JonMyrlennBailey
Active member
sound like.
It is a diminished chord (or possibly a diminished 7th) like many a classic steam locomotive. It is dark, exciting and spooky just like I love and have known since early boyhood. My other favorite whistle sound is a sad minor chord which was common on many classic GM/EMD engines of old. The whistles on modern-era d/e engines don't sound right to me. I grew up in the SF bay Area and SP GM/EMD classic whistles and rolling stock is what is near and dear to my heart.
Some old GM/EMDs, as the SD40 series, have a bright major chord but that still sounds sweeter than the new-age whistles on BNSF and UP engines of today. There is also a classic Pacific class steam engine at Niles Canyon, California.
That eerie whistle is a Leslie S5T according to this video, I don't know my whistle brand names but I know what sounds sweet to my ears:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HPBBffIsjM
It is a diminished chord (or possibly a diminished 7th) like many a classic steam locomotive. It is dark, exciting and spooky just like I love and have known since early boyhood. My other favorite whistle sound is a sad minor chord which was common on many classic GM/EMD engines of old. The whistles on modern-era d/e engines don't sound right to me. I grew up in the SF bay Area and SP GM/EMD classic whistles and rolling stock is what is near and dear to my heart.
Some old GM/EMDs, as the SD40 series, have a bright major chord but that still sounds sweeter than the new-age whistles on BNSF and UP engines of today. There is also a classic Pacific class steam engine at Niles Canyon, California.
That eerie whistle is a Leslie S5T according to this video, I don't know my whistle brand names but I know what sounds sweet to my ears:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HPBBffIsjM