Boeing Compressor Stall Training Video Reed Skyllingstad 2026-09-19 | Boeing Compressor Stall Training Video
1978 Nathan AirChime K5LA Reed Skyllingstad 2022-09-04 | My 1978 K5LA blown on "5-Chime" in the Oregon Coast Range mountains.Honks occur at:0:030:190:291:181:392:002:523:07
1951 AirChime M3L Reed Skyllingstad 2022-09-02 | The M3L (bells 0, 1, 2, on chambers 1, 1, 2) on a Leslie Tyfon 3 chime manifold. Blown with the Nathan AirChime dual stem GA-5199 valve.Honks occur at:0:02 (forgot to open the tank valve)0:110:270:50 (low tone on the GA-5199 valve)1:02 (high tone on the GA-5199 valve)1:25 (both tones on the GA-5199 valve)
1953 Chehalis Western Westinghouse E2B3 Reed Skyllingstad 2022-08-21 | My January 1953 Westinghouse Air Brake E2B3 horn, from Chehalis Western H10-44 #492. CWWR 492, a Fairbanks Morse H10-44 was built in 5/1949 for the Chehalis and Western Railroad, a subsidiary of the Weyerhaeuser company. Originally equipped with a Wabco B7 type horn on the side, the company equipped the unit with this exact E2-B3 in early 1953. The gaskets under all of the bells bear a date code of 1/53.Made entirely of aluminum, this E2-B3 weighs only 25 or so pounds, and features bells B-7-30, E-44, and B-7-36. The highest pitched chime horn in the E2B series, the bells play 300, 480, and 360 hz, respectively.My friend Pete saved the horn before the unit was sold in the mid 1970's, and eventually scrapped in 1987. He has had this horn in his collection for the past 50 years. I am glad an exchange was made and this horn can be enjoyed for another 50+ years.
1954 Western Pacific M5 Reed Skyllingstad 2022-05-07 | Scallop base M5 in the hills of Oregon. I didn't grab any photos of the horn being blown so I just compiled some other photos into this video.
CP 401006 J3 Snowplow Whistle Reed Skyllingstad 2022-04-26 | Here's the horn from Canadian Pacific snowplow #401006. The plow was originally built in the mid 1930's at CP's Angus Shops in Montreal, Quebec. The J3 whistle was fitted in the mid 1950's based on the mid 2000's serial number. I obtained the horn in 2021 from the gentleman who scrapped it. I cleaned it up by replacing the original 1950's leaky asbestos gaskets with cork ones, and replacing the diaphragms.
1978 Big Tag K5L Reed Skyllingstad 2022-04-06 | My 1978 all matching big tag K5L, with a little bit of Leslie S3KR thrown in.
Green Monster / 5-Chime Horn Honking Rig Reed Skyllingstad 2022-03-26 | Here's the vehicle I use for horn honking in most of my videos. It's a 2000 Chevrolet S10 LS with a 60 gallon air tank and compressor from an old DeWalt wheelbarrow air compressor.
AirChime KM85/110 Reed Skyllingstad 2022-03-02 | Two of the largest horns AirChime has ever made, the KM85 and 110 ship horns. Blown in the Oregon Coast Range mountains.Honks occur at: 0:030:361:091:352:00
1977/8 K5LA Reed Skyllingstad 2022-02-28 | This horn was a personal gift from Robert Swanson to Peter Replinger for his work on introducing K horns and eventually the K5LA to railroads in the United States. Supposedly it's the second K5LA ever to be produced, but I cannot verify those claims.
AirChime KMJ234 Master Salute Reed Skyllingstad 2022-02-07 | A couple of master salute's on my 2001 AirChime KMJ234. Taken in the Oregon Coast Range Mountains. The second one occurs at 0:33, use caution headphone users.
