Why do amtrack engineers blow their horns so weird? Its like soft, then gets loud, then soft, then gets loud. Why do they do that?
I’ve noticed the same technique all the way from Hamlet, N.C. to Folkston, GA. I guess it’s just their style.
Its not really the engineers way of blowing the horn. On the new GEs all you have to do is push a button and the horn sounds on its own. I guess the way you are hearing is the way it was programed.
It has nothing to do with Amtrak. I kno plenty of engineers who blow the _ _ o _ without ever totally silencing the horn.
Here is a perfect example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dTtPPLqTmY
Coborn35, the only engineers I have ever heard doing this is Amtrak.
It sounds like it is the style of horn button, some are straight electronic off or on, others are levers that actually control the air, and you can get a little horn play from them. Most BNSF engines have the straight electronic on or off, but sometimes in the older units you get to have some fun blowing the horn!
I have never been in an Amtrak locomotive before but i would assume that the style of horn blowing is due to the type of control they have.
I’ve never heard that on an Amtrak, but I am pretty sure I’ve heard that sound before. Could it be simply a slight delay (intentional or not) between the back-facing and front-facing horns?
I’ve heard a lot of that on the WSOR. With some engineers, It’s just their way of doing it. I like it when they do that![8D]
It could be the way they train their engineers. I’m not sure why they would have them do it that way, but it could be that.
I like to play a bit with the whistle on the backup hose when I’m calling backup moves - it’s not much variation in sound, but it’s not just on and off, either.
It all depends on the horn control.