Steam Locomotive Whistles in Britain!

If you like whistles then you’ve come to the right place! In this compilation we feature some of the best whistlers captured on the channel throughout a period of 7 years from 2015-2022.
Featuring three note chimes to hooters to teapot whistles, there’s all sorts of whistles from each of the big four regions & BR Standards plus industrials and narrow gauge ‘at the end’ from over the years with some unseen footage too. There’s even an American five note chime thrown in from a USATC S160 there as well!
This video includes a grand total of 42 different steam locomotives
Standard Gauge Locomotives that feature in this video with timestamps:
4498 Sir Nigel Gresley: x3 - 0:06, 1:10, 6:17
60163 Tornado: x4 - 0:20, 3:33, 5:20, 6:02,
35028 Clan Line: 2x - 0:40, 3:51
45699 Galatea: x2 - 0:52, 2:04
5820 Big Jim: x2 - 1:00, 3:58
1264: x3 - 1:04, 2:16 (Unseen clip from 2018), 4:23
1501: x2 - 1:16, 2:08
70013 Oliver Cromwell: x2 - 1:22 (Unseen clip from 2018), 4:53
5428 Eric Treacy: x1 - 1:27
75078: x1 - 1:40 (Unseen clip from 2019)
7029 Clun Castle: 2x - 1:44, 1:51
70000 Britannia: 2x - 1:48, 4:05
5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe: x1 - 1:51
4965 Rood Ashton Hall: x1 - 1:51
45596 Bahamas: x2 - 1:51, 4:20
44871: x4 - 2:04, 3:21, 3:52, 6:08
30120: x1 - 2:14
48624: x1 - 2:17
60009 Union South Africa: 2x - 2:27, 4:40
6233 Duchess of Sutherland: x3 - 2:41, 3:05, 5:04 (Unseen clip from 2015 before the channel began)
34046 Braunton: x2 - 2:45, 4:13
60103 Flying Scotsman: x2 - 2:52, 3:49
46100 Royal Scot: x2 - 3:38, 5:55
34092 City of Wells: x1 - 3:41 (Unseen clip from 2018)
76084: x1 3:47
45407 The Lancashire Fusilier: 2x - 3:52, 6:08
43924: x1 4:26
6023 King Edward II: x1 - 4:32 (Unseen clip from 2018)
73156: 1x - 4:50 (Unseen clip from 2021)
45690 Leander: x1 - 5:00
506: x1 - 5:14
34053 Sir Keith Park: x1 - 5:46 (Unseen clip from 2017)
Ashington No. 5 Jackie Wilburn: x1 - 5:51 (Unseen clip from 2018)
Narrow Gauge Locomotives from the Statfold Barn Railway that feature whistling in this video
Trankil No. 4
Howard No. 2
Jatibarang 9
Isibutu
Minas de Aller No. 2
No. 11 Fiji
Statfold
Liassic
Alpha
Narrow gauge whistle battle finale timestamp:
6:34
If you would like to use any of the footage or audio from this video for your own personal, PLEASE ASK in the comments below as we would be happy to help!
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[@RailView_YT]

What was your favourite whistle in this video? Let us know below! 👇

[@inakigonalez4240]

5428's is one of my favourites

[@RailView_YT]

@Nasir Todd 60163 is Tornado & 60103 is Flying Scotsman, they are quite easy numbers to mix up lol! Hope this helps :) Cameron

[@RailView_YT]

@Nasir Todd that's 5820 Big Jim, an S160 from the US :) Cameron

[@RailView_YT]

@Nasir Todd She certainly does :) Cameron

[@RailView_YT]

Royal Scot has a Stanier Hooter haha! Merry Christmas to you too :) Cameron

[@-_Spiral_-]

This reminds me how different American and British steam whistles are. Both beautiful in different ways.

[@XanthinZarda]

Howdy doppelgänger. But yes, all steam whistles are quite enchanting over the _bleat_ that is the modern locomotive horn.

[@-_Spiral_-]

@@XanthinZarda ESPECIALLY when the same horn is used so commonly.

[@nielsleenknegt5839]

I do think a chimed whistle is nicer to listen to, though, but hooters are possibly a bit better due to lack of melody to them. Although I quite like them all.

[@CrazyNerd-dj2jz]

That is very true. I’m from America where our steam whistles tend too be a little bit louder and more rugged but also have more complexity with the tones that one whistle has. Steam engines from the uk tend too have more elegant sounding whistles but with less notes in one whistle. I love them both tho. My favorites are the a4 class and the southern pacific 4449 daylight.

[@michaeltischer7195]

2:52 this shot of scotsman crossing the Bridge and blowing her whistle, remides me of the steam era back in the 1920 and 1930s!!

[@transportboy1yt]

The Power of the LMS Hooter from 48624 is EPIC at 2:17 and the Awesome Sound from the Flying Scotsman at 2:52. I loved Sir Nigel Gresleys Whistle and Union of South Africa’s whistle too💖 The Merchant Navy, Bullied Pacific Whistles sound EPIC when they are passing by and the LMS Hooters

[@JosephRailwayStudios2000]

The sound of steam engine whistles are truly magical!

[@RailView_YT]

They certainly are wonderful, thanks for watching! :) Cameron

[@thepastelpiper2554]

Personal favs 1:45 7029 Clun Castle 2:09 1501 2:28 & 4:41 60009 Union South Africa 2:45 & 4:13 34046 Brauton 3:42 34092 City of Wells 4:51 73156

[@KalebHandon-j4y]

That bullet train was mad hating from the fame of old steam

[@theark-la-missrailfan]

In terms of British whistles, in my opinion, nothing can ever top the 3 chimes on the A4 Pacifics!

[@GuitarForLife8085]

helps me wake up my child 😅

[@DaveCooper36b]

This is an excellent....EXCELLENT compilation. Very well done Cameron on your editing, stitching all the clips together............loved it.

[@RailView_YT]

Thank you very much David! With the RMT strikes cancelling Leanders tour to Scarborough this weekend I had the thought to make a whistles vid which popped in my head during the week haha! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@wilbert1011]

6:36 these narrow gauge whistle are amazing some look like from skarloey

[@suichithegrayengine7059]

did you notice the lady's whistle

[@matthewsnyder2114]

@@suichithegrayengine7059This whistle also belongs to Millie.

[@Lmonds123]

Loved your video! My favorite one was probably the A1 tornado. That’s my favorite steam train lol!

[@RailView_YT]

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it! Tornados a fantastic loco, she’s definitely one of my favs to see :) Cameron

[@Lmonds123]

@@RailView_YT your welcome hope you have a good day!

[@suichithegrayengine7059]

Lady's whistle 6:36

[@Kaijufan2000.]

Yes lady’s twin?!

[@ThatUtahRailfan]

it's not.

[@ElFimpo]

It's a stunning sight.

[@allangibson4354]

Absolutely marvellous and so entertaining. Thanks for posting. Being a Yorkshireman for me has to be Gresley.

[@RailView_YT]

Thank you very much Allan, glad you enjoyed it! :) Gotta love a good chime! Cameron

[@Jimbozilla_194]

2:53 I love how everyone in that clip has their video and is recording the flying Scotsman going past

[@b.a.n.a.8631]

4:41 my favorite part of the video😮

[@OnePortalLover]

Hogwarts express!

[@mrmrst9020]

All of them are brilliant whistles love them 👍👍

[@Bluster_Kong]

I can't stop picturing thomas with this kinds of whistles

[@LIMowersAndMore]

These whistles are definitely a lot different then we have here in the U.S. but the are beautiful in their way! Also these steam locomotives are very clean!

[@supercoolguynoob2221]

6:39 thomas and friends whistles be like:

[@meeplol145]

1:56 I love that little “peep” lol

[@brmh1667]

I'm not a fair judge as Britannia wins everything for me. Great video and many worthy rivals....(in second place!)

[@RailView_YT]

Thank you very much! Britannia definitely has one of the best whistles preservation, could listen to it for ages! :) Cameron

[@BritishRail60062]

I like them all to be honest. They have a charming sound to them! But I like the Stanier ones as well.

[@ThatUtahRailfan]

absolutely beautiful locomotives, cheers from the united states!

[@matthewsnyder2114]

1:29 Sounds like Arthur's and Murdoch's whistle from Thomas and Friends

[@use2cz5lq]

@@matthewsnyder2114 because it is

[@enforcer-e1s]

I love ALL of them!

[@SimonTog]

Nice collection of whistles :)

[@RailView_YT]

Thank you very much Simon! :) Cameron

[@hiloses1811]

2:53. Is that flying scotsman? With a new whistle that sounds better.

[@RailView_YT]

Certainly is! Think they fixed it, she definitely sounds a lot better than it use to that's for sure lol Cameron

[@matthewsnyder2114]

6:36 Sounds like Lady's and Millie's whistle from Thomas and Friends.

[@twilightanimate9893]

6:41 lady??? Was that you????!?! 😮

[@DiegoTheGreenCowcatcherBoi]

No.. That engine even was made before lady had a chance to exist..

[@twilightanimate9893]

@@DiegoTheGreenCowcatcherBoi hey, you ruined my joke!

[@jquarters1896]

Every steam locomotive and whistle. Might do more research for more british steam locomotives

[@AlannahClayton-vz9ve]

I like them all.

[@JosephRailwayStudios2000]

And guess what I even saw tornado on holiday in Wales in 2018.

[@1tonyboat]

The kids at 5.43 was the best for me ,,,,

[@davidzurich4501]

1:01 real whister casey jr

[@oldfart6318]

Excellent.

[@RailView_YT]

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it! :) Cameron

[@PaulDavies-r5w]

Load bark of a Great western locomotive , shrill tones of a Southern followed by bass tones of the the LMS,topped by the classic chime of the LNER musical engineering!!

