Except modern diesel locomotives dont produce steam, and using air for whistles doesnt sound the same unlike being steam powered. Not to mention, steam whistles are more expensive and no company mass produces whistles anymore
That Mournful, lonesome sound of a steam whistle, especially in the hands of an engineer good at quilling it like that, is the real sound of railroading
Steam engines don’t need to worry about red traffic lights, they just blow their whistle once and all the traffic will move away, and if it doesn’t they just shove them out of the way
This is an actual L&N 3 chime freight whistle that was borrowed from a member of the Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation. It was part of the masquerade. The 4501 is also wearing a L&N headlight.