1988 CSX Leslie RS5T-F Reed Skyllingstad 2022-02-07 | Here's my third quarter of 1988 CSX Leslie RS5T-F. This video was shot along side the Siuslaw River in the Oregon Coast Range. This horn has all Parsippany chambers and late 70's bells, except for the 44 bell which is a early 1960's square block version.
1976 P5A with Bronze Seats Reed Skyllingstad 2022-01-18 | I upgraded my '76 old cast P5A with bronze seats manufactured by Mike Muha of South Bay Horn Works to attempt to remove the characteristic "P-horn chiff." While it didn't fully correct the issue, it did reduce it a bit. There's also a touch of my 1978 K5LA in the video as well.I'm going to try bronze diaphragm discs next, then maybe a bit more preload.
1950 Nathan AirChime M5X Reed Skyllingstad 2022-01-17 | Here's my built 1950 Nathan AirChime M5X with all block back power chambers (sans #4,) button back caps, and something else very special. Sorry about the edits, some people were using the makeshift range down the way from me.
AirChime T3 Truck Horn Reed Skyllingstad 2021-12-22 | One of two AirChime T3 truck horns known to exist. Sound clips start at: 2:45
Buell B3 Locomotive Horn Reed Skyllingstad 2021-12-08 | A Buell B3 locomotive horn from an ex-Union Pacific SD90MAC-H. This horn has never been opened. Sound clips start at 2:15.
Amtrak AEM-7 #936 K5LA Reed Skyllingstad 2021-12-06 | This horn is a big bore 1981 K5LA from Amtrak AEM-7 #936. The horn has been machined by Mike Muha of South Bay Horn Works.When I received the horn, it wouldn't blow due to a cracked diaphragm in the number five bell. Over 35 years of winters on the Northeast Corridor also wore out the diaphragm seats and every fastener was seized. I left the paint as is and replaced each fastener with an era-specific replacement.
1951 AirChime Export Series M5 #729, ex-Southern Pacific Reed Skyllingstad 2021-11-29 | This is my 1951 Southern Pacific M5R24. This horn still has traces of lark light gray inside some of the bells. I reference export series as this is one of the few AirChime M5's with both a date stamp, and a large serial number on the base of the manifold. the manifold also has a "Made in Canada" brass tag attached to it. unfortunately the bells are mixed between AirChime round base and Nathan AirChime round base. Only the #4 bell is a true AirChime / Burnett Power Saws bell. The rest of them are Nathan AirChime bells. This horn was found in Brooks, Oregon earlier this year. It has a July 1951 date stamp and large serial number 729.The #4 bell still needs some work in tuning.
A200-B1 Reed Skyllingstad 2021-10-20 | This experimental locomotive air horn consists of an aluminum Leslie Tyfon A200, a Westinghouse B7-36 bell, and a Westinghouse B7-30 bell. These are arranged on a Wabco 3 chime manifold. This horn is one of my own creations and is not prototypical to my knowledge.
K5HL vs P5A Reed Skyllingstad 2021-10-19 | Had to have a little fun with the passing MRVHK at Wicopee, Oregon.
AirChime KMJ234- Independence Day Boat Race start Reed Skyllingstad 2021-07-05 | Using the KMJ234 to start the 52nd Annual Salmon Beach Rowboat Race.
