Five Chime Symphony, One Fine Nathan P5!

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I don't know why it took me so long to record this! One of the best Nathan P5's I have ever heard is right in my own back yard, on a locomotive running trains through my town. The Washington and Idaho GP16 #316 has what can only be described as an AMAZING P5! Seen running light through Rosalia WA, 316 encounters many crossings and grain elevators (good for creating echoes), giving for one awesome horn show. For those of you that think all new cast P5's are nasty, here's proof that not all are.
Also, some people may notice that the headlights are off. This was a move by the mechanical department with the head mechanic/electrician at the throttle, the headlight prolbem was fixed later.

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@kevinb721 12 лет назад

i honestly never get tired of listening to this

@djtrainman2 24 дня назад

Same

@mafarnz 15 лет назад

The unit was orginally built for CRR as a GP7, somewhere aling it's life it got rebuilt into a GP16 but the horn thankfuly stayed on it. It's history is ex WRIX 316, ex NPR 316, ex MNVA 316, ex MNVA 1703, ex CSXT 1703, ex SBD 4603, ex CRR 4603, ex CRR 901. The Washington and Idaho started operations in 2006, so it's still fairly new as far as railroads go. It took over operations from the PCC.

@MichaelSullivanPhoto1985 14 лет назад

Very nice scene. The Nathan P5 audio is no question very nice, but you get an added bonus when that non-turbo prime mover chugging up.

@timothybogans3905 5 лет назад

Goddog the inside of that cab looked cold just adds to the video there is nothing like an emd , again thanks for sharing

@mtskidmark 15 лет назад

coolness...never heard the #316 before...neat low light winter shot to boot!

@Alwaystrains 14 лет назад

Why can't every railroad have new cast p5s as good as this?!

@mafarnz 15 лет назад

It was a move by the mechanical department with the mechanic/electrician at the throttle, the headlight prolbem was fixed later.

@gray19801 5 лет назад

A sound I heard in the distance on the NS in the 80s and 90s in Danville quit a bit.

@MichaelSullivanPhoto1985 14 лет назад

I'm just listening to this again. I just got myself an Old Cast P5 and she still doesn't sound anywhere as good as this recording. Excellent sound.

@mafarnz 15 лет назад

He's a greenhorn, he just forgot. He turned them on as soon as they got out of yard limits.

@BNSF4999 15 лет назад

Having been rebuilt by the SBD, it should have had a Leslie S5 of one sort or another on it, its a true shame it doesn't still have that horn on it!

@Grumpy7783 15 лет назад

thats always been my favorite horn. i'm looking at getting one for my dodge ram.

@poundersproductions1975 3 года назад

Wow what a beauty!!! Great video

@timothybogans3905 5 лет назад

Mafarnz one of the best railroad videos ever made thank you for sharing.

@FarmerSteveO 14 лет назад

Awesome sound, Clasic! I don't live to far from where this was shot. I guess the finer things in life are closer than you think! I was involved first hand with a farm group lobbying in keeping the state of Washington from scrapping this, and two other short lines in the area. Hearing those Nathan's in harmony confirmed all that time spent was worth it! Long live rail!

@nssd70m2 15 лет назад

Sounds sweet towards the end

@TrainiacProductions 15 лет назад

Wow. The best horn ever?? YES! Incredible video, great EMD great nathan and great snow shot! Awesome!

@fleecejackets 14 лет назад

Holy crap! Now that is one amazing P5! Excellent winter scene and Nathan horn! 5*

@HDCanadianTrainVideos 15 лет назад

BEST P5 i ever heard!!!

@BillC518 12 лет назад

I live near tracks running between Mechanicville and Albany NY; freight trains all hours of the day/nite. There's a unit running that line with a P5 that sounds EXACTLY like this one! Love the sound! Makes me think of this vid every time I hear it! So distinctive from the K5LA's, K3LA's, and Leslie RS5's that most of the units running that line have!

@fnm9908 14 лет назад

sounds really good,very well mantained P5,plus the sound of a non turbocharged EMD.a nice combination

@MrJacMac1968 14 лет назад

remember hearing alot of them in the 1970's on the Southern Railway

@cwall97 14 лет назад

thats my favorite horn right there!

@mafarnz 14 лет назад

@godsangelfella You can purchase P5's either used on ebay or new from Nathan.

@mafarnz 15 лет назад

The Washington and Idaho, reporting marks WIR. It runs 86 miles of former Northern Pacific branch lines in eastern Washington. The horn is from the 316's days on the Clinchfield, but it is the same type that was used on SOU.

@markquiswest6607 7 месяцев назад

Its music to my ears!

@EMDFAN1988 15 лет назад

welcome man that's my favorite horn.

@kevinb721 8 лет назад

still the best horn video because of the direction of the bells and direction of travel...you get a great doppler effect from the motion away from the camera and the bells facing all forward. thanks for this

@mafarnz 8 лет назад

+kevinb721 There was a very unique set of circumstances that made this such a great recording. i just wished that it was a better sounding horn.

@mafarnz 14 лет назад

@MrJacMac1986 Actually no, all the potatoes are grown in the southeast part of the state (and Washington grows more potatoes than Idaho anyways), however, there is a metric crap ton of wheat that is grown in this area that the WIR does hual.

@dwkcamman611 13 лет назад

Damn! That was awesome!

@mafarnz 15 лет назад

That's good to know. I didn't notice the lights were off until after I uploaded the video and people started commenting about it, I was afraid that I might have gotten someone in trouble with the vid.

@mafarnz 14 лет назад

Yeah, the throttle up is nice.

@ICrailroadprod.2007 Год назад

The IC sends it's regards.

@bearbon2 14 лет назад

Just the best! My favorite!

@marchmadness76 15 лет назад

Very Very nice, I have a P3 New Cast Train Horn.

@moonwalker5058 14 лет назад

That sounds like the P5 off of the willamette valley railway in oregon!

@lelomiliken7598 2 года назад

Awesome!!!💥💥💥.

@JAILRail 10 лет назад

Great video! I subbed.

@MDSerles 12 лет назад

I still love the P5 on Illinois Central locos. Sounds awesome with the "leaky valve"!

@mafarnz 15 лет назад

Glad to hear that, thanks for the comment and favorite.

@mafarnz 15 лет назад

Depends on where and how you get it. A used one on e-bay might set you back $600 to $700, new from Nathan would be more.

@mafarnz 15 лет назад

Good idea.

@MichaelSullivanPhoto1985 14 лет назад

I'm already working on getting one. My K5LA and S3L need a new friend.

@mafarnz 15 лет назад

Thanks!

@mafarnz 15 лет назад

That would have been a kickasss horn too, but I like this P5. This unit was rebuilt by SBD for the Clinchfield, and since CRR used P5's, that what it has.

@MrJacMac1968 14 лет назад

Dont hear alot of P5's in cold snowy climates.Since Southern had alot of them.One would think to hear them in more milder climes

@The3751FAN 14 лет назад

i like the P5s that are on some of the IC SD70s

@TrainiacProductions 15 лет назад

No problem!

@mafarnz 13 лет назад

@rhondaw1 The rules in the US are similar, start, stop and two long, one short one long ( - - . - ) at a crossing. They are using the horn so much here because there are 7 crossings in the span of a 1/2 mile, and with the crossings spaced so close togeather, as soon as you cross one street you are blowing the horn for the next.

@mafarnz 15 лет назад

Ha ha, thanks!

@mafarnz 15 лет назад

Jackson Performance Products sells new and rebuilt P5's for $650.

@MrJacMac1968 14 лет назад

the WIR must haul a lot of potatoes during the warmer months

@trainzrok 14 лет назад

its best to get a used one because you might be able to get it old cast style. The new casts are ok, but i like the old one's better.

@Curious142 12 лет назад

That engine's horn and bell work a lot better than its lights. Aren't there rules about using the engine's headlights?

@mikeytrains1 8 лет назад

WOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@mafarnz 15 лет назад

It does. It's ex CN, ex VIA, I guess VIA replaced the steam gen with HEP. I'm not sure what kind of brake system it has though.

@TracksideTyson 6 лет назад

That's a nice and loud P5! You live in Idaho?

@mrspacecase 11 лет назад

And in spite of the fantastic horn, and the warning it provides so well, some idiot, somewhere, behind the wheel of a car, will try to beat the engine across the tracks. But the video is great!

@mafarnz 15 лет назад

They had just started the loco and were leaving the yard, they turned the head and ditch lights on after they left the yard.

@mafarnz 12 лет назад

@BillC518 I'm not a fan of K horns myself, but I would love to hear a bunch of Leslie 5 chimes.

@rhondaw1 13 лет назад

But why where they using that horn so much........was it due to no lights up front or what? In Australia they seem to only use horn at crossings, stations and when taking off from stand still.

@mafarnz 13 лет назад

@izzwardo Let's just say I know that horn well. ;) It's all new cast, bells 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5. In this video it's in an ABF configuration.

@mafarnz 15 лет назад

Yeah, M5's just belong on F units, a good sounding horn for a good looking unit.

@mafarnz 15 лет назад

Personally I'm not a big fan of the new cast P horns. They got a lot harsher, and have lost almost all of the pleasant tones that the old cast horns have.

@mafarnz 13 лет назад

@lukasfols1 This a new cast P5.

@mafarnz 13 лет назад

@lukasfols1 I used to, but that was before I had heard good recordings of old cast P5's. I like the old cast ones better now, especially now that I own one.

@mafarnz 12 лет назад

@Curious142 Please read the video description.