I wouldn't care about British steam engines if I hadn't watched so many as a kid because I'm not British. TTTE's my childhood and they've got a real basis usually. I know that means my intro to British steamers was through toys, since I grew up with the models.
there is just an eerie feeling when you listen to an echoing Bullied whistle, it's a very disquieting sound sometimes, and gotta love that the Garratt's whistle at 00:30 isn't actually British at all, it's an SAR 3 Chime, the engines being designed for work in South Africa after all, but it's a marvellous sound and one of my absolute favourites regardless.
1:02 George the steam rollers theme starts playing in my head “Railways are no good, turn em into roads, rip em up turn em into roads, railways are no good”
I thought the same thing- well the opposite half actually. First time I heard a Y6 I thought to myself, "I know the N&W is supposedly the British-American railroad, but where'd they get Stanier whistles from?"
While I do prefer American whistles, the UK has some really good sounding whistles out there! My favorite of which being the 3 Chime on Tornado and the A4’s!
Apart from the epic LNER 3-chimes, LMS hooters, SR 4-6-2 whistles, and GWR whistles: *laughs in American* *laughs in Canadian* *laughs in Australian* *laughs in New Zealander* *laughs in Japanese* *laughs in Chinese* *laughs in South African* *laughs in Mexican* *laughs in Brazilian*
I don't know whether to clap or leave. I think the British should've used more colorful whistles, like the ones used on many American steam locomotives. While these whistles are cool and all, they can be kind of monotone, and even creepy sometimes. UPDATE: Now I've finally realized how unique they are, and I really like them now.
Ehhhh, to be honest, shreiking bell whistles kind of fit the UK locomotives, due to their size and sometimes their pregrouping reigion. Besides, wouldn't it be weird to hear a common 3 chime from America, on a British steam locomotive that probably doesn't fit the whistle's sound?
I'm American, and I love British steam whistles. And French whistles. Those high pitched shrieking whistles are part of what make those engines so unique.
ToonLink682 So am I, and I have to say, most British whistle do have a sort of character to them, as opposed to most American ones which are just...loud really...except the one fitted to Flying Scotsman right now...that one isn’t even a whistle, like they need to replace it ASAP. Its pretty bad
Yeah, I change my mind. British whistles usually aren't very vibrant or have a lot of tones, but they do sound nice most of the time. Also, I think the reason why American whistles/horns are so loud is because while England and the rest of Europe were, and still are, focused on pulling passenger trains that aren't necessarily at high speeds, for many decades, the US has been focused on pulling long, heavy freight trains at high speed. The rule in America is that you should start blowing the grade crossing signal about 20 seconds out from the crossing, and when you're going at 70 or 80 mph, that distance can be pretty big. You need a whistle that's loud enough for the sound to propagate for that distance at that speed.
No it did not have a white star liner in the thumbnail, it's a close up off the SS Shieldhall, which blows its whistle at the very end not the Queen Mary.
I wonder what would happen if both the General & Texas were to go on tour over there in the UK? These locomotives are known for the 1862 Great Locomotive Chase which is when the first Medal Of Honor was used. Since the UK sent their famous steamers here in the US on tour including the famous 4472 Flying Scotsman, wouldn't that be fair to do the same since the General & Texas are the oldest veteran locomotives used by the Military(US Civil War).
@@ladela7348 actually the General is a 4-4-0 steam locomotive built by Rogers in 1855. 19th century American locomotives before 1880s would fit as the General, Texas, Central Pacific Jupiter, UP 119, and B&O 25 William Mason are not that large as the modern 4-4-0s. Even the 1870s V&T locomotives would fit.
What machine? Are you talking about the signal? The signal teels the engine if there is traffic up ahead. That thing on the rails is a detector tok let trains further up the line that thag train is up ahead
Strangely, despite the Hogwarts Express locomotive being a GWR 49xx Hall class (formerly 5972 olton hall) named Hogwarts Castle, it uses a Standard 7/A4 chime whistle...
@@bennickss I knowwww... I was so sad when they pulled her off the mainline. BUT. 60007 Sir Nigel Greeley is being pulled out of restoration for mainline service till the boiler ticket at 2031
These whistles really sound identical, basically because they’re all the same type of whistle. By that I mean they’re all chime whistles. Either 3 or 4 I don’t really know, but they sound awesome.
0:23 Beautiful sound. But it’s not even close to an American multichime whistle. If it were deeper, it would sound menacing. But these are British trains.
British stuff sounds haunting, elegant and almost like a song. Whereas American stuff sounds menacing and just obnoxiously loud and bellowing. I prefer UK's types of whistles, it seems more varied aswell than other stuff.
Kermit the Mutant Levitating Frog that was not Titanic’s funnel. Titanic had 3 large whistles of different sizes on each of her 4 funnels. The one you see in this video has a single hooter whistle and a steam siren. Titanic never had a steam siren or a hooter.
@@goalhorn2012 What I believe you meant to say was as follows: At 0:22, it was an A4 pacific, but at 0:27, you see a Garratt locomotive, if I’m not mistaken.
0:23 Sounds beautiful...
Beautiful whistle fit for a beautiful engine
Yeah that one is my favorite in this video
0:27 garratt
That's the Union of South Africa for you. The most beautiful A4 Pacific ever made. Her number is 60009
Very reminiscent of the whistle they used for the hogwarts Express although this streamlined engine is much more beautiful
0:56
Sir Handel: Who’s George?
Skarloey: That steamroller over there!
Gud gud joke
Except this time George has Sir Handel's whistle, haha.
Kris2004 that whistle
Not everyday you see a steam rolling swanking around in the road.
Railways are no good! Pull 'em up, turn 'em into roads!
British steam engines always have the smoothest and cleanest design
I wouldn't care about British steam engines if I hadn't watched so many as a kid because I'm not British. TTTE's my childhood and they've got a real basis usually. I know that means my intro to British steamers was through toys, since I grew up with the models.
British and German steam whistles are the whistles of death
3:18 It's Salisbury Cathedral
there is just an eerie feeling when you listen to an echoing Bullied whistle, it's a very disquieting sound sometimes, and gotta love that the Garratt's whistle at 00:30 isn't actually British at all, it's an SAR 3 Chime, the engines being designed for work in South Africa after all, but it's a marvellous sound and one of my absolute favourites regardless.
1:02 George the steam rollers theme starts playing in my head
“Railways are no good, turn em into roads, rip em up turn em into roads, railways are no good”
Well, deja vu.
George The Steam Roller Peep Peep
0:35 sounds like a N&W hooter whistle
I thought the same thing- well the opposite half actually. First time I heard a Y6 I thought to myself, "I know the N&W is supposedly the British-American railroad, but where'd they get Stanier whistles from?"
Maybe the British got a N&W hooter or made their own either way it's a good whistle
to be specific its a stanier hooter same type of whistle
You can make any sound with a whistle. It just depends on what shape the whistle is, how big it is and how much pressure is released while it is used.
It would be common for many different parts of the world to have whistles the same sound as British ones
2:50 R.I.P headphones
Yes, but in the best way.
2MT Sounds Like it ;-; 2:50
Almost Cringy Eh...
British whistles make their trains sound so haunting
Make them sound amasing
Scots guardsman sounds like it’s roaring like mad the way he’s rumbling like mad at this clip at 2:25
Thank you for adding whistles on my favourite railway
Welsh highland
At 0:28
The whistle sounds Americanized
Well it is a 3-chime whistle
0:11 When it’s the start of ur summer vacation
I remember I went on a steam train in Scotland when I was six. I would love to take a trip on the Flying Scotsman!
2:49 me when I stub my toe
Looked magnificent for the steam roller to use the public road
0:43 [Angery Whistling]
5yo Me when i don't get pop tarts 0:43
Does this remind anyone else of train simulator
Train simulator 2006 and 2012
Nah. I didn’t pay $30 to individually view these trains.
