#486 is undoubtedly my personal favorite, that D&RGW 5 is amoungst the most enchanted sounding one. The crew in most of the clips in which it was featured never really pulled the chord down hard. With the fulcrum arm wide open the 486s 5 Chime is awestriking. But the #488, #481, #480, #478, #487 are also among my favorites.
487 has always been my favorite. When i was really little, i saw a bunch of rail fanning videos, and 487 showed up, and i from that day forward she'd always been my favorite something about her snow plow really stuck out to me
486’s Rio Grande 5 chime whistle is actually just better than the rest! The best whistle in existence in my opinion! 481’s (478’s from what I’ve heard, not sure whether it’s true or not) D&RGW 5 chime is my second fav, but nearly tied with 486’s. 473’s D&RGW 3 chime in third! Anyway, absolutely fantastic video! Thank you so much for filming these whistles on the most beautiful locomotives on the face of the earth! Absolutely made my day!
The best one, in my opinion, is the #476 with a Lunkenheimer 3 Chime, and I have one...Love my whistle, and in the right hands you can make it "talk and sing" to you. Hauntingly beautiful sound. Dr. George Whitehead
I find it interesting how no one has noticed the whistle recording at 6:16 used to be in the railroads online menu start up sequence. Amazing video by the way! Music to my ears!
@@ArkansasLocomotiveWorks It did at one point. It has since been replaced though by a new soundtrack. Was there anyone standing by you in that clip? If so it could be they’re audio. If not, then whoever used it raised the pitch a little bit, but still the same sound. I would contact Mark Huber and ask him about this if this is any concern.
487 is my favorite whistle, but they are all so good Edit almost a year later: I think 484 is at a tie for my favorite now, but I still agree with myself that they are all so good.
I'm sorry if this is spam, but I gotta mention how beautiful and loud this 5 chime or 3 chime ( I can't tell ) is, 9:43 and at 9:44 doesn't it kinda give a southern railway 3 chime sound. It's probably only me.
4:17 Colorado's only Polar Express whistle sample! Sounds so beautiful.
Expectation: Sierra Railway #3
Reality: D&S #481
What’s the name of the locomotive that has that whistle?
@@mikeyburns4200 It says right there in the meme. It is the Sierra Railway #3 whistle, but the D&S #481 has the same variant.
I know! Those Lima 5 chimes are somethin' else when on Sierra Railroad #3 and Durango & Silverton #481
Imagine being in a town listening to the whistle sounds of steam locomotives at night.
It’s sounds amazing especially in Durango
@@spagelsmegal i wonder what the echoes sound like, i think they would sound amazing
I truly think electric locomotives should be fitted with air compressors for whistles
#486 is undoubtedly my personal favorite, that D&RGW 5 is amoungst the most enchanted sounding one. The crew in most of the clips in which it was featured never really pulled the chord down hard. With the fulcrum arm wide open the 486s 5 Chime is awestriking. But the #488, #481, #480, #478, #487 are also among my favorites.
487 has always been my favorite.
When i was really little, i saw a bunch of rail fanning videos, and 487 showed up, and i from that day forward she'd always been my favorite something about her snow plow really stuck out to me
Same here :3
Same. She’s one beautiful locomotive.
4:16 is my favorite all time sound of a chime, there is no other chime in this world that sounds more beautiful at that distance. I love that sound.
481 has the best whistle on their roster! It’s tuned so beautifully
Lol nice name
Love the unique sound of 487s D&RGW 5 chime with its hooter bowl
Ig Eureka and 315 is having an argument😂😂
486’s Rio Grande 5 chime whistle is actually just better than the rest! The best whistle in existence in my opinion! 481’s (478’s from what I’ve heard, not sure whether it’s true or not) D&RGW 5 chime is my second fav, but nearly tied with 486’s. 473’s D&RGW 3 chime in third! Anyway, absolutely fantastic video! Thank you so much for filming these whistles on the most beautiful locomotives on the face of the earth! Absolutely made my day!
The best one, in my opinion, is the #476 with a Lunkenheimer 3 Chime, and I have one...Love my whistle, and in the right hands you can make it "talk and sing" to you. Hauntingly beautiful sound. Dr. George Whitehead
Also 473’s d&rgw 3 chime
Awesome collection of steam whistles !!!
