Hot Water posted:mackb4 posted:Big Jim posted:HartmanAs 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.
I am completely over the incessant and gratuitous blowing of the whistle by a certain someone.
As someone once said about Reggie Jackson: "There isn't enough mustard in the world for that hot dog."
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.
I hope they put plenty of diesel units behind her when she climbs Cajon pass. I wouldn't want her making that infernal racket that other steam engines make when they are hard at work.
If it ever comes to Memphis, I might make the six hour drive just to see it once in person but that's about it.
I have too many fond memories of 3985 and 844, as well as 4449, 2472, 611, 1218, 765, 614, 2102 etc, being operated properly by no-nonsense steam crews, to waste my time and money on this silly dog and pony show.
