Norfolk & Western Hooter - Synth One

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  • Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
  • CHECK YOUR VOLUME!!!
    This is the first video on my channel presenting Synth One.
    Ever since I saw Traincraft101's video of the Reading 6-Chime on the Synth One, I was amazed that there's an app (Apple only) that would be the perfect to emulate the notes of real train whistles and train horns as well; just as long you have the right settings.
    In this video, I'll be demonstrating the 12" Hooter of the Norfolk & Western; although other railroads and companies have also made single note whistles that produce the same note as the N&W does. Such as the Southern Railway, Chesapeake & Ohio, Baltimore & Ohio, Nathan Mfg, Crane Co., and Lunkenheimer. But since I made this video specifically for the N&W, I'll just leave it to that. The whistle bell is 5-1/2" in diameter, while its height is at 12".
    The TRS19 screenshot shows the Norfolk & Western freight locos, class Y6b No. 2174, class M No. 382, and class A No. 1238. This is to present the extinct locomotives that should've been preserved.
    No. 2174, because it was the last surviving Y6b that has been sitting in a Ronaoke scrapyard into the late 1970s, but was scrapped.
    No. 382, because it was one of the last steam locomotives to operate at the Virginia Creeper in 1957, and was scrapped a year later. However, another class M No. 433, survives at the Abingdon, Virginia right next to the Virginia Creeper Trail and is one of the running mates of the No. 382 at the Virginia Creeper during their service days of the N&W; though its great that today, Baldwin-built No. 475 would sometimes masquerade as its long-dead Alco sister.
    No. 1238, because it was the first and one of the last five class A locomotives to be fitted with these roller bearings just like the ones on the Norfolk & Western's 4-8-4 class Js; with No. 611 being the surviving member. It served the N&W until it was scrapped in 1959. This leaves the surviving member No. 1218 to be only 2-6-6-4 and one of the world's loneliest steam locomotives of their wheel configuration. I hope that one day when N&W No. 1218 is restored, it too should masquerade as No. 1238; including having the roller bearings that the last As once did.

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