Nostalgia & History > Horny DD

The 6924 had multiple air horns for a time, but I never caught it on the point. (I didn’t even get it on the sun side this day.) This was a taken in the morning at MPX59 just east of Tunnel 2.

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Here's the same horn on the 6918 at Swarthout Canyon road crossing.-BMT

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when they were new, the 6900s (and the 3600-class sd-45s) had those magnificent leslie 5 chimes. i lived near industry, ca, (hacienda heights, actually) in those days and remember hearing the eastbound lax whistlin' thru town in the morning as i'd get ready for school. eljay

Does anyone have a recording of those air raid sirens?

These sirens started out on a couple of SDP35s about 1978, then were moved to the 6918 and 6924 in '79. They were removed from both when before returning to service in '84.
Sometime in the mid '70s a UP section gang of 4 men was struck and killed by a train at Don, ID next to the JR Simplot and FMC plants. I think this was one of the attempts to prevent that happening again. Can't remember the exact dates but I do remember watching a video of a recreation in switchman class in April 79 in Pocatello.