DL - Nathan M5 in the Wild

This footage is a compilation of two days along the Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad. First on May 11th, we discovered by dumb luck that one DL's ALCO locomotives, C425 #2457, was wearing a Nathan M5 air horn, a very uncommon horn to hear in regular service. So we followed the train to Myrtle Street just outside of Scranton to watch the 2457 and 4 other ALCO products grab a set of grain cars to run them further east to a different storage siding. Listen at these awesome locomotives lift the heavy train out of the siding near Nay Aug tunnel.
The next day, the 2457 was slated to lead the PO-74 job east to Mount Pocono, so the chase was on. We first catch the train coming by the station at Moscow, PA. We then manage to get ahead of the train to the Lehigh Rd grade crossing west of Gouldsboro. The train stopped to do some switching in Tobyhanna, allowing us to get over to the former Delaware Lackawanna & Western's "Millpond" where ice was harvested to be used in refrigerator cars. We watch the train slowly makes its was long the fill by the pond, as there is some ongoing track work in the area. Finally we watch them set off the grain cars in Mount Pocono before ending our chase.

[@rickrogers2649]

You're a brave man looking down at 5 Alco exhaust stacks at the end of the video. : ) Great video. Thank you for posting.

[@AirchimeLTDproductions174]

Agreed a milestone accomplishment that is.

[@masonaxenty4869]

Those Alco’s are notoriously dirty!

[@alexpaumen3937]

It's got that classic unmaintained sound. It adds to the character. While they sound the same when new, they vary into after 6 months of service.

[@fuscoproductions]

Reminds me of the good old days chasing Steamtown excursions. Not an easy piece of railroad as evident by the sound of the ALCOs!

[@Trains-With-Shane]

Delaware-Lackawanna sure loves their Alco power!

[@Alco244]

What an old school sound!

[@BillGuldenschuh]

Now that's a horn. Great content. 👍

[@FreihEitner]

That M5 is a rather nice sounding yet solidly powerful horn. I rather like it. Thank you for this video.

[@MLWQC]

Wonderful video. ALCO and smoke! Perfect! That sound is great! Well done

[@BOATNIAGARA]

nice catch ! some alco in 2021 !

[@dgrossiter8610]

Thanks for this! BTW the Lehigh Road curve is a relocation from the upgrade in the 1920's. The photographer is standing on the previous grade (hard to see at the crossing but obvious north of there in the woods).

[@brianfalzon6739]

Great catch!

[@jasonfeldman7497]

Why would anyone vote down this video? ALCOs and a Nathan M5, what's not to like?!?

[@agrady7216]

What locomotives, or railroads mostly had M5s?

[@TrainsAreReallyCool]

Probably the Western Pacific. They used M5's pretty widely. Don't quote me on that though.

[@agrady7216]

@@TrainsAreReallyCool Or Southern Railway, and Southern Pacific too?

[@TrainsAreReallyCool]

@@agrady7216 The Southern used M5's in their passenger Loco's, but mostly used P5's. They could've used M5's on their earlier diesels though. I'm not sure about the SP, but it could be the same case with their earlier units. But besides that, they used P3's.

[@agrady7216]

@@TrainsAreReallyCool Southern Pacific used M5’s. And do you realize that most of the M5’s on all three of these railroads were used on F units?

[@BAS19.6]

Western Maryland had them on most locomotives. They mounted not one but two on each cab unit