaving in 10 minutes

  • @fluffnose3392
    @fluffnose3392 6 років тому +285

    Why can’t people appreciate trains. They are beautiful. Without trains, cars wouldn’t have evolved the way they did. FOR ALL YOU CAR LOVERS!

    • @thecapisoffyt
      @thecapisoffyt 4 роки тому +39

      Also 70% of american freight comes from trains. If we dont have them then there will be a butt load of trucks on thr road causing traffic jams every which way.

    • @frozone-yeah
      @frozone-yeah 4 роки тому +13

      @Fluffnose 339 You read my mind exactly. Said the words right out of my mouth. I took a Amtrak trip on a train as my graduation present from high school; and the trip was from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Best time of my life. The scenery, the private cars hooked up at the end, the faint noise of the train horn blowing, rocking back and forth at track speeds of 50-60 mph. What a joy ride. I took plenty of pictures and I will always cherish them. At some point in my life I want to take my mother on the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge railroad. Absolutely love steam trains. I love diesel too but, steam holds a special place in my heart. And the D&S is one of the best trips for scenery that you can take in the US, possibly the world. Or at least so I’ve heard. I would also like to see Big Boy #4014 in real life under her own power, because the camera will never be able to show actual size to scale unless you see it with your own two eyes and hear it with your own two ears.

    • @aidenarroyo8561
      @aidenarroyo8561 3 роки тому +2

      Very well said

    • @EngineerDaylight
      @EngineerDaylight 3 роки тому +6

      Wiser words were never spoken

    • @Robloxity_News
      @Robloxity_News 3 роки тому +2

      Very true

  • @TheEnderman67
    @TheEnderman67 7 років тому +142

    The steam whistles sound so majestic.

    • @lennongroover4189
      @lennongroover4189 5 років тому +7

      Yep wonder why it would do different from the diesel ones

  • @tjprptchable
    @tjprptchable 4 роки тому +75

    That my frend is the Iron horse calling for her ancestors. Just beautiful

  • @DMCJordaan
    @DMCJordaan 7 років тому +104

    Man that last one with it's change in notes and echo....seriously beautiful Lol

  • @jamesbeenear2724
    @jamesbeenear2724 11 років тому +124

    the echos are the past engineers saying "you're not alone..."

    • @maxwilson7001
      @maxwilson7001 4 роки тому +11

      DANG that hit me hard...

    • @aidenarroyo8561
      @aidenarroyo8561 3 роки тому +2

      That is very well said. Hit hard

    • @Henriqueleal0609
      @Henriqueleal0609 3 роки тому +1

      oMg sUpEr DeEp

    • @LateRegister
      @LateRegister 3 роки тому

      Cringe

    • @cf1925
      @cf1925 3 роки тому +1

      Why can't y'all just fucking appreciate a fucking comment.
      Just don't say anything then.

  • @JustCalMeBozeman
    @JustCalMeBozeman 4 роки тому +42

    Person: "What instrument do you play?"
    The Engineer: "The steam whistle."

    • @theengineer6770
      @theengineer6770 3 роки тому +2

      That's right, I do play the whistle
      [WOOOOOOOOOO WOOOOOOOOOO]

  • @raymondcolbert6153
    @raymondcolbert6153 11 років тому +49

    you can here the sad call in the whistle of that old steamer calling out for it's fallen brethren...

  • @edy21865
    @edy21865 Рік тому +9

    For those interested in what notes the whistle is playing, the first few blasts are playing a perfectly tuned D major first inversion chord (D/F# or F# A D). The last blast that isn't at full pressure produced a root position e minor chord (Emin or E G B).

    • @2fr56
      @2fr56 9 місяців тому

      Yeah because the person driving the train drained some of the pressure making the last one out of tune

    • @2fr56
      @2fr56 9 місяців тому +1

      And if you listen closely, Very closely, the echo creates a beautiful chord as it decays:
      0:43

  • @boogiej2313
    @boogiej2313 9 років тому +72

    I'd love to be in the canyon and hear that. Awesome sound

    • @Spiritpup5
      @Spiritpup5 8 років тому +2

      Yes indeed!

