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Amtrak 281 with Urgent Sounding Horn Sequence

Added: October 06, 2009

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Locomotive Details	Location/Date of Video
» Amtrak (more..) » GE P32AC-DM (more..)	» CSX Mohawk Sub. (more..) » Canastota, New York, USA (more..) » July 15, 2009
Locomotive No./Train ID	Videographer
» AMTK 706 (more..) » CSX P281 (more..)	» Chris Kieley (more..) » Contact Chris Kieley
Remarks: Amtrak 281 heads west at Beebee Bridge road. The engineer blows the horn urgently for the crossing even though there were no hazards.

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Posted by K100DS on October 7, 2009

Based on the spacing between the horn blasts, that sounds like the automatic horn sequencer. Basically it is a pedal that the engineer can press and it will automatically blow a 14L horn sequence, and continue to do so, until the pedal is pressed again.

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