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

Who knows, it could still be going off now!

[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.

[HopenYT]

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”

[NorthernAlbertaRailfan]

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

[BlancaFierro-Duarte]

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

[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

[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

[MrAce]

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

[Froggyman]

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

[ioancraftercanalinchis]

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

[KEFAalarmsandmore]

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

[minnesotarailfan]

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

[lycanmotions]

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

[louisskulnik]

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 every five minutes. Bah, humbug.

[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.

[jedknutson]

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

[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.

[gabrielbennett]

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.

[PlyingKibbles]

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