NOTE! The Polar Express whistle used in the movie was recorded using the Sierra Railway No3 (Not the Pierre Marquette 1225 as I erroneously state in this video). Yup, even good old RBP makes mistakes. Thank you all for watching...and keeping my on my toes! Where did the Polar Express land on my countdown? You will have to watch to find out! :)
Chris, I have to say that your upbeat attitude and sense of train-fed joy really comes through in your videos, and it's a great antidote to these crazy times. Keep up the good work!
That N&W J Class is a beautiful locomotive! It's come through my neighborhood several times over the years. I've ridden behind it in an excursion from Lynchburg to Petersburg in 2018. I enjoyed every second!
MTH has been known to add that amazingly shrill whistle in some steam engines. Reminds me of the PRR Banshee whistles tooted by the PRR H10 Consolidations. Shrill whistles are the best.
Another whistle that should be on this list is the SP&S 700 (E-1 4-8-4) Hancock 3 chime long-bell superheated steam whistle, originally off either SP&S 910 (4-6-6-4 Challenger) or SP&S 911 (4-6-6-4 Challenger).
By the way, I love your videos, and always look forward to seeing your latest one! I am new into model railroading. I wanted to let you know Chris, that I thought you as well as your set, and also your Dad's set are really inspirational!
Dude you must be like so rich to afford all of these trains Like the coolest train in my collection is a HO scale challenger (still pretty epic) I love trains especially the big boy it is so cool in my opinion like 4-8-8-4 how epic is that Keep up the amazing work you got another subscriber
I love this video. Because of the top 10 steam locomotive steam whistles. I love the 10 engines steam whisltes especially the NYC niagara whistle and the Union pacific big boy whistle. They are my favourite steam whistles.
Fantastic! I had a feeling about your #1 choice. 😉👍 I’m also a big fan of the VisionLine NYC Niagara and the Santa Fe Black Bonnet 4-8-4 Northern. Glad you featured the C&O Berkshire. Not only does it have NKP 765’s whistle, but I think Rich Melvin is one of the crew talk voices. He was the engineer behind 765 for many years! Very cool of Lionel to feature him.
All of these whistles are my favorites, but my most favorite is the big boy. I have Lionel trains at home but no legacy locomotives. I also have lego trains as well and this year I built a new steam locomotive with sound. The sound is recorded from my favorite excursion star, N&W #1218. Great video and I would like to here more great whistles in the future to get some ideas for future lego trains I plan to build.
I’m with you 100%, ya can’t beat the sound of the Big Boy 👍🏻 but my #2 would be the G2 followed by the Polar Express, just my opinion, your video, therefore it counts LOL Thanks Chris, that was really fun & cool.
I agree 100% with your #1 pick. The UP Big Boy is king. No greater sound in the world. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I heard somewhere that UP #844 (my all time fav), was fitted with a Big Boy whistle a number of years back. That sound gives me wonderful chills lol. 👍
Only in books and train shows are steam engines alive, even if you could swear it was alive if you could feel the heat from its boiler and hear the sounds it makes when it's on. The only way I heard any real ones would be when I stayed overnight at the Sandusky KOA, next to Cedar Point, perhaps and from videos online. The park trains use steamers, according to a video I saw here on RU-vid. I grew up watching TTTE and I think it made me like trains when I'm not trying to sleep. I learned I don't like trains when I'm trying to sleep while next to the rails in Sandusky that night.
Helllo right when I watched your video I was inspired to like trains. I love your videos and they’re so good. If you want to be real, I want to be likening trains:)
Your videos are awesome along with the trains themselves and your positivity and excitement brings the I can't wait to see what's in this video is incredible keep up the great work
Glad I found this channel. Not too many take the time to talk about whistles which is my favorite aspect of steam locos. NYC 6 chime is definitely my number one but I have a serious soft spot for the French screamers, especially in 74 version of Murder on the Orient Express, and the Train. Was happy MTH got good recordings for their 231 pacific and sounded spot on when you did the whistle quill effect.
Wow! Super video Chris! My favorites? Well, not trying to weasel out here but in my opinion it's a toss-up between Mighty 611 and the Big Boy. Both are almost like the "Voice of Eternity," everything that ever was or ever will be. Sends shivers down my spine! But you know, sometimes it's fun to indulge in a bit of nostalgia and let loose with an old, mechanical, Lionel post-war whistle. THAT sounds like Christmas long ago! One last thing, the whistle on that high-steppin' B&O 4-4-0 sounds almost European. Interesting.
My Ho scale MTH PRR 2-8-0 has the exact same whistle as your MTH B&O 4-4-0. Honestly love it, especially when it’s around Halloween time since it gives a high pitch sound like a scream. Awesome video by the way!
These American whistles are very deep-throated and loud and yes I suppose they need to be but as a former loco fireman in the UK (Years Ago) I much prefer the chime whistles on the old Britania Pacific loco's. One I worked on Oliver Cromwell 70013 is preserved. At the end of the steam age in the UK we went to diesel, these, for the most part, had a two-note horn on which you could play a tune. I got told off a couple of times for playing "Ilkley moor bart hat" an old traditional Yorkshire song.
My favorite is the class J, I rode behind that in 1987 and went to Strasburg to see it again. I mean I live in Exton, Pa so how could I not see it again. I do really love the big boy whistle. Its close to being the best but imo the J tops it.
Nice video. I like em all. iLife to hear the different whistles as well. I love the 4449 whistle in my fleet. I dislike the General and the Jupiter’s whistles the most. The 611 is not her I really like. Have a good one buddy. Tim
Hey Chris. Lucky enough here to have a layout that will accommodate all the articulates. Though a 2-10-10-2 is on order, living within a stones throw here in Southern California where the Big Boy was stored at the Pomona Fairplex, upon hearing that incredible whistle, I just gotta get one. I’m gonna blame you for the dent in my finances. This was a fun one… now let’s all see ‘em run at the same time!
Haha! You will love it! I thought about getting them all running but can’t quite get all 10 of them on there at the same time without risking an epic crash!
Hey Chris, are you still going to York? Would love to get together and hang out shopping for trains. Any other RU-vidrs going to be there? E-mail me on my channel if you'd be up for it. Love all the videos! Sean
@@RBPTrains Hey Chris, I tried putting my e-mail in but looks like RU-vid just removes it. How do I get in contact with you, haha. I'm on OGR forum if that helps and my e-mail is in my profile (sandjam).
Don't for get the Lionel Legacy FEF, MTH decapod PS3, Lionel Legacy H7, Vision Line CCII, MTH Santa Fe Hudson, Lionel TMCC M1a, Vision Line UP Challenger, JLC N&W Y6b, and last but not least the Lionel Legacy 0-6-0 switcher
Now if I can find one under $500, that'd be great. Mainly for hauling around my Hot Wheels collection (21, and do. Not. Care). A commanding whistle paired with something no larger then a 4-8-4, and smoke is sure to gain my cousins attention (They like to race their card with mine). While I might not have as many track cars as they do, I'd find it best if they got a introduction of fire, steam, and power.
Interesting thing about the NYC Niagaras; they actually used Hancock 3 chimes and would have sounded similar to N&W 611. The 6 chime is semi-inaccurate although the smaller Mohawks would have worn 6 chimes.
Now with this video it depends on what you mean. If you mean models........non.........because I am a VERY poor man who cannot afford the engines......not even a switcher.......but if were talking real life I'd have to say the whistle of the Sierra railroad number 3, the great northern five chime, and my number one being the nathan five chime whistles....notice a theme here? I like whistles that sound loud, and proud, while still being very different from one another. edit: What whistle was that?! I know you said it was from the 765 but what KIND of whistle is that?
quick question, whats your opinions on the Southern Pacific 6 chime? I know this isn't especifically related to the video a lot, but i'm just curious haha good job on the video!
If I was a steam train my whistle would just be Choo choo and I would say "Choo Choo because I couldn't be bothered to put a lot of effort into the Sound of my whistle but I would be a reliable and efficient steam locomotive
My most favorite steam whistles are 1. Norfolk & Western J class 4-8-4 number 611 2. Southern Pacific Daylight GS class 4-8-4 GS5 & 3. The Lionel New York Central Niagara. My 3 most favorite steam locomotives are 1. Southern Pacific Daylight 4-8-4 GS4 number 4449 2. Norfolk & Western J class 4-8-4 number 611 & 3.The southern Pacific AC12 Cab Forward 4-8-8-2 number 4294. I have a Kato N scale GS4 number 4449 & the 10 car Morning Daylight set which is my excursion train on my N scale Pacific West Coast model railroad which will be getting a permanent layout in the future.
Chris the B&O 4-4-0 whistle is also on MTH's Premier 0-8-0 switchers. I have the NP 0-8-0 and its the exact same whistle. It amazes me as to how the whistles or horns can be off on both he steam and the diesels. Recently at the Trackers I was running my Lionel Legacy NP 2-8-8-4 (from the EM-1 run) and the whistle on that is the Big Boy which I saw in Kansas City earlier this month. I was like, "What a minute...wrong whistle!" Agree on the Vision Line Daylights also the whistle on the SP 4-4-2 is first rate. In MTH Premier the whistles on the 2900 Santa Fe Northerns are solid. Also good are the Premier 4-6-2 Pacific, I have the Great Northern and that is amazing. You need to add the Milwaukee Road 261/264 to your collection Chris. I have that as well. And while its older I also like the RS items from the 1990s'. The Wabash 4-6-4 from 1996 is good and so is the B&A 4-6-4 from 1995. By the way if you are interested the National Capitol Trackers is running again. We are going to be at the USMC Museum in Quantico on October 30 and 31. Also we will be in Rockville in November. And we will be at the B&O Museum at Christmas. I won't be at that show. I will be back in California visiting family which I have not seen in person in two years now. Love your videos, keep up the good work.
I’m curious, but the Lionel legacy 0-8-0 (with the centred headlight), can the whistle be changed? Just curious as the single chime whistle is a bit tiresome at times. If you also like whistles, the old TMCC Lionel Southern 0-8-0 has quite the melodious whistle. Actually, the 0-8-0 engines, depending on the road name, have quite the assortment of whistles (TMCC engines).
The C&O 2-8-4 Berkshire would actually be a Pere Marquette 2-8-4 Berkshire. The Pere Marquette Berkshires were to be renumbered and lettered to C&O livery once the original loan on the PM Berk’s were paid off. In example; Pere Marquette 2-8-4 #1215 was relettered to C&O #2699. So the model you ran would be Pere Marquette Berkshire #1202.
