Western Railroad Discussion > The BIG Show

There is a certain UP hogger that always makes my day or night in this case, he always puts on a great show as he passes the Oak Ridge crossing between CP Saugus and CP Hood on Metrolinks Valley Subdivision.
Tonights episode sounded like the "Rock Train" as he usually works that train, he whistles freely and tonight the horn sounded like a Leslie S5T, but in reality it was probably a Nathan K5LLA,those horns ALL sound different, he then shoves the throttle to run 8 and away we go, what a spectacular display of raw power as he pulls uphill to the Newhall tunnel, poppin, pounding and squeeling through the "S" curve past Oak Ridge and past the 31.0 scanner/dragger.
Thank you Tom.

I don't know about you guys but I think I get more out of the sound of the train than the sight of the train, there is a lot left to the imagination.

90mac

EMD's 645 20 cylider, at run 8. Pulling a hill. Thank you for the SD45 series......

Sound has always been a big part of the train watching experience with me, too!