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482,480,473 are in the roundhouse and 478 in the video is in the museum getting an overhaul like an inspection
The Durango McDonald's is the most unintentionally photographed/videoed McDonald's ever!
Yeah lol anytime there's a video at the depot I see that McDonald's.
15:17
Love the sound of 487
486's is my favorite 5 chime, I like to call the D&RGW 5 Chime as the Language of the D&RGW
#488 is my favorite steam engine 7:24
I find it interesting how no one has noticed the whistle recording at 6:16 used to be in the railroads online menu start up sequence. Amazing video by the way! Music to my ears!
wait does it
@@ArkansasLocomotiveWorks It did at one point. It has since been replaced though by a new soundtrack. Was there anyone standing by you in that clip? If so it could be they’re audio. If not, then whoever used it raised the pitch a little bit, but still the same sound. I would contact Mark Huber and ask him about this if this is any concern.
@@greatsmokymtnsrailfan Yeah I am a bit concerned cuz it was just me at that location, nobody notified me they'd be using this in their game.
@@ArkansasLocomotiveWorks Oof. I bet it was the owner of the game, Kueme. He’s a bit sketchy sometimes. Again I would contact @Hyce to discuss this.
@@greatsmokymtnsrailfan Thanks
The real whistle origin of the Polar express 4:17
It's similar, but it's popular belief that it's Sierra 3's Lima 5 Chime.
@@ArkansasLocomotiveWorks is there a video of that whistle?
@@JamesCollins764 just look up videos of sierra 3 i guess
15:57 Almost sounds like East Broad Top 17 with the Squeal that is.
487 has a D&RGW 5 chime but it’s insanely unique in that it has a hooter bowl, which is why it’s way higher pitched than normal D&RGW 5 chimes
487 is my favorite whistle, but they are all so good
Edit almost a year later: I think 484 is at a tie for my favorite now, but I still agree with myself that they are all so good.
This sounds like the ghost version of the lima 5 chime
Great video, shoot on
Which one is that first one? I distinctly remember it being used in the D&S documentary that CW McCall narrated
Cumbers & toltec
dang 487 was a squeaker that day 12:07
I really like the K-37 class 497
10:30 What flat top whistle is this?
Pretty sure it’s an in house 5 chime
I can't stop getting Pennsylvania railroad vibes from this whistle r:53
It's Denver & Rio Grande Western but okay.
473 coming
I love the sound of the whistle on 484. Is that a D&RGW 5-chime?
It's actually an unknown flat top 5 chime
@@ArkansasLocomotiveWorksthe whistle was actually recently discovered to be a DT&I 5 chime
4:17
“I Wanted to do that all my life!”
-Christopher Lloyd (as Doc Brown)
I am killing myself trying to figure out which locomotive is using that beautiful 5 chime here 4:17
It's D&S 481
These whistles give me Polar Express vibes.
I'm sorry if this is spam, but I gotta mention how beautiful and loud this 5 chime or 3 chime ( I can't tell ) is, 9:43 and at 9:44 doesn't it kinda give a southern railway 3 chime sound. It's probably only me.
Ok I found out its a 5 chime, just up close it sounded kinda like a 3 chime
It’s because the whistle is so loud, it distorts the audio in the recording.
2:45 Sounds like Puffa's whistle from TUGS.
484
476 tooo
Anyone know what whistle 487 had during the second half of this video? Doesn’t sound like a rio Grande 5 chime in my opinion
It is. It has a weirdly placed bowl if I recall correctly. I might be wrong.
It has a hooter bowl which is why it’s very high pitched
THAT 486 IS GOOD BLOW A D&RGW 5 CHIME
Ya 481
00:15:54 I do believe that whistle on locomotive #487 need to be repaired, somehow.
Sounds perfectly fine to me.
@@ArkansasLocomotiveWorks understood.
I'm with you on that one my gosh 😬
#487 rips... Always my favorite K-37... #488 is close behind...
I believe 487 is a K-36
@@thespokanerailfanner7916 its a k36
487
7:30
You forgot 464
We didn't, we just haven't documented that locomotive yet.
3:17
0:01 that's 487 right?