Amtrak P066

Amtrak P066 heads west at Lightfoot. Before this train approached Lightfoot Road, I listened carefully and distantly heard a slightly higher-pitched horn than what I was used to hearing on Amtrak trains. I knew that this would be P066, but as the train came towards the crossing, I noticed that this unit (#88) had a K5L horn, pure Canadian baby! I was so stoked to get this, there are only a few out of the 200+ Genesis units on Amtrak that have these!

Also, a rare moment happens as the train does the long-long-short-long horn sequence for the Williamsburg Pottery crossing. Most trains do not sound their horns there despite not being a quiet zone. However, this one did, and the minor chord sounded absolutely beautiful in the distance! The K5L is definitely one of my favorite horns!

Recorded 5.23.2009