Nathan K5LA drive by test at night (best sounding)

The best sounding K5la you will ever hear. Tom Mugnano's K5LA mounted on his suv. Ed K. OWP's video.

[@AmtrakGuy365]

Absolutely amazing!! The echoing makes it sound STUNNING. Music to my ears!

[@unionpacificsd70ace.9]

Hello AmtrakGuy365!Hope ur having a great day!

[@cedw80]

Nathan K5LAs warm my heart.

[@SmithConductor]

same man. same.

[@ethanrain7505]

That classic Amtrak sound!

[@SmithConductor]

Exactly!

[@ACLTony]

Very clear and melodic. Amazing that the K5LA series is 30 years old and it's still a very popular horn. It's nice to be able to say that it was: Made in the USA!

[@ethanrain7505]

Wow. Best recording I've ever heard. Amazing echo and doppler effect.

[@PatrickLipsinic]

Out of all the K5LA videos. This is the best with the sound echoing through the hills. Big thumbs up! My favorate horn when I work on the railroad.

[@1340DASH84008]

Best K5LA I have ever heard. I only wish I can get my K5LA to sound like this. Awesome!

[@treeguylee]

This is the BEST sounding train horn on you tube!!!

[@WoodJack99]

I used to live on a farm with NS tracks running about 1/2 mile directly behind it and on a clear day I can still hear their whistles/horns at my current house several miles away! This is a sound I grew up with so whenever I hear it I always expect a train, then it's so funny when all you see is a vehicle with the horn mounted to it! LOL

[@TolgaEastCoast]

The horn sounds nice, plus I like the echo.

[@HotshotMC2]

I have this as the boot up sound for my computer

[@NeededFourOfficial]

I know this comment of yours is almost a year old, but I must ask: How did you set it up to be your startup noise?

[@HotshotMC2]

Soon as i figure out how i did it I'll let you know.

[@HotshotMC2]

Ok first thing is download the video. Then use a program to rip the audio. (Makeownringtone.com) save the file, then in your control panel go to personalization and sound. Find windows logon and browse for the sound file you just made. Then click it and hit apply

[@NeededFourOfficial]

Ok, thank you so much.

[@SmithConductor]

nice

[@Galaxy2517]

Tom's 5chimers definately are the best you'll ever hear.They are tuned almost perfectly!

[@MrSd26chris]

Nice! Horseshoe curve also :D

[@SmithConductor]

MrSd26chris Ritainning Run

[@JJRicks]

Woooee that made me shiver. Excellent!

[@mus101]

man you have that set up PERFECT sounds like the real deal coming up on a crossing and around the bend keep up the good work

[@welder541]

You got that horn NAILED man, it's Perfect. Next video, set it up with a mars light & an air bell for more effect. LOL. It'd be totallly awesome. That horn is GREAT!!!

[@Cchrisbud813]

Now this is the only time I've ever heard a Nathan K5-LA where I actually could hear the top E bell. Pretty cool!

[@CH_343]

DAMN! that sounds great! That echo is just beyond words...

[@MrTownCar]

Absolutely phenomenal. Nice job. I wish I could do that!

[@vigo894]

Oh man, that was so cool and awesome. Alot of those other cars and trucks with train horns seem to be missing something. Yet you have it. Good work.

[@bigbubbacummins]

Very nice, haven't heard one that sounded that nice in a while

[@TheMiniMan110]

xD Imagine Hearing that commin' down the road iin the middle of he night... O_O

[@ACLTony]

What a clear and crisp K5 that is! Outstanding.

[@Amtrakker]

It doesnt get any better. That is perfect!!

[@ACLTony]

Well tuned and what a nice reverb in the background! A+ Thanks for posting:)

[@mikeytrains1]

Best horn you can ever hear..

[@AODProds]

Awesome! Those K5La's are LOUD in actuality!

[@MrGeeMan1980]

The best yet. Very nice doppler effect

[@Trainsk8]

man i love that sound

[@jsemancik1]

thats awesome, doing it at night just gives it so much more echo,,, love it :)

[@OldsVistaCruiser]

From the Five Chimes Consultants website that's linked at the bottom of the Train horns article on Wikipedia: Factory tuning is B major 6th: (D#,F#,G#,B,D#). The horn uses the K-series #1, 2, 3a, 4a, and 5 bells.

[@1tazio]

Replay...replay...replay 100% awesome Thanks man!

[@warrior7772]

Awesome sound, just like a real train coming around the bend.

[@GregHool]

Beautiful sound.

[@AshburnStadium]

I was at the Curve this past week - it was DEFINITELY shot at the Curve. He was coming from Tunnel Hill borough (Gallitzen) towards Altoona.

[@acts2211]

great sound and echo

[@RSJOHNSON1993]

Now it just needs some bells to go with it. Haha. That thing sounds freaking great man!

[@kevinb721]

best k5la on youtube

[@dirtr1der12345]

Thats a scary sound to be drving towards lol Freakking awsome :D 5***

[@DASCO2136]

And at horseshoe curve as well. I wonder if any of the trainwatchers that were still up there thought that they heard a train coming?

[@SD457500]

Now that was awesome!

[@bigpete405]

that is the best.. great horns

[@CaliforniaZephyrProductions]

love the two-chime!!!

[@mmcckkgg]

The was outstanding!!

[@TrainiacProductions]

Haha great job! That sounds GREAT!

