Idk if my comment got removed or something, but this is probably the best video of this thing on RU-vid. The way it sounds with the sun shining on it and when the horn faces the camera the first time with those bugs flying around is so magical looking and nostalgic. Lets hope it gets restored because this thing is awesome!
Can we all take in the fact that this is RCM controlled Edit: I was a dumb 2 years ago, I now know this is a early 1960s 1003 that has a AGASAT in the RCM3
@@UnionPacific19 the thunderbolt that is in Mineola,NY was installed in the 1960s because the oldest prototype thunderbolts used to have the tilted down horn. So, the thunderbolt 1003 in Mineola,NY was the first thunderbolt 1003 installed. And after 2 years later. Silverstreet thunderbolt 1003 was installed in the 1962s.
Where I live they do a weekly test but the only thing we have are 4 modulators and one is a replacement for a FS EOWS 612 and they never hooked it up! All they test it with is west minister chimes.
love the chrip of the birds right before the peaceful tranquility is shattered! lol. why a WEEKLY test though? i thought most places only checked them once a month?
Where I live they do a weekly test but the only thing we have are 4 modulators and one is a replacement for a FS EOWS 612 and they never hooked it up! All they test it with is west minister chimes.
When I first watched this video, I was wearing a South Carolina T-shirt! Not an SC resident, Florida resident. Part of my family (including me) are from the Carolinas.
No in 1951 the first prototypes of the Thunderbolt were built and tested in Jefferson City,MO and in 1956 the 1000T (4/5) port Thunderbolts were produced and in 1962 The Thunderbolt 1003 was produced and in 1993 Federal tried to modernise the Thunderbolt by scrapping the belt driven rotator and used a gear driven rotator along with a square rotator box and square blower box. That there is the Thunderbolt series.
+WAandCASirens actually there's a 1003 30 minutes from Indy, and two 1000Ts and possibly a 1000 a little over an hour away so hahaha yes there are Thunderbolts by Indy
+WAandCASirens that would me, Elizabeth. I also have 3 other accounts, as follows Storm/Siren: stormsandsirens958 Siren photography: sirenography Finsta: willyouhelpmefindmypuppy
Kentucky Trainiac that would require replacing the entire mechanical setup, the solenoids can only do hi lo on this siren, it's not electric so they open and close mechanically, only one signal can be done with the solenoid, and that was purchased from federal when silverstreet ordered the siren. If the had ordered pulse it would do pulse instead of hi lo.
Keaton0801 you don't have any idea how these 1003Ts sound... They are capable of generating a multitude of tones.. all it needs to generate the full range is a RCM-3 and an AF timer.
location of this siren www.google.com/maps/@34.2187043,-81.7166969,3a,17.4y,44.03h,99.28t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKruBtL6sCswSEJ9jIasEGg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