No shet sherlock, it’s not like these were created after train simulator. Idiot.
me
@@bennickss Wow, that was so unnecessary, lol.
Let me be the first to say - a nice idea and some good memories of our exploits this year Alex. proper job as they say down Cornwall....
While I do prefer American whistles, the UK has some really good sounding whistles out there! My favorite of which being the 3 Chime on Tornado and the A4’s!
Excellent. Very great video👍👍👍👍🚂👏👏👏👏👋
Greetings from South Arica. I recognised some South Arican 3-chimes there.
Arica?
As in the Chilean city?
Or you mispelled Africa?
Wow, this music for my ear's
0:36 I literally thought that was a whistle off of an N&W locomotive #1218 which is an American steam locomotive
It sounds like
Sounded like a 9F to me.
Haha
Same
@WCardtr we made trains better than you did lol
American whistles: are very loud and noticeable.
British whistles: *HIGH PITCHED SCREAMING INTENSIVES*
*L O U D E R*
UK whistles sound feminine,,,whereas NZ locomotives,,, the Ks, Js and Abs sound masculine.
LMS Staniers: we sound low pitched
British whistles seem more elegant and songlike as opposed to relentless obnoxiously loud bellowing.
Apart from the epic LNER 3-chimes, LMS hooters, SR 4-6-2 whistles, and GWR whistles:
*laughs in American*
*laughs in Canadian*
*laughs in Australian*
*laughs in New Zealander*
*laughs in Japanese*
*laughs in Chinese*
*laughs in South African*
*laughs in Mexican*
*laughs in Brazilian*
ok, 0:43 was just plain haunting
Don't forget 1:05
@WeDontNeedYou I'm not sure either
@WeDontNeedYou yes it's a 4MT tank No.80078
@@04clemea Looks more like 76017 to me. For a start, I can't see any tanks.
@Man With 9000 IQ It was a Welsh Highland Railway NG G16 class Garratt.
1:54 Argh! Ghost Train!
It's only henry
@@LazyOldFusspot_3428 Nah, more like Spencer’s relative.
Really Useful Railways.
Love it :-)
Wow... 7 seconds on the whistle... 1 second on the train. Wow.
What a big ship whistling
Oh it’s a green version of rebecca
Yep
I don't know whether to clap or leave. I think the British should've used more colorful whistles, like the ones used on many American steam locomotives. While these whistles are cool and all, they can be kind of monotone, and even creepy sometimes.
UPDATE: Now I've finally realized how unique they are, and I really like them now.
Ehhhh, to be honest, shreiking bell whistles kind of fit the UK locomotives, due to their size and sometimes their pregrouping reigion. Besides, wouldn't it be weird to hear a common 3 chime from America, on a British steam locomotive that probably doesn't fit the whistle's sound?
I'm American, and I love British steam whistles. And French whistles. Those high pitched shrieking whistles are part of what make those engines so unique.
ToonLink682 So am I, and I have to say, most British whistle do have a sort of character to them, as opposed to most American ones which are just...loud really...except the one fitted to Flying Scotsman right now...that one isn’t even a whistle, like they need to replace it ASAP. Its pretty bad
Yeah, I change my mind. British whistles usually aren't very vibrant or have a lot of tones, but they do sound nice most of the time. Also, I think the reason why American whistles/horns are so loud is because while England and the rest of Europe were, and still are, focused on pulling passenger trains that aren't necessarily at high speeds, for many decades, the US has been focused on pulling long, heavy freight trains at high speed. The rule in America is that you should start blowing the grade crossing signal about 20 seconds out from the crossing, and when you're going at 70 or 80 mph, that distance can be pretty big. You need a whistle that's loud enough for the sound to propagate for that distance at that speed.
American whistles make my ears bleed.
You're really useful engines.
“They’re 2, they’re 4, they’re 6 and 8” 🙂🚂
All Aboard. All Aboard. Enjoy the ride.
0:44 sounds like tornado a bit but even more high pitched
0:44
hahahahaha.... i love gost sound
1:00 that’s George
It look so similar...
At 0:54 George the Steamroller is back with a vengeance!
Why do the british locomotives only blow their whistles once twice or three times? Why dont do they do something like north american locomotives do?
Because it's not necessary?
The thumbnail had the white star liner Nomadic, but the Nomadic wasn't in the video, the Queen Mary 2 was at the end of the video
No it did not have a white star liner in the thumbnail, it's a close up off the SS Shieldhall, which blows its whistle at the very end not the Queen Mary.
0:36 Sounds like an N&W Hooter!
0:22 Hogwarts Express's whistle...
No where near, the Hogwart's Castle is GWR Hall, not a LNER A4.
The used olton hall as the hogwarts express, but they used either an LNER A4 whistle or 73082 Camelot.
Oh yeah that's the Hogwarts Express whistle at 1:19 and again at 1:54
No it’s not, that’s a LNER Engine, it’s similar to the mallard. Not from the GWR like the hog warts express
Absolutely not the Hogwarts loco is a GWR Hall class not a A4
Other UK engines' whistle: high pitched
LMS Staniers: low pitched
I like how half of them are merchant navy classes
Well, someone likes Bullieds!
0:26 what that whistle is from a garratt i used for a DRG class 24 and a 3-truck climax locomotive
The Garratt is some South African 3-chime or something like that
I wonder what would happen if both the General & Texas were to go on tour over there in the UK? These locomotives are known for the 1862 Great Locomotive Chase which is when the first Medal Of Honor was used. Since the UK sent their famous steamers here in the US on tour including the famous 4472 Flying Scotsman, wouldn't that be fair to do the same since the General & Texas are the oldest veteran locomotives used by the Military(US Civil War).
The issue is the US uses a larger loading gauge than us. There would be a risk of them smacking tunnels, bridges, platforms and signal gantries.
@@ladela7348 actually the General is a 4-4-0 steam locomotive built by Rogers in 1855. 19th century American locomotives before 1880s would fit as the General, Texas, Central Pacific Jupiter, UP 119, and B&O 25 William Mason are not that large as the modern 4-4-0s. Even the 1870s V&T locomotives would fit.
2:17
I love the Duchess of Sutherland
I've always wondered why the Brits always went with high-pitched whistles
At one 1:04 that machines is holding up traffic!
What machine? Are you talking about the signal? The signal teels the engine if there is traffic up ahead. That thing on the rails is a detector tok let trains further up the line that thag train is up ahead
@@vincentmusic09 No I was just making a joke about that steam roller.
0:32 lovley SR West Country class whistle
00:27 got to be my favourite
British train whistles sound like a woman screaming to death. While British train horns sounded like police sirens.
3:35 that’s a horn
It's a steam ships whistle, that can be heard. The ship in the shot has an air horn about 4x louder.
The qm2 sets sail
04clemea ok
Yeah
The one at 0:37 sounds like a N&W class A (aka 1218)
0:27 garratt
Well it’s not. It’s a Stanier hooter whistle.
Mostly hooter whistles and 3 chimes!
THE GLORIOUS TITANIC SHOULD BE HERE
Except that there’s no footage of her blowing her whistle
@@shawnstanley8748 there is
Toot toot.
1:01 is my Thomas oc whistle name Luis well this part of the whistle
2:44
0:43 and 0:50 what engine had that whistle?
Is there such a thing as a proper British National Whistle code, similar to what we have here in America?
Not that I know of. we have whistles boards but we also use them to say hello to train spotters/enthusiasts as well as before departing a station..
0:23 & 1:24 The Hogwarts Express's whistle is confirmed.
Strangely, despite the Hogwarts Express locomotive being a GWR 49xx Hall class (formerly 5972 olton hall) named Hogwarts Castle, it uses a Standard 7/A4 chime whistle...
0:32 Rebecca from Thomas and Friends
0:10 sounds like a deltic
No, it’s the Class 07 in Eastleigh works.
0:54 what Steamroller is that?
0:11 air horn?
Here comes george.
0:23 hmmm this sounds very familiar
It's the Hogwarts Express whistle
Whats the train @ 2:28 ??
Katie seems to be a Fowler 7F
Brits should have used more chime whistles than plain bell whistles
No, we have just the right amount of both.
04clemea I didn’t mean to be offensive, but I meant whistles with more than one chime, and to be honest, you don’t have many chime whistlws
Duncan Cat! Trains, Cats, and More!
No, we have just the right amount.
THE TIME IS MEOW! These are like the Thomas and Friends trains and boy, I like these trains! Love, Alexander M-P
Or maybe the rest of the world needs less chime whistles
2:50 rip headphone user
0:22
At 0:23 I dont know which a4 was that one but I like it
0:23
I believe that the A4 is Union of South Africa
60009
60009, Union of South Africa. Now permanently mainline retired.
@@bennickss I knowwww... I was so sad when they pulled her off the mainline. BUT. 60007 Sir Nigel Greeley is being pulled out of restoration for mainline service till the boiler ticket at 2031
0:30 what kind of locomotive is that?
Angel Leaf It's called a Garratt, type NGG16.
i thought that to for a second as well
What railway was that at 0:27?
Jack Courtland.. Welsh Highland Railway
Welsh Highland Railway
Welsh highland railway
Porthmadog to Caernarfon
Watching this after watching a horror song .
0:22 1:18 1:23 1:52 2:39 3:06 0:43 0:50
These whistles really sound identical, basically because they’re all the same type of whistle.
By that I mean they’re all chime whistles. Either 3 or 4 I don’t really know, but they sound awesome.
Something tells me the Grim Reaper designed these trains...
How so?
@@BeegChonkBehr possibly because of some whistles in the video sound fairly haunting
Welcome to the UK
0:06 That Whistle is for my OC
Who makes an oc out of a railway engine?
Not me, that’s for dang sure, but that is definitely a good question.
0:23 Beautiful sound. But it’s not even close to an American multichime whistle. If it were deeper, it would sound menacing. But these are British trains.
British stuff sounds haunting, elegant and almost like a song. Whereas American stuff sounds menacing and just obnoxiously loud and bellowing. I prefer UK's types of whistles, it seems more varied aswell than other stuff.
...
Anyone know the engine type at 0:40?
It’s a Maunsall Class, I’m guessing the U class?
I think it’s 30806, dont quote me on that
Was that George the steam roller
No, it was a regular steamroller.
Yes it is George the steam roller
the 0:46 was scary
HelloNeighBorFan12 More like at 0:43.
That's the Royal Scott for u
where was Titanic's whistle like the thumbnail shows
Titanic isn't even in the thumbnail
@@PieAndChips you can see her funnel
Kermit the Mutant Levitating Frog that was not Titanic’s funnel. Titanic had 3 large whistles of different sizes on each of her 4 funnels. The one you see in this video has a single hooter whistle and a steam siren. Titanic never had a steam siren or a hooter.
thats queensmary, a oceanliner
What the whistle at 3:27?
South african 3 chime whistle
@@tmdrm9817 what's the diameter of this whistle bell?
0:35 engine name pls?
I can't tell what that engine is bc of my low quality I'm in rn but I'm pretty sure that's a black 5.
British rail classes be like 0:00 - 3:53
why is queenmary is here 3:33
It was just in the background of the video. The steam whistle was coming from the ship the camara was onboard.
Not exactly Thomas the Tank Engine, I know, but I can still hear a resemblance!!!
Where exactly?
But Thomas whistles uses synths
Same country
Why a boat not a steam engine
It's the sound from steam ship, behind the camera
Ohhh
0:26 what type of this train
LNER A4 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley.
Thank you
A Garratt Locomotive
@@goalhorn2012 What I believe you meant to say was as follows:
At 0:22, it was an A4 pacific, but at 0:27, you see a Garratt locomotive, if I’m not mistaken.
Some of them sound American
The Welsh Garrets mainly