[@otakurailfan]

like a boss

[@repeatman]

These have that Amtrak sound. I like it! :D

[@HotshotMC2]

beautiful

[@HDCanadianTrainVideos]

WOW!! that's AMAZING!!!!

[@fafnir242]

Beautiful!!!

[@MrGeeMan1980]

Simply awesome!

[@cedw80]

God I love this!

[@TheJm16601]

Was this taken on the road to horseshoe curve, it looks like it was right in the parking lot. btw nice horn

[@poppins2325]

that was awsome!

[@AODProds]

I think so too. Instant favorite.

[@5p1cc]

The greatest so far :-)

[@nssd70m2]

That echo at 0:26.....WOW!

[@pkrieter]

EXCELLENT !

[@Kuidmaster]

Best horn ever. Love trains..

[@PrinzII]

How did you tune it to sound so perfectly? Your horns are the yardstick I measure all others against.

[@OldsVistaCruiser]

Thank God no one lives in that valley! ;-)

[@trainmaster844]

Great sounding horn! :D It sounds like Amtrak, but it sure doesn't look like it! XD

[@mrbassfisherman]

There's a locomotive at the Indiana Transportation Museum that has a horn VERY similar to this one. By the way cool video!

[@TheTriSec]

I need this. On my car. Now.

[@flexmann2148]

AWESOME!!!!!! #K5LA

[@FutureMP445]

Now that'll move traffic... lol

[@OldsVistaCruiser]

RIP Ed K. :'(

[@CSX453]

asome

[@UntouchableNYsee]

OH MY FUCKIN GOD !!!! that was amamzing!!!!!!!!!

[@ALS2001]

Almost expect a CSX SD50 coming instead of an SUV!

[@lolahavasuaz]

this beautiful sound made Chuck Norris grin ....

[@thathotrodguy]

fucking awsome m8 really great

[@nssd70m2]

The blasts at 00:30 are the best!

[@fishinwiththepros]

nice

[@johnnyponce5671]

That kinda reminds me of multilevel cab car 7005 on nj transit

[@adam1234a]

holy shit that was the best I though a SD45 WAS COMING

[@xrecon815]

one things for sure,wont be hard to find that car!

[@askikr79]

i live next to the tracks mand hear that all day. then you see a truck drive up. funny.

[@drcobol2000]

It's all about the three D's. Dirt, debris and damage. If the bells get clogged with dust, bugs, leaves and such it will alter the pitch sometimes to the point where they don't sound at all. Think pipe organs that are very old and don't get consistent maintenance. Same thing happens there. Debris guards (mesh cones that cover the bell openings) help. While it is unlikely that damage to the bells or manifold will happen, vandals can render them inoperable.

[@jcims]

Was that the onboard mic for the camera? If so, it's probably one of the best i've heard.

[@MrGeeMan1980]

Sooper Dooper!

[@lt1caprice57l]

That's what they're supposed to sound like. If they all sounded like that...I might like 'em! Note, though: the newest "K5LA" horns are actually NOT K5LAs. They're K5LLAs (yes, two Ls) that have the 1L bell in place of the 5. Even if Nathan wasn't producing out of spec bells, it'd still be a discord.

[@22817hm]

Did the surfliner just go by?

[@windridr66]

LOL.... I love it!

[@factorone]

Man, I'd love to have the audio to this. It'd make a killer ringtone for my BlackBerry. What pressure are you running off the compressor for these? They sound much higher than the factory tuning of a B-major 6th (I'm a musician, and I just hear these things sometimes lol).

[@UP5853]

That sound like a K5LA from a San Diego Coaster.

[@AshburnStadium]

I think it was filmed here in the Commonwealth due to the sign for the creek. There's nothing like a K5LA echoing off the Pennsylvania mountains!! However, I'd like to know what kind of horn the Flyers used several seasons ago for their goal horn - it would sound awesome on SEPTA - not that foghorn the Flyers now use. mooseu2003 wrote: I am curiouis - did you film this in Pennsylvania? Anyhow, K5LA's are the best!!

[@blacktopandsteel]

Chessie had something similar on their late GP40-2's.

[@vigo894]

@jsemancik1 = Yeah, train horns sound better at night. you should hear the ones that go through my town in the middle of the night. We get a Leslie S5T every once in a while.

[@TheCanadianRS]

fuckin sweet

[@skyhawk5469]

Somewhere in Blair county PA lol.

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL! I WANT ONE!!! The new ones dont seem to sound quite as nice, like they dont give a shit what they sound like, as long as they make a a noise!

[@seberry99]

wheres the gp40? haha great video

[@Dansvideos03]

cool

[@tradesmansassistant]

@MrGeeMan1980 you mean super dooper?

[@cx162]

wonder if when he horned people would think that a train was coming?!they would b wonder:funny,no crossing,why do i hear a K5LA horn?!lol

[@lt1caprice57l]

The new GEVOs sport K5HLs, which is a K5H with the 1L bell in place of a 5. The result, even with all bells tuned properly, is a discord; it's even worse with the typical Nathan off-spec bells these days. :(

[@SamZarifYT]

Before the raised letters.

[@offom]

Chuck Norris's alarm.

[@welder541]

ABSOLUTLY AWSOME!!!!!. I'll bet that sucker would shatter windows if you blew it in the driveway next to the house. HAHAHAHAHA. Also the pitch, is PERFECT. GOOD JOB:):):):)