Where does this sound comes from...

[disturbman]

I think that today I saw the most surprising thing (at least for me). I would never had guessed where the klaxon are on those old JNR trains. Look around 4:00:

 

[marknewton]

I used to wonder where the horns were too, until I asked. And when you think about it, it makes sense - it keeps the snow out.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

[CaptOblivious]

I had always wondered what those covers were for! Nice find.

[disturbman]

Same here. Now, any time I think about my J(N)R trains, I'm blowing the horn in my mind. 

 

That's really a nice feature. Now I wonder where they are on the regular European/HST trains.

[scott]

That's funny--I saw those little doors open one time in another video, but I was convinced they were fresh-air intakes for the cab. We all have our little obsessions, I guess.

 

Any video with a 583 in it is OK with me.    Was the other cream/blue train a 115, or something related? And what was the new thing with the yellow ends? ( <-- expert jargon)

[disturbman]

The thingy with the yellow ends is an (JR East) Series E257-500.

[disturbman]

You wanted to see another Series 583 blow its powerfull horns (3:35)? This train barked allright.

 

 

I wonder why there is so many tetsu otaku.  

[Mudkip Orange]

That's awesome.

[bikkuri bahn]

Poor quality video, but here's a kiha 183 unit sounding off, approx. at 1:43 and again at 2:05 ( it's the last run of the DMU/sleeper ltd. express "Marimo").  I think JR Hokkaido's horns are among the loudest.  Note the horn covers are square, matching the design of the nose (and emblematic of the fad for squarish industrial designs prevalent in the early eighties in Japan).

 

[westfalen]

Wow, you learn something new every day. I'm surprised I've never noticed that before.

[Mudkip Orange]

(and emblematic of the fad for squarish industrial designs prevalent in the early eighties in Japan everywhere).

 

FTFY.

[marknewton]

That's really a nice feature. Now I wonder where they are on the regular European/HST trains.

 

Tucked away safely under the nose somewhere, in my experience, or otherwise shielded, for the same reason. Stops them filling up with snow, or birds!

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

[bikkuri bahn]

Here's a nice sequence of run-bys of a 583 unit on the Tohoku Main Line.  The driver gives a long blast at around 1:25 as the train passes by the photographer.

 

[westfalen]

I notice in the first runby the train appears to have the left hand ditch light out.

[Mudkip Orange]

You're letting your psychotic fascination with railroads lead you into a suicidal gamble with the future of this company!

[scott]

Here's a nice sequence of run-bys of a 583 unit

 

Very nice!

 

on the Tohoku Main Line.

 

Even better!

 

  Thanks for posting that!