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Video taken yesterday by Bobby Harvey Video Productions of the westbound Southwest Chief with the North Carolina equipment at Dallas City, Illinois.

 
CSXfoamer1997 said:
Video taken yesterday by Bobby Harvey Video Productions of the westbound Southwest Chief with the North Carolina equipment at Dallas City, Illinois.

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Hybrid? Sounds to me more like the horn was defective...that one or more of its elements was blocked or not working properly....
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railiner said:
Video taken yesterday by Bobby Harvey Video Productions of the westbound Southwest Chief with the North Carolina equipment at Dallas City, Illinois.

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So if I'm understanding correctly, it's just a K5LA with a different (older?) bell?
 
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Yes. The distinctive horn that Acelas and HHP-8s have is a K5LA hybrid. Some P42s got them in the early 2000s but many have since had theirs replaced. All Acelas and HHP-8s still have their hybrids except for I believe one end of one HHP which has a regular K5LA (dont know what generation).
 
The K5LA has a sweet sound, but I like the P5 better...just nostalgia from when I used to hear them on IC E-9's, with their 'Mars' lights beaming thru the night, while I lie on my bunk at Chanute AFB, wishing I could "get out of that place" aboard one of them....
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But my favorite is what carried this one....

http://www.dieselairhorns.com/sounds/uGG1a200.mp3

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railiner said:
The K5LA has a sweet sound, but I like the P5 better...just nostalgia from when I used to hear them on IC E-9's, with their 'Mars' lights beaming thru the night, while I lie on my bunk at Chanute AFB, wishing I could "get out of that place" aboard one of them.... [emoji4]

But my favorite is what carried this one....

http://www.dieselairhorns.com/sounds/uGG1a200.mp3

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Would that be a GG1?, I don’t know the model name of the horn though.
 
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Train_Freak said:
railiner said:
The K5LA has a sweet sound, but I like the P5 better...just nostalgia from when I used to hear them on IC E-9's, with their 'Mars' lights beaming thru the night, while I lie on my bunk at Chanute AFB, wishing I could "get out of that place" aboard one of them.... [emoji4]

But my favorite is what carried this one....

http://www.dieselairhorns.com/sounds/uGG1a200.mp3

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Would that be a GG1?, I don’t know the model name of the horn though.
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Absolutely correct!
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The horn is a Leslie A200
 
Amtrak706 said:
Yes. The distinctive horn that Acelas and HHP-8s have is a K5LA hybrid. Some P42s got them in the early 2000s but many have since had theirs replaced. All Acelas and HHP-8s still have their hybrids except for I believe one end of one HHP which has a regular K5LA (dont know what generation).
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You are correct about the HHP having a normal K5LA at one end of the unit. I believe it’s 653 and the B end of the locomotive.

I actually like the “Hybrid K5LA” has a nice sound. I’m still getting used to the ACS-64’s horn. It’s got a nice sound in the distance to it. I’m about 2.5 miles from ZOO and MANTUA interlockings and can hear them blow the horn every once and a while.
 
Is the North Carolina set still in Colorado? I still want to see it in Chicago since I wasn't able to on the way out due to a late CL. Going east, the schedule allows me to see it every day of the week.
 
brianpmcdonnell17 said:
Is the North Carolina set still in Colorado? I still want to see it in Chicago since I wasn't able to on the way out due to a late CL. Going east, the schedule allows me to see it every day of the week.
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It was on the southbound Capitol in the video just a few posts up, so unless I'm missing something, it is not there.
 
John Bobinyec said:
The NCDOT trainset is back in NC. Amtrak Cascades engine 470 was just set out in Charlotte from Piedmont 75. I assume 470 will be on 80 tomorrow in order to start its trip home.

jb
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Your assumption would be correct. It will be interesting to see where home will be though.
 

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