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
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
Lots of really nice sounding whistles in here! My favorite is the Reading 6 Chime. The video says it’s “homemade.” Does that mean a replica, or that it was made in the Reading Shops. If it means replica, that is one terrific sounding Replica!
@@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!
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
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
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
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.
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
That H3 whistle would be perfect for a ghost train. One of the most ear shattering screamers ever!!
I sat back and listened to the whole thing
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
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 swear the men at cass can quill any whistle in existence at this point.
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.
Wow! 6 chimes are spectacularly wonderful!
Agreed
My favorite whistle in this video is definitely the B&O 3 chime at 22:02!
Absolutely beautiful!
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
i fell asleep watching this video. its so calming to listen too
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!
Tbh, the first recording of the Old C&O Crosby 3 chime sounded like a Manie Central 3 chime
Listen to how those whistles are echoing back from the distant hills.
I love the DM&IR 228's whistle
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.
I never knew about this
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
That N&W short bell Y6B whistle sounds like a Merchant Navy 4-6-2.
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.
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
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.
The banshees made my corgi think another dog was outside.
All the PRR 3 chimes, plus the NKP 6 chimes, the UP 5 and CN 5 chimes were the best of the best.
Just imagine SP 4450s whistle on SP 4449
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!
The b&o 3 chime sounds like southern 4501
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
8:33 sounds like reading 425.
Imagine this; your just laying down outside at around 6 AM in 1932 and hear the Western Maryland flattop
Best vibes in the world
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)
Lots of really nice sounding whistles in here! My favorite is the Reading 6 Chime. The video says it’s “homemade.” Does that mean a replica, or that it was made in the Reading Shops. If it means replica, that is one terrific sounding Replica!
Richard Carter used to have a blast at Cass with the whistle for sure.
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.
40:20 New Haven I-5 Trainz Forge origin whistle
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6 chime whistles are spectacular too, but the only 6 chime I got is a Santa Fe!
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
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
#1411 is an absolute BEAST.
14:26 I love hearing a single chime hooter squealing. Reminds me of 1218
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!!
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.
I love the PRR j1's whistle.
No squidward a Banshee screams like this 5:41
More like 6:51. Now THAT’s a Banshee!
6:52
31:57 love that B&M sixer.
i like the B&M 6 chime for Hudson 5406. 31:55.
29:09 pere Marquette 1225 n&w 611 Hancock 576 3 chime
…..what?
Where did you find these whistle sounds?
PLUS DANNY Should have used it as Dr. Sanchez's emergency whistle when he had or, because She's vigilant
I have seen and heard a B&M 6 chime on Conway Scenic Railroad 7470
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!
I agree! The PRR 3 Chimes are insane but wonderful!
They are decent imo
For that Reading 6 Chime being homemade it sure sounds like an original step top
But aren’t reading 6 chimes flat-topped?
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.
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.
Rich carter's cut down 6-chime from IC remiinds of Danny's shortened reading and acl 6-chimes
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)
I Will Go With The Santa Fe Whistle
I recognize that pic. :-P
Where it fron
@@alexthesouthernpacificmt4879 I shot it, at the Cass whistle blow, forever ago.
Hey that's Artie!
That's cool!
Picture is kinda creepy, but that soundtrack sure is neat. Where did you get it? :)
15:55 *awesome*
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.
16:48
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
7:23 uh
Imagine being out in the wilderness and in the middle of the night you here that!!!! The H3 is truly terrifying!!
K&L trains brought me here 7:50
same
but ni
16:48 C&o (ex southern) Kanawha Trainz whistle origin
34:34
1:44 a K&L Trainz whistle 💀💀
6:51 But Percy Just Went:PRR H3 Version
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)
Do you think Danny's Southern Bootleg hooter was Rich Carter's (the one Danny has that i think IS A C&O Hooter?
And it was great
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.
13:56 C&O Hooter Whistle
all the sound clips are from my fave shay
13:56 sounds like k&ls 2716
I think it is
Yes it is.
Pennsy H-3! that sounds like Rich Carter is screaming
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
0:12 is SNR 27's 3 chime in narrow gauge hills (its a good roblox game)
13:56
it's a sentry 2.9 on steam
42:15 sounds like clinchfield 311's whistle. Gave me chills.
Except Clinchfield #311’s whistle originated from Sierra Railway #34. This is an Illinois Central 6 chime.
21:10 31:55