    • @jmiller29
      @jmiller29 6 років тому +1

      I was on that ride a few years ago. Amazing experience!

  • @jdgfilms9595
    @jdgfilms9595 3 роки тому +29

    Most beautiful audio of 473 out there, I remember going to the D&SNG for the first time and hearing that D&RGW 3 Chime and seeing 473 brought tears to me. Wish there were more of these D&RGW 3's or an whistle from the D&RGW around today.

  • @benheatherman2839
    @benheatherman2839 10 років тому +95

    goose bumps all over

    • @peacock5859
      @peacock5859 2 роки тому

      How just how, it’s so majestic

  • @dagger1-140
    @dagger1-140 3 роки тому +18

    That’s echo is magnificent. Absolutely magnificent. The way the notes hang in the air and bounce off the mountains. Steam locomotives were and are some of the most fascinating things we’ve created. Nearly living and breathing beasts with voices

  • @usstexasbb3555
    @usstexasbb3555 5 років тому +22

    The steam age will never die and live forever I hope

  • @jacobdowning8296
    @jacobdowning8296 4 роки тому +13

    The call of the past telling us that it may have died with time, but it never left here the whistle is a victory cry to all even its fallen brothers of the rail and men that ran them in the Civil War, old west, WW1, WW2 and today... its saying "For Freedom and Glory we stand as brothers, to the end of life we cherish one another."

    • @dinomite705
      @dinomite705 11 місяців тому +1

      That's a beautiful and sad chilling story you have there.

  • @AYoungMusicianDude
    @AYoungMusicianDude 2 роки тому +16

    You can hear the sound of a big Diesel engine’s horn echo through my little town whenever it goes over the crossing at night. Sometimes I wonder what it would have been like to live where I do and hear a beautiful whistle of a steam locomotive echo through the evening like 100 years ago 🚂

  • @southernboy7369
    @southernboy7369 7 років тому +23

    Wish I could hear that every day here in Carolina

  • @midgeholt8863
    @midgeholt8863 4 роки тому +21

    It's sounds like these, train whistles echoing in the mountains or valleys, that give me a fluttery feeling, one of sadness, happiness, and longing to be in a place where you can see and hear these every day, day in day out, dawn or dusk, you can hear or see these living fire breathing beasts no matter where you are in the town

  • @EthanL21800
    @EthanL21800 4 місяці тому +1

    The echo of a steam whistle is one of those beautiful sounds that just always captures the moment no matter the setting

  • @pretentioushipster8295
    @pretentioushipster8295 7 років тому +29

    So haunting. Give me massive chills

  • @SteelKatana24
    @SteelKatana24 13 років тому +88

    Is it wrong to tear up a little when I hear this?

    • @N4JAB
      @N4JAB 6 років тому +19

      Same. Most beautiful sound in the world.

    • @darklordgamer8565
      @darklordgamer8565 4 роки тому +12

      Just the fact that it echoed so calmly sounds like a beautiful instrument playing in the distance

    • @jacobdowning8296
      @jacobdowning8296 4 роки тому +5

      No it is the sound of American past coming back to show us that it may have died, but it never left us. It's still here you just have to find it and this video is a perfect example.

    • @jacobdowning8296
      @jacobdowning8296 4 роки тому +1

      No it is not go a head let it flow

    • @tremain5793
      @tremain5793 4 роки тому +6

      Its that end note 😂 that gets ya

  • @flatcarwillie
    @flatcarwillie  12 років тому +16

    It's neither a Pennsy or a Lunkenheimer. It's a D&RGW shop built whistle.

  • @brianfalzon6739
    @brianfalzon6739 9 років тому +34

    It's a D&RGW 3 Chime whistle on 473!