Leslie SuperTyfon S3J Reed Skyllingstad 2021-06-23 | Sound clips start at 2:44.Check out Maddie Farnsworth's video on Leslie three digit bells here: youtube.com/watch?v=oOMYHmaTMTs
AirChime KB123 Reed Skyllingstad 2021-06-09 | Sound clips start here: 2:34.This is a 1980's era AirChime KB123 ship horn. I built the horn out of a KB-262, or a KB-1, KB-2 and a 3L bell. The KB-1 is a regular AirChime 1L bell with a bronze power chamber. The KB-2 is a single 2L bell with a bronze power chamber from the M/V Estero, which was built in 1972. I'll make separate videos for the KB-262 (1L) and the 2L eventually. And the 3L bell was from an unknown ship, and it was missing it's original power chamber. I placed a regular railroad service aluminum power chamber on it, and used my one of one experimental ribbed AirChime bronze backcap on it to match the other two. I am in the process of casting a bronze AirChime power chamber. Maybe I'll make a video on that someday.For more information on a real 1965 AirChime KB123 (the only horn in a collection with a known history,) click here: precisionpartsnw.com/collections/RS/65_KB123
1964 Wabush Lake Railway Sandcast K5HR24 Reed Skyllingstad 2021-06-03 | Sound clips start at 2:57.precisionpartsnw.com/collections/RS/64_K5HR24
The Definitive Guide to AirChime J3 Snowplow Whistles Reed Skyllingstad 2021-05-26 | Sound clips start at 5:25.This is the most accurate and informative guide to AirChime J3 Snowplow Whistles on YouTube today. Featuring my late 1953 J3 Snowplow Whistle, this guide will help you decipher the details of early AirChime horns. The J3 Snowplow Whistle was introduced in late 1952, early 1953 as a lower air consumption model of the K3. Utilizing the same notes as a K3- 311, 370, and 470 Hz, the J3 uses less air than the K3. This is due to the cast in restrictor in the manifold. The air passage is about 1/4 of an inch, even though the air inlet is either 3/8 or 1/2".The horn also uses a single diaphragm and cushion ring setup, instead of the dual diaphragm and single cushion ring of the K series. Also of note, the J series has a slanted outer ring, along with a slanted inner diaphragm seat. The K series uses level / square rings and seats. Some photos of this detail can be seen in the second half of the video. There is also no diffuser ring in J horns. Later models had bosses for a diffuser ring, but they were never drilled to accept a cap screw to hold it in. The difference can be seen on the outside- later bells have a "fat" head, earlier bells have a "thin" head. This is explained further in the video. My assumption is that AirChime used the same casting patterns for later J and K series horns, but machined the diaphragm seats differently for both, and did not drill out the diffuser bosses. Here is an image of a later bell, on serial number 4522, roughly a 1959 horn: flickr.com/photos/skyllinr/29066516640/in/album-72157673112855816/lightbox This J3 features a "correct" J #3 bell, with the number "3" facing the correct way on both sides of the bell. Later bells had only one "3" facing the correct way, while the other side of the bell had the "3" upside down or backwards.The Smith Dennis Ltd. catalog has never been shown to the public before, and these three pages are a little sample of it. Thanks to Ryan Grantham for lending me his copy so I could scan and preserve it.
1978 Chromecast K5LA Reed Skyllingstad 2021-05-22 | Sound clips start at 1:53. Adam Christman coined the term "Chromecast" in 2018.Here are a couple pages out of the Summer, 2000 issue of Horn and Whistle magazine about this horn.drive.google.com/file/d/1KJVBqpl8utJIKB2d03YtzVKwlyqksXfJ/view?usp=sharingdrive.google.com/file/d/1uzL3hUtN2Xt-vpu1wQ4IqTwJMUI9-XFd/view?usp=sharing
Burlington Northern Leslie S3K Reed Skyllingstad 2021-05-20 | Sound clips start at 1:31.This is a former Elwood Belknap horn that was a compilation of parts. It originally had RS chambers on it, which were pretty worn out. I replaced them with a set of bronze tab back chambers, originally from another railroad parts built SU3L. The tag dates from 1959-1962, but the manifold is stamped 1974. The square 48 bell dates through the mid 1960's, the square 37 through the late 1960's, and the circle 31 from mid 1956 and newer.
