The Epic Whistle of Sierra Railway No. 3 

The E.P. Ripley number #2 needs a new whistle VERY badly and this would be PERFECT on her now that she's been refurbished with new bearings, a new tender, and a new coat of paint.

#5 has a Western 5 chime.

Apollo/51NAPA or we could try and make the whistle ourselves by figuring out the combination.

Apollo/51NAPA, this is cop

Great Video i Love the Whistle

I think in the first time in the movie when the Polar Express blows its whistle, they used 1225's actual whsitle instead!

Yeah, it was one of a few nods the director made to Back to the Future. Even the line the "Hero Boy" says in the cab is similar to Doc's when he blows the whistle.

@@TrackMaster844 I never noticed that. Huh.

@@MrBnsftrain yeah the whistle in the main characters bedroom sounded different than the rest of the movie.

@@TrackMaster844 "I wanted to do that my whole life!"

And if you look carefully in the engine room you will find the flux capacitor.

Teh Spi they were made by the same director so no

@@that-genz.gentleman That's why they made it on time to the north pole.

CPTN Murkin Jr “hey what gives? It was five minutes till midnight four minutes ago!” HE KNOWS TOO MUCH!!!!!

Amtrak121 that means the train polar express can jump time lmao

Agreed!

It also appears in a lot of old tv shows from the 1940s-70s

And Fievel Goes West.

Well it actually appeared in a whole lot of movies apart from those two, I guess people tend to forget that

Yeah, it has a film and tv career that would make any big A-list actor blush. You can find a full list on Wikipedia.

The locomotive has been a film star since the 1920's, and has had over a hundred roles.

But You Gotta Put Polar Express On The Tender Ya Know

@@nightowlyg7983 after they slap the sierra 3 on it, its mandatory to paint "polar express" on the tender

Night OwlYG they had it like that for a while but they changed it

War 1109 true, true!

And the polar express things they have.

Same

That movie NEVER gets old. It's Warner Bros.' Magnum Opus of Christmas movies.

Fact

@Tails 64 Yes I did Indeed... I also notice numerus parallels between The Polar Express and BTTF 3. Such as the number of times the train stops, and the number of cars their hauling, not to mention every scene Robert Zemeckis recreated from BTTF 3.

also, the "hero" boy qoutes Doc, at some point he blows the whistle and says "I've wanted to do that my whole life", which was a reference to BTTF 3.

There was also a working flux copasator on it i dont know hiw to spell it sorry

@@andredizon5805the cars it was pulling varied from 19 or 5

@@FlattenedFunnelso if we count the ice and stoping at the North Pole that would be what 5 times and the train pulled 19 cars when going through the woods

+Patrick Orbea Indeed.

+The RadioactiveGourd you said it.

or BTTF part 3

In BTTFIII, it was engine no. 131 of the Central Pacific Railroad.

@@johntracy72 actually it was indeed the Sierra #3 that had the role of that western train from BTTF Part 3 because the director of the polar express movie was the same director of BTTF Part 3 and so because of that he decided to put in some eater eggs, including the polar express having Sierra's whistle. He also put two other easter eggs in there as well. First there's the scene where the girl offers the hero boy to use the whistle. When the hero boy pulls the whistle rope he says: "I've wanted to do that my whole life!" which is a reference to the scene in BTTF Part 3 when doc pulls the whistle of the western locomotive and says the same thing. Second there's the scene where when the engineer is trying to apply the brakes but it doesn't seem to work and accidently brakes it and the pin that holds it on starts flying around the cab of the locomotive. When the camera is following the pin around the cab and the engineer and the fire man are trying to catch it the camera looks in front of the dashes for a split second. if you pause it at the right time while the camera is looking forwards too the dashes, we can see the flux capacitor of the DeLorean time machine next to the gauges. which is the flux capacitor from BTTF.

For a small girl, she sure has a heck of a voice!

Also, the another Cartoon whistle is CN 3254 old whistle Search it

Polar Express Kevin J

More like the polar express whistle

I want to know 836's whistle from dajara521

no j

Y'all he means the echo of the whistle makes it sound like a ghost.

Is that a joke from the polar Express song? : )

Just put a Lima 5 chime on it. It's close enough.

I mean, people only remember the whistle from the 2004 movie

Which one is the most accurate?

YES!!!

Literally everyone.

Rail racer she was in back to the future acting as 131

well, if you had a straight stretch of track with a level grade, and if you weren;t hauling no cars behind you, and if you had the fire burning hot enough, and i'm talking hotter than the firey blazes of hell and damnation itself....then yes.

john erikson hail no these are old engines but on a straight track and fire burning hot enough with no cars on a down hill grade then maybe yes but they are not build to go fast the just needed to get the job done

SnakyFace Gaming r/whoosh

With enough loaded freight cars pushing it down a 1 or 2 percent grade, it'll probably get to 98mph if. It doesnt derail when it gets to 93

Got any Presto logs?

It sounds like the Polar Express whistle.

Well, it is. Stock audio of the whistle was used as the Polar Express whistle in the movie.

@@dustythetvheadman3620 How can that be true when the Polar Express whistle stole the whistle off of this train to make it sound good?

Makia it’s because that is cheaper than using the real locos whistle for the movie

That Sounded More Like The Great Northern 5-Chime Than The Southern 5-Chime.

I honestly think it sounds like a mix. Southern Railway and Great Northern.

@Mr. Big Rick no that's the line from the polar express movie

+LongviewRailfan Yes he did. :)

The real life Polar Express has this whistle

L B is that the company that made the whistle?

5 Chime “Steptop” Whistle hade by the Lima Locomotive Works.

@@lostonessoul8435 Probably.

@@lostonessoul8435 8

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Kristal Kat it will be cool

Pere marquette 1225 used to have a lima 5 chime now 1225 wears a nathan 6 chime

It’s in Jamestown, Ca on seco Street.

Same

But she’s over 100 years old now

@@JudyLong-j4o Not small as in young, but literally small in size

nah, im going back. *Back to about 30 years*

The Polar Express (2004) NEVER gets old.

Wait what

Pm 1225

I don’t think it would sound good on an engine that large. The sound would be lost over the chugging of the engine

In Jamestown, California

Yes

Lima 5 chime

It was on another engine

It already have it back then

Southern 5 chime i guess????

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@@TheAuxmark3 FRICK YOU

Lima 5 chime Steptop whistle