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Nick Chillianis posted:
Hot Water posted:
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Big Jim posted:
Hartman

As for most recordings I've heard, they have too much whistle or horn blowing.  I want to hear the locomotive and the train with a rare whistle or horn blowing.  That constant whistle & or horn noise is just too much..... noise.  And that's MY 2 cents worth.

Dennis

Exactly, and, that is the problem with a lot of model videos too! You can't hear the engine for all of the stupid whistle blowing!

 

 I cant stand all the happy whistle blowers in real train videos ,as well as model railroad videos.

It just takes too much out of what your really trying to enjoy and not the " throttle jockeys" ability of blowing that darn whistle !

I agree with all the comments above. Along those same lines, i.e. way too much whistle blowing, try and find ANY videos of UP 4014 with ANY exhaust music and NO whistling!

The 4014 has become a bore to me. It's too much engine for too little train. I'd be surprised if it even produces much in the way of superheat the way it is being operated. 

It's probably to draw attention away from the fact that the locomotive isn't doing  Jack (no offense) most of the time.

I wouldn't waste my time or effort to make a sound recording or even a video of 4014. There is nothing worth hearing.

Getting offtopic, I know, but truthfully, a 10 car train just isn't going to tax that thing much, and chances of real tonnage ever being hooked up behind it are slim at best.  Same problem existed to a lesser extent with 3985 and 1218 as well.  Too much engine for the train by and large.  I am somewhat surprised by the complaining since we knew it was never going to make a lot of noise to begin with.

Sadly, the times to see big steam working hard are becoming far and few between.  Those opportunities just don't present themselves very often and getting up a 20 car train just isn't the easiest thing to do anymore.  261 and ten cars had the same issue going to Duluth or the trip to North Dakota in 2017, and getting any sounds out of 611 on some of the excursion lines that were operated could be a challenge.  There just aren't many hills between Lynchburg and Petersburg, VA.  Too much engine for the train.

That said, and somewhat back on topic, there have been times when the 4014 has actually been worked a bit. Peru Hill in Wyoming on the eastbound return sounded good--especially towards the bottom of the hill.  There weren't many people to see it, but there was a crossing coming south out of Boylston, WI where the exhaust was threatening to drown out the whistle.  It was impressive, and yes, video does exist.  That kind of performance just doesn't happen very often though.  There are some other videos out there on the Duluth trip where the engine was worked as well.  Maybe they will work it up Cajon.  It would be nice, especially since the train should be of a decent weight.

 

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