  • @alexeistukov9973
    @alexeistukov9973 2 роки тому +2

    Everytime I hear a steam engine whistle, tears come out of my eyes and I start thinking about my grandparents and my parents.

  • @RioGrande486
    @RioGrande486 10 місяців тому +2

    This 3 chime (473’s D&RGW 3 chime) is my favorite 3 chime in existance!

  • @adean1987
    @adean1987 15 років тому +14

    BEAUTIFUL!!!! Brings tears to my eyes. Absolutely awesome. 5 Stars.

  • @P61guy61
    @P61guy61 5 років тому +4

    Well, I listened to this yet another time.

    • @P61guy61
      @P61guy61 6 місяців тому +1

      And again.

  • @bluewater7211
    @bluewater7211 10 місяців тому +2

    It is almost unexplainable the feeling of hearing that sound.
    If the engineer knows how to really use the whistle it's hands down one of if not the most impressive sounds ever produced by humans.
    A steam locomotive and all its complexity and how absolutely beautiful they are as working art they are some of the most important and world changing things that sound means so much more then just a whistle in the valley.
    Such an amazing thing to watch and hear and I'll never get tired of hearing a train off in the distance and that whistle sadly singing with that eco ..
    The sound of power and engineering at its finest in my opinion.

  • @alphatrolltv9424
    @alphatrolltv9424 6 місяців тому +2

    Without trains, we wouldn't be something.

  • @juneshopper
    @juneshopper 13 років тому +2

    I've ridden this train, not in the winter, but the sound of that whistle and the echo is haunting.

  • @North_Cascade_Railfan
    @North_Cascade_Railfan Місяць тому +1

    Guys it’s just an opinion that this is the best sound ever
    An opinion I couldn’t agree more with, gives me chills

  • @MrGandW1
    @MrGandW1 15 років тому +15

    Absolutely beautiful. The echoes of the whistle sound like a chorus from the past. I love it. 5 stars from me, mate.

  • @sovietunion3678
    @sovietunion3678 7 років тому +22

    it sounds like a ghost engine from the good old days

  • @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren
    @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren 4 місяці тому +1

    Brings a tear to my eye hearing that echo. It's like hearing lost souls from iron horses of yesteryear answering back through the mountains.

  • @Preceptor1111
    @Preceptor1111 2 роки тому +2

    The sound
    Frequency and Vibration feel like the train is speaking She is saying something hauntingly beautiful With Strength and Sadness

  • @SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702
    @SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702 2 роки тому +5

    0:05 D&RGW 3 Chime whistle sounds sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo beautiful

    • @2fr56
      @2fr56 3 місяці тому

      To me it sounds like
      Werrrrrooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  • @Beatlesfanize
    @Beatlesfanize Рік тому +1

    WOW! May i use this on one of my YT opening videos. Just about 10 seconds.. Beautiful!

  • @troyglazathetrainfan4995
    @troyglazathetrainfan4995 2 роки тому +2

    Sounds like the lost soul of an engine calling out to the people to be noticed

  • @mtbkid9951
    @mtbkid9951 2 роки тому +1

    This is to be the most majestic and beautiful video I have ever seen

  • @foroke1
    @foroke1 13 років тому +1

    The engineers there are great! Me and a few other visitors were talking to the engineers and I swear he held the whistle down for at least 20 seconds.

  • @troyhoover9896
    @troyhoover9896 2 роки тому +1

    My all time favorite video on UA-cam.

  • @shitboxcentral
    @shitboxcentral 7 років тому +6

    Beautiful...absolutely amazing. I wish I could hear more things like this in my life

  • @Peterjohn32
    @Peterjohn32 11 років тому +14

    esp the last blow at the end sounded so sad =[

  • @ThatUtahRailfan
    @ThatUtahRailfan Рік тому +2

    imagine you're in the colorado wilderness, late at night. all of a sudden, you hear this. what do you do?

  • @catfan5110
    @catfan5110 23 дні тому +1

    Absolutely beautiful

  • @beverlysmith6539
    @beverlysmith6539 7 місяців тому +1

    It is hauntingly beautiful!

  • @eltonjohnfan100
    @eltonjohnfan100 14 років тому +8

    close your eyes and imagine shay 4 backing down to the deopt at cass!

  • @jschmid
    @jschmid 3 роки тому +3

    some people will never understand 0:33

    • @aidenarroyo8561
      @aidenarroyo8561 3 роки тому

      Yes. I for one teared up. That is the sound of the past engineers who walk by the side of the locomotive, and gracefully walking it to the day where it's decay will fade away. The day that the mountain just lay. The day that 473 will go off and become a hero every single day.

  • @holdenboy1960
    @holdenboy1960 12 років тому +3

    now that whistle is pretty clear compared to a lot i have heard on utube , ty for sharing

  • @HawksFootSection
    @HawksFootSection 14 років тому +4

    This is a killer video.. I put on the headphones for this one.. Thanks so much for posting..

  • @dumbum3581
    @dumbum3581 Рік тому +2

    That beautiful echo at 0:41 my gosh💙

  • @scouttroopergaming
    @scouttroopergaming 3 місяці тому +1

    My soul melted, but I don’t know where to, probably in the fire box

  • @heyilikemusic6692
    @heyilikemusic6692 3 місяці тому +1

    This is my new favorite thing

  • @triplea9209
    @triplea9209 2 роки тому

    What was meant to be a warning at a railroad crossing turned out to be one of the greatest musical instruments.

  • @skyhawk401
    @skyhawk401 2 роки тому +1

    The echos of past D&RGW locomotives

  • @hewasdeadwhenigotthere7109
    @hewasdeadwhenigotthere7109 5 років тому +3

    That's crazy imagine this at night.. Definitely colorado

  • @GaryBurrSingh
    @GaryBurrSingh Рік тому

    Im pretty deep into this rabbit hole lol I can only imagine how great that sounded in person!

  • @raymondcolbert6153
    @raymondcolbert6153 11 років тому +9

    same here... i tear up but dont really know why...

    • @radioactivegarage6967
      @radioactivegarage6967 7 років тому

      James Colbert me too it's odd..

    • @TXGrackle
      @TXGrackle 6 років тому

      Raymond Colbert It is very strange indeed. I probably tear up because every time I hear the steam engine whistles, it reminds me of my childhood.

  • @connormclernon26
    @connormclernon26 8 років тому +18

    It's like the call of the dinosaurs

  • @TheKing_1986
    @TheKing_1986 7 місяців тому

    Bugger me, that echo is surreal!

  • @SouthwestRailfanProductions
    @SouthwestRailfanProductions 2 роки тому +1

    The Denver and Rio grande Western rolls on!!!!

  • @freakydemonsable
    @freakydemonsable 10 років тому +8

    that's a very nice sounding steam whistle=) great echoing to

  • @Sams_Trains
    @Sams_Trains 7 років тому +6

    This would sound great in a Lionel engine. And with the whistle steam smoke effect that would make one heck of an engine!

    • @tjprptchable
      @tjprptchable 4 роки тому

      Great idea but how do I find your comment in this video 2 years later just wow

  • @Beatlesfanize
    @Beatlesfanize 4 роки тому +1

    OMG! I,m In Tears! OMG! So BEAUTIFUL!

  • @FabioSilva-mt9wr
    @FabioSilva-mt9wr Рік тому +1

    42's Crosby 3 chime whistle from efom

  • @ricky5030
    @ricky5030 3 роки тому +2

    Man!! I love that sound 😊

  • @sameoldthing2240
    @sameoldthing2240 3 роки тому +1

    That was fucking AWESOME!!!!

  • @N4CR
    @N4CR 15 років тому +2

    What an awesome sound.. to bad you hardly hear it anymore :(

  • @GaelHernandezGarcia790
    @GaelHernandezGarcia790 2 роки тому +1

    Whistle of Denver & Rio Grande Western

  • @2fr56
    @2fr56 9 місяців тому +1

    I’ve been there with my family!

  • @Roncace
    @Roncace 15 років тому +2

    Beautiful! What an Echo!

  • @carlosthec5ashunter
    @carlosthec5ashunter 3 роки тому +1

    this is so freaking beautiful

  • @tuebor1837
    @tuebor1837 4 роки тому +1

    Other-worldly.

  • @HawksFootSection
    @HawksFootSection 11 років тому +1

    flatcarwillie nailed it.

  • @jbussey5301
    @jbussey5301 Рік тому

    Thing of beautiful history right there.

  • @jojod16
    @jojod16 2 роки тому +1

    0:41 looks angelical

  • @cmw184
    @cmw184 4 роки тому +2

    The literal voice of god

  • @f-15TheFkingEagle
    @f-15TheFkingEagle Рік тому

    I almost droped a tear,

  • @fireutility21
    @fireutility21 14 років тому +1

    that is just awesome, its like a ghost train going through that open field

  • @jrf0789
    @jrf0789 Рік тому

    Music to my ears 😊

  • @Bigbenchris
    @Bigbenchris 7 місяців тому +1

    This one is added to Trainz

  • @tankman_tv9332
    @tankman_tv9332 Рік тому

    That’s a pretty sick d maj chord its playing

  • @brohugproductions2005
    @brohugproductions2005 Рік тому

    If you hear closely you can hear the sound of an Angel

  • @TwentyTwenty90
    @TwentyTwenty90 12 років тому +2

    this is amazing

  • @bomolvik3477
    @bomolvik3477 3 роки тому +1

    Cool echo

  • @Alexiosftw
    @Alexiosftw 2 роки тому

    Apart from the fact that the locomotives could become bombs if improperly used the steam powered locomotive was a true work of art

  • @mariahhaarstick591
    @mariahhaarstick591 2 роки тому

    Beautiful

  • @jacksonthompson789
    @jacksonthompson789 29 днів тому +1

    This is the whistle from trainz

  • @hibiscusfreak
    @hibiscusfreak 4 роки тому

    What an incredible sound!

  • @sovietunion3678
    @sovietunion3678 6 років тому +2

    Wow its just beautiful 😢😢

  • @southernkansasrailfan3746
    @southernkansasrailfan3746 3 роки тому +1

    Don't get me wrong, I love the sound of steam whistles and Locomotives, but not being being able to see the engine while its happening would freak me the f*ck out

  • @jsweizston5410
    @jsweizston5410 5 років тому +2

    This reminds me so much of Red Dead Redemption 2. That is so cool haha. Doppler effect.

  • @jeffthornerg4609
    @jeffthornerg4609 Рік тому

    The voices of trouble people hollering

  • @canadianwizardman
    @canadianwizardman 2 роки тому

    I really wanna know how this got nailed by a copyright strike, its a steam whistle video- I suppose this is an example of how YT really needs to fix its copyright striking system.

  • @USSCFan148
    @USSCFan148 2 роки тому

    Steam Whistle+Mountains=Summoning Angels

  • @JaiahHazelnutBrown
    @JaiahHazelnutBrown 14 років тому +1

    Woops I meant 2006.

  • @xxxavier63
    @xxxavier63 15 років тому +2

    haunting..awesome!!!!

  • @NERRP2017
    @NERRP2017 3 роки тому

    2 words describe me rn:
    FREAKING AWSOME!

  • @monicamonni
    @monicamonni 14 років тому +1

    when you hear the whistle blow, you will know that I'm gone, I'm 500 miles away from home...

  • @j-bird1778
    @j-bird1778 6 років тому

    the echo at the end sounded like large wind chimes.