[@davidzurich4501]

3:59 is real casey jr

[@mattbicazette502]

4:41 6:18 0:01

[@acersalman8258]

You made things wonderful good useful beautiful make human life happy you science education original God bless you and protect you,,,,

[@cameronpatterson1045]

GRESLEY CHIME FOR ME

[@GuitarForLife8085]

i love union of South Africa

[@Darksosaurus-Rex]

6:35 El silbato de Lady y Millie de Thomas and friends

[@itisyarb]

Hello! Am I allowed to use some of these whistle samples in some Train Simulator Classic freeware addons?

[@RailView_YT]

Hello there, you absolutely have my permission to use them! Thank you for asking and I hope they're useful to you :) Cameron

[@itisyarb]

@@RailView_YT Cheers!

[@crisp_997]

that one over the foggy mountains

[@stephensalloum7763]

6:42 That one is like Millie's whistle

[@Gary-cvr23]

1:02 my favourite class

[@Custom67mustang]

@@Gary-cvr23 Casey junior's whistle

[@Gary-cvr23]

@@Custom67mustang 5820 has a longbell 5 chime ive looked up tge whislte and its quite diffrent

[@NYMRmpd]

Who filmed the video at 1:12 ? I was there and filmed that exact thing too but a little to the left

[@RailView_YT]

I filmed that clip, might've spoken to you as I remember talking with 3 or 4 other people in the field haha :) Cameron

[@sachchidanand9257]

1:08

[@maxwellwalcher6420]

How about the flying Scotsman's Whistle.

[@Dana-dana1]

I don't half miss Steam Locomotives.

[@drewkotzee6014]

The Locomotive I find interesting was 60009 it seems unique compared to the other locomotives

[@HenrysAdventures]

Some great sounds there!

[@RailView_YT]

Thank you very much Henry, glad you enjoyed it! :) Cameron

[@matthewsnyder2114]

0:50 Sounds like Stephen's whistle from Thomas and Friends

[@herobro10gaming55]

4:55 What Engine Has That Whistle? It Looks Familiar!

[@Julien-lb9sr]

@herobro10gaming55 If I'm not wrong it sounds like a BR Standard Class 7

[@Puglmsoficial]

But it sounds like the Hogwarts express whistle

[@Julien-lb9sr]

@Puglmsoficial They used Great Western Railway Hall Class #5972 Olten Hall as the locomotive for the Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter films, but the whistle comes from a BR Standard Class 7, but it could also be from an LNER A4 or Peppercorn A1 if I'm not mistaken

[@mattjohnston7686]

Mallard has the best sounding whistle

[@davidzurich4501]

4:02 casey jr

[@Single17official]

2:36 sir Nigel gresley had Doppler effect?!

[@ireshmaitem7214]

donal and dougles 3.56

[@JamesTheBrainsss]

3:56

[@EvaEl31]

Please can I use this

[@RailView_YT]

As long as I’m credited, absolutely :) Cameron

[@EvaEl31]

@@RailView_YT Cameron Thankyou for reply - but want to use it for my 92yr old dad funeral on Mon a lover of steam engines all his life - would appreciate being able to use Steam Locomotive Whistles of Britain

[@EvaEl31]

We Could credit you by adding a photo of this clip to one of overhead screens - in the Crematorium and credit you that way - with your name - would we use the name ‘Railview’ ?

[@RailView_YT]

@@EvaEl31 Yeah that’s fine by me :) Thanks, Cameron

[@RailView_YT]

Just seen your other comment about your dad's funeral. That's absolutely fine, sorry for your loss :( I feel it wouldn't be appropriate to have my credit at such a time like this, feel free to use without crediting me. It's great to hear your dad was a lover of steam and makes making these films worthwhile, I'm glad you feel this video is good enough to use to pay tribute to him :) Cameron

[@RiverDoncaster]

what loco is at 1:05 ?

[@RailView_YT]

LNER B1 No. 1264 :) Cameron

[@arch9enius]

Where are we at 1:40?

[@RailView_YT]

Ruswarp, near Whitby :) Cameron

[@L3N-fs8yp]

4:25 is that mayflower?

[@RailView_YT]

That’s her sister loco 1264 :) Cameron

[@samuelreading4987]

flying Scotmans whistle

[@acersalman8258]

All whistles beautiful European American but usa 🇺🇸 whistles more beautiful special than another whistles uk Germany France Italy

[@properaparadashorts1]

LMS Coronation

[@TheMarkyMarx]

The land where the steam locomotive was born, is there a better sound anywhere in the world? I thought not.

[@zolidc6244]

Lol Thomas the Tank Engine Spencer

[@mylenemartin7236]

1:02 casey jr second whistle

[@ThatUtahRailfan]

this sounds nothing like casey jr.

[@albertfodnes7076]

2.48

[@VeryTroublesomeGaming]

What’s the locomotive at 1:26 ?

[@use2cz5lq]

Mallard

[@skyworthdelgado6365]

The Green Was Fast

[@EBRailway]

6:36 sounds like lady’s whistle

[@samuelreading4987]

5428

[@TheCrazyhorse1876]

Union of South Africa

[@properaparadashorts1]

Prussian Trainz

[@polajaworska6928]

Piękne olbrzymy !!

[@matthewsnyder2114]

1:52 Sounds like Belle's whistle from Thomas and Friends