Steam Locomotive Whistles

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Steam Whistles are one of the best sounds in the world. On a steam locomotive, they are the most iconic sounds and most beloved sounds in all of railroading. In this video, we see the whistles of Pere Marquette 1225, Nickel Plate Road 765, New Hope & Ivyland 40, Black Hills Central 110, Reading & Northern 425, Strasburg 90, and finally, Baldwin 26. Sit back relax and enjoy a compilation of, in my opinion, the best sounds in the world.

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0:04: Pere Marquette 1225
0:51: Nickel Plate Road 765
1:10: New Hope & Ivyland 40
2:13: Black Hills Central Railroad 110
3:03: Reading & Northern 425
3:48: Strasburg 90
4:54: None

elsanjose

These always sound so haunting. the fact that it's air-based makes it feel almost like it's a breathing thing calling out

WindHowlerDoesStuff

I don't think there is a man alive today who hasn't dreamed at least at one point in his childhood about piloting one of these beasts and blowing the whistle and ringing the bell.

bhzaddybhzolby

My top 3 favorite sounds in the world

1 - An electric guitar
2 - Giant church bells
3 - Steam train whistles

sikujacob

My uncle's friend, Eric, told me about a train wreck on my uncle's property. In the winter of 1896 there was a steam engine that was late getting from Huntingdon to State College with the township of Spruce Creek along the route. On the property, there's woods and a ridge in the woods. On top of that ridge is a rusty OLD railroad. The train's number has been long forgotten since then, but the wreck resulted in no survivors, with only one whiteness. The train was going too fast when the brakes broke and the engineer blew the whistle as long as he could. The train hit a bend, derailed and plowed through the woods and the boiler exploded. Again, the wreck resulted in no survivors. The conductor, and the engineer were scalded to death by the steam, while the fireman (the guy who shoveled in the coal) was found burned to death IN the furnace. During a fire in the town hall, the records of the train wreck were burned and the story is only known because it has been passed down and told over and over again. Ever since I heard about the wreck of the forgotten train, there's something haunting about the sound of an old steam engine whistle.

Trey_

Hearing a steam whistle is like listening to a very good song or piece of music, you can’t ever get enough of it!

StarWolf

This makes me wanna cry cause it's such a good era coming to an end aka the steam era😢

TheTechyTechnis

4:08 gives me chills every time with the echo

Nicks_Thrift_Picks

1:30
I know that train! I live about 20min away from where that train lives. She lives at the New Hope & Ivyland Railroad Station in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Glad to see that she made it into a YouTube video and is being viewed by the world and not just people that live in the same area (and surrounding areas too) as her.

devonwalter

Pere Marquette 1225 is my first favorite steam locomotive in the world. It's another existing steam locomotive. It was also a movie star engine from the movie, the Polar Express.

nathancorcoran

You're walking alone on an empty stretch of dirt road along the countryside. The air is slightly cold and there is a light, almost unperceptible breeze. Suddenly you hear a sound: WO- WOOOOAH". You turn around and there it is. Big, dark, a thick cloud of black smoke coaling out of the chimney, a big yellow light in front of it, like a giant eye, its pistons making the iconic sound, "chukka chukka chukka chukka". It's an old 1940s steam engine, with its long tail of railroad cars behind it.

I leave it up to you to decide wether the train you're looking at is irradiated by the sunlight, surrounded by green pastures and topped by a shining blue sky, or if it's a dark figure calling you from the darkness of the night, in a spot where you're sure there aren't any working railroad lines since before you were even born

Momo_Kawashima