Train with a stuck horn! (with a cameo from UP 1995)

[@lorthathmerthy]

Sequencer pedal got stuck. There is a cutout cock that can be turned out to cut the air supply to the horn. It also cuts air to the sander valves and windshield wipers. Had a horn get stuck on me once and MOC told us to stop and use the cut out cock to disable it. We were then told to get the train to a safe location to switch the leaders around, flagging crossings on the way. Fun times.

[@Hopen111YT]

Wow what a rare catch! Never knew this could happen before!

[@TezcatlipocaMountedRailfan]

FRA: “yOu MUsT bLOw YOuR hoRn, iTS tHe lAwWw” Also FRA: 🤑=“No Horn For Your Town. Enjoy Your Silence And Increased Level Crossing Accidents”

[@TezcatlipocaMountedRailfan]

Seriously tho, if they say it’s the law, they should enforce it. But like every other large governing body, you give them a little under the table cash, and they’ll let you do whatever.

[@TheConfluencePArailfan]

Also if the neighborhood doesn’t like it then that’s a them problem, seriously why would you move right next to a grade crossing

[@IdahoRailfan]

Here, about a month ago, there was the same problem with it going all over the state. The crew didn't sound overly happy or sane. But I could hear it from miles away

[@BlancaFierro-Duarte]

Well hello UP 1995 how are you? 1995: I’m stuck with stupid

[@NorthernAlbertaRailfan]

if you ever make a train horn compilation, this would be something ideal to add!

[@Morristownrailfanningemergency]

Wassup bro I totally don’t know you👍

[@Norfolksouthernproduction-ns]

Can you add me on Roblox?

[@ThatYoungFarmerAndRailfan]

I just found bro on a video

[@NorthernAlbertaRailfan]

@@ThatYoungFarmerAndRailfan Bro found me on the same video twice crazy

[@ThatYoungFarmerAndRailfan]

@@NorthernAlbertaRailfan wild

[@MrAce2000]

Plot twist: it was a hitchhiker who jumped on the train blasting that horn on😂😂

[@ChimmyAnimate]

That guy must be a horn lover

[@BigHorndb188]

First Generation K5HL

[@NorthernAlbertaRailfan]

also i think its pretty rare that you caught two problems on the railroad while seeing a heritage unit, like when the gates wouldnt go up when you saw 1996 and then this when up 1995 and a locomotive with a stuck horn were mid dpus on a train

[@ioancrafter95canalinchis]

Its funny to see a locomotive horning in the f middle of a train

[@Froggyman145]

"It isn't wrong," chuckled Henry, "but we just don't do it."

[@KEFAalarmsandmore]

It's crazy the fact that a mid-locomotive is blowing its horn.

[@minnesotarailfan11]

I’ve seen that once it was an ACE with a loud K5LLA and it was DPU

[@louisskulnik7390]

Let me say for the record: Whoever coupled the sleeper car of the City of New Orleans train this past Christmas DIRECTLY to the engine, I hope you get a tack in your shoe. Pay $400 to SLEEP at 4 in the morning and hear WHAAAAAHHH every five minutes. Bah, humbug.

[@DanMeyer80]

boo whoo

[@lorthathmerthy]

Simple solution then...... Don't travel by train... Drive or fly instead... Griping about a train horn while riding a train is the equivalent of driving and complaining about road noise... Be the solution to your own problems... As a railroader, we have to blow the horn at every non-quiet zone public crossing on the FRA list. Failure to do so would cost us our jobs. Sorry, but if it comes to you getting some Z's and me maintaining the ability to feed my family, I'm feeding my family. Don't like the noise, find another way to travel. The world doesn't stop just so that you can sleep, Karen.

[@jaysmith1408]

Ordinarily it would be the engines, the baggage, the coaches, the bar, the diner, and the sleepers, but many times they have it backwards, I’d imagine because the transition car is a sleeper, they want to run the sleepers together, ergo entire consist backwards.

[@Railfanner109]

I find that music to my ears

[@David-yo5re]

​@@lorthathmerthysleeper cars are supposed to be the farthest from the locomotive just for that reason. I don't blame him for griping about it.

[@lycanmotions]

On the bright side, at least it helps pedestrians and motorists know when the train is coming despite the horn is stuck!

[@MultiPurposeReviewer]

We had a DP unit on a coal train here whose horn started sounding as they were parking next to the main (in between two suburban neighborhoods). The horn was on continuously for over an hour before a trainmaster got out there to shut it off. As I found out, the engineer's seat had swiveled around as they were pulling in, and the seatback pushed against the horn lever and wedged it on. And that is a secondary reason why the seats in trailing units are supposed to be locked in place.

[@ASoCalRailfanner]

I’ve seen something like this happen before because I was railfanning a commuter train in Southern California and the cab car that was trailing would copy the same exact blast of the horn that the leading engine would do. What I found even weird was that even the ditch lights would turn on as well. It was caught on video but I never recorded it I only saw it at the station.

[@PlyingKibbles89]

That’s something you don’t see everyday. Nice catch!

[@Britannica-Productions]

Whistles and Sneezes re-enacted irl!?!?

[@JonathanPan-d8u]

Gordon's whistle irl

[@mdnsubdiv]

There might’ve been a crew deadheading to another yard, and they might’ve just been having some fun with the horn. Or, the automatic sequencer was just going off.

[@jedknutson8373]

i remember that unit coming through Marshalltown. I was like 'what in the world" heard it for miles....

[@ChakatNightspark]

All trains should be blowing there Horns AT all Crossings. It should be a Federal Law.

[@MrNorth69]

It is federal law. but in certain towns that's willing to pay for upgraded crossings with alarms and quad gates can be exempt

[@TheOklahomaHotrail]

Hey there! So me and a couple buddies chased the 1995 on a Z train out in Wyoming earlier that year, and the same thing happened. My buddy just realized that its the same unit that was behind the 95 XD

[@aguythatlikestrains4501]

1995 and an engine with a horn that cant stop as mid train dpus? thats a sick catch my dude

[@gabrielbennett5162]

Same thing happened last year in Seattle, WA. The horn on a stopped BNSF train got stuck and blared continuously for over an hour, much to the annoyance of nearby residents in the Interbay neighborhood.

[@darkman7010]

I wonder if Karen's existed back then. I'm sure they'd be complaining about it.

[@centraliowarailproductions2810]

Nice catch!

[@TexasSoCalRailfan9021]

Horn Sequence Is On

[@EaglePointRails]

That’s no broken horn sequencer, that’s just Sebastian Deyoung making his rounds.

[@douro20]

Not all railroads use horn sequencers and many that have used them have eliminated them due to ongoing problems...at least that's what I understand.

[@jankington216]

Engineers who have someone dart out in front of your train, this is what your horn should sound like. Listen closely, it's a long horn blast and you don't take your hand off it.

[@BigHorndb188]

And it's a first-generation K5HL

[@ElPasoTXRailfanner]

Bro Like What Is Happening And I Love The Horn Sequencer That Has The MID-DPU Going Off I Never Seen It Before In My Life

[@GABETHEMANN-uf4ut]

Up 1995: "omg stop yapping 6521"

[@RDC_Autosports]

never heard one do that before! they should shut the valve off to it

[@Markthebasketballplayer]

If it passed my house imagine I lived there I would be trying to find a way to sleep or to cover my ears

[@lukesdepotdays8432]

isnt this caused by ptc taking over and preforming the crossing sequences itself?

[@JonSampson-q6v]

UP 6521 is Sick by having a stuck horn

[@Madman12.]

If it happens again call the number on the blue box and report it to the railroad

[@Madman12.]

@made-in-the80s for me it says "Report problem or emergency" so. . .

[@Madman12.]

@made-in-the80s Very true. :(

[@lorthathmerthy]

@12. " "To report a problem or emergency with this crossing, please call:" The crossing number won't help a dispatcher identify the train. Dispatchers can't see crossings. They see home signals and control points. No need wasting time to report a stuck horn that mechanical is likely already aware of. I do this every day my friend. Nothing more annoying than foamers who call in every little thing and make conductors walk for no reason.

[@Madman12.]

Actually they can track the trains through defect detectors and signals or just try to radio them. I was just trying to be helpful. Trust me, I know a few things myself about the railroad as I know people who have worked/still work on the railroad.

[@lorthathmerthy]

​@@Madman12. you must have misread what I typed.... I said "The crossing number won't help a dispatcher identify a train", meaning a crossing number doesn't give them a train ID. Sure, they can look at the milepost associated with that crossing or even listen to the DD traffic, but there may be two trains in that area and that crossing number does nothing to differentiate the two. If you know the ID, great, but a crossing number doesn't tell them anything definitive is my point. Dispatchers have hundreds upon hundreds of miles worth of trains and territory to monitor. Last thing they want to do is try to track down a train that someone called in for a stuck horn. I promise you that most dispatchers are just letting auto-router route the trains and taking smoke breaks and visiting the food courts in HQ, occasionally checking to see if someone has toned them. Track them by radio? Lol, so you're gonna reach out to each of the 64 different trains to find one? No dude... They look at their screens to track the trains... They do not care about what the Detector says unless it's a critical alarm or trending hot wheel. Even then, Wayside monitors those, not dispatchers. Wayside is who you talk to about detectors. If you require stopping on the mainline to handle something Wayside has caught, you'll tell the Dispatcher when, where, and why you are stopping. Outside of that, dispatch really has jack to do with detectors. As far as signals go, dispatchers don't see every signal. They only see home signals and control points, not intermediates. They also don't always actively listen to all DD traffic. Wayside does. Not trying to be an ass here when I say this, but knowing people who work for the railroad doesn't make you any more of an expert on the topic. Knowing people who work out here and actually working out here are two very different things. Especially when you consider that different roads have different protocols and practices outside of those mandated by the FRA. Again, not trying to be an ass, but you've made it pretty evident you don't know nearly as much as you claim to. Nothing wrong with being a buff and trying to be helpful. I'm just trying to help you understand that a lot of times foamers think they are being helpful, but they are actually hindering progress. We have had foamers call in numerous times for "Sparking wheels" at night causing crews to have to stop and walk both sides of a 13,000 ft long train for no reason... All because they don't understand that flange rub on the inside of the rail creates sparks as well as when the engineer has air down. I'm just saying that calling the railroad over non-critical things just isn't a necessary practice and makes life harder for everyone out there. That stuck horn sequencer isn't going to cause the train to derail or explode, so let it ride Clyde! Unless the stuck horn is on the lead unit, don't worry about it. And trust and believe the crew will know if the leader's horn is stuck lol. Been there before lol. Hope I didn't come across as rude or mean. Not my intention. Have a good one man!

[@j.m.youngquist419]

If it were a stock horn, it would not go on and off on and off like it is doing. They would constantly be on

[@USRailcamz]

it is stuck, its the horn sequences that is stuck, not horn button

[@ScottsRailroadVideos]

@@USRailcamz uh you need too press the horn button too do sequences.. it's not automated.. lmao

[@USRailcamz]

@@ScottsRailroadVideos In certain GE locomotives there is a button called the horn sequencer which repeatedly honks the horn in the horn sequence pattern

[@sharptoothtrex4486]

Good heavens' that looks like a faulty defective train horn!

[@NelsonMiranda-uw8er]

0:33-0:38

[@njtrailfan4508]

Nice catch tho

[@ronal8824]

why does it go on and off

[@Sunset4Semaphores]

Good catch! Positive train control sucks!

[@JesseBundrick]

Until you realize why it was made. Because several locomotive crews were killed without it in history. Not to mention the real life run away train from csx was because of no PTC

[@joeythecat7482]

It isn't wrong, but we just don't do it

[@CalifornianRailfan]

That’s interesting

[@CCBP1216]

At least it timed the crossing right

[@Nthuziast]

this is that crossing that had the wig wags

[@WestCoastRailroadProductions]

it was probably someone who got into the cab and has been doing it

[@ElPasoTexasRailfan639]

Again With The Train Horns Man I'm Telling You The Workers They Don't Even Fix That That's So Useless

[@milesoftrains]

I've found some more footage from this locomotive from the previous week, and although it was going off earlier in the week they fixed it, but then it broke again.

[@Mgameing123]

American freight will do anything but maintain their rolling stock.

[@voidjavelin23]

and also uograding their aging infrastructure that is from the WW

[@FaronRepublic]

1995: shut off your horn bro

[@knowledgehunter8234]

up 6521: "yapping about how he's never met a heritage before" people: omg shut uppppp

[@infaredxkingz8786]

And that's why steam is better than diesels

[@voidjavelin23]

cope harder, im no diesel glazer but steam used as a commercial service is gonna be disastorous, it will be having more labor and singlehandedly being plumbing and maintennance nightmare

[@boogaloobender3462]

Do you realize how laborious it is to maintain steam power? Unless you're running a giant generator it's not really worth the hassle

[@norfolksouthernandcsx9996]

He might have to go into emergency

[@Don10003]

The shortest union pacific intermodal💀

[@ElmhurstRailfanner]

the title tho

[@Markthebasketballplayer]

0:38

[@Andresplaz8804]

Sorry bro it’s lag