May 1950 Nathan AirChime M3 Reed Skyllingstad 2021-05-18 | Sound clips start at 3:06.Here's a short video of my Nathan AirChime spanner back cap Nathan M3 horn. Ryan Grantham, the individual who sold me this horn said it best: "If you're going to own one M3, this is the one to have." This horn has the extremely rare Nathan AirChime spanner back caps. These caps were only offered in the first year of production- 1950. In addition, the horn features "Pat. Pend." stamping all over the horn. This horn, along with all Nathan AirChime M horns, features 5/16" air inlets. According to Robert Swanson, founder of AirChime, they did this to make them wear out faster and sell more diaphragm sets. American ingenuity, am I right?Nathan AirChime M horn date stamps for customer convenience:A- JanuaryB- FebruaryC- MarchD- AprilE- MayF- JuneG- JulyH- AugustI- SeptemberJ- OctoberK- NovemberL- DecemberSo "E50" would mean May, 1950, like the horn in the video.The manifold would be October 1950, spooky!Thanks to Mike Muha (b2major9th) for tuning this horn in his shop. His website can be found here: sites.google.com/site/southbayhornworks
1981 Amtrak AEM-7 K5LA #936 Reed Skyllingstad 2021-04-28 | 1981 Amtrak AEM-7 K5LA from #936. Now with more zoomies!
Opening a J3 Snowplow Whistle Reed Skyllingstad 2021-04-21 | This is the earliest known example of a J3 Snowplow Whistle, with a serial number in the low 2000's.
1954 AirChime J-3 Snowplow Whistle Reed Skyllingstad 2021-04-21 | This is a very early AirChime J-3 Snowplow Whistle. These horns are very quiet by design, with a 3/16" restrictor in the base of the manifold. The #2 bell is a replacement sandcast K series since the original bell was missing when I received the horn.
2008 Buell B3 Horn Reed Skyllingstad 2021-04-21 | A Buell three chime horn from an ex-Union Pacific SD90MAC-H.
1981 AEM-7 Amtrak K5LA #936 Canyon Reed Skyllingstad 2021-04-21 | 1981 Amtrak K5LA from AEM-7 #936. Big bore 5 bell, tagless manifold.
AirChime KMJ234 New Years Blast Reed Skyllingstad 2021-01-01 | Here's my 2001 AirChime KMJ234 on 100 psi. This is the second KMJ234 of my knowledge to reside in a private collection. For more information about this horn, check out my site:precisionpartsnw.com/collections/RS/01_KMJ234New Years day is the only day where I'll act like a real goon with my collection.
1976 OC P5A Reed Skyllingstad 2020-12-22 | My 1976 old cast P5A on Albany and Eastern SD9 #5399. Video taken with permission from the train crew.For more information about this horn, see this page on my website:precisionpartsnw.com/collections/RS/76_P5A
AirChime KM Ship Horns Reed Skyllingstad 2020-10-19 | Draining the air tank to end the day with three AirChime KM series ship horns- KM85, 110, 135.
Amtrak vs Ship Horns Reed Skyllingstad 2020-10-19 | Amtrak Coast Starlight #14 vs Airchime ship horns (KM 85, 110, 135). I knew the engineer and we had a proper chuckle after this.
AirChime KB123 Reed Skyllingstad 2020-05-06 | Here's a 1965 AirChime KB123, see below for some information about it.Michael Muha expertly welded the power chamber mounting flanges and installed helicoil thread inserts where the original threads had corroded out. He also welded the foot of the 1L bell where it had cracked. The manifold was also repaired, welding about one quarter of it to creating a good mounting point. In addition, he removed six broken bolts and cleaned up the threads in the manifold for mounting the bells.For the bell-power chamber connection, I went with 1 inch fasteners with a stainless steel nut on the end as per the original. Users of this horn would have saltwater-aluminum corrosion problems- the steel fasteners attaching the power chambers to the bells would rust through and the power chamber would end up in Davey Jones' locker. In order to fix that end users used longer than normal bolts to attach the power chambers to the bells, and added a nut to attempt to save the power chamber if the bolt rusted through.I'm in the process of obtaining new power chamber-bell gaskets, and I have replaced the original bell gaskets to the manifold. New stainless steel bolts with anