my pap was one of the Lead designers of the Reading T-1 and i inherited T-1 2104's hooter that is now used on a steam tractor i help with and soon Steam loco!!!
That Reading whistle was standard on their T1 4-8-4's. Reading #2100 kept hers throughout her Rambles career. But 2124 used a 6 chime off of a Reading Pacific. Paired up, the whistle blowing betw the 2 was a treat to the ears.
Pssst! Wanna make a real spooky ghost train video? You do? Okay, here's how to do it. First off you need an editing software that provides for at least two video tracks(one main and one for overlaying video), this is important and you see why momentarily. Shooting your video you'll need a tripod for a good, stable shot. You'll need to be at your location at least 45 minutes before the train you're going to shoot is due to pass by. This will give you ample time to set your camera up on the tripod and pick a good position to shoot from. First, shoot about 10-15 minutes of the location without the train(you can trim this down later in the editing), now, when the train passes, shoot the video of its pass WITHOUT altering your zoom from when you shot the empty scene. Now you have your two shots, the editing process begins. Lay the video of the empty scene on Video Track 1 and play it to a point where you want your ghost train to appear. Pause here and lay the video with the train on the second video track. Here you'll need to adjust the opacity of the overlaid video, starting at 0%(invisible) then gradually building to around 50%(say, over 10 seconds) then staying at 50% during most, but not all the train's passing. Then, over another 10 seconds the opacity drops back to 0% giving the impression of the train slowly vanishing as the carriages pass by. The opacity variation can be achieved by setting key-frames. If your software has a key-frame facility, use it to set where the opacity levels vary from 0% to 50% and then back to 0% and now you have a ghost train!
Honestly, 142 never deserved such a crappy whistle which is the Reading Banshee. It’s better on the Reading T1’s! Not on 142. However, I liked the PRR 3 chime she wore! Great footage of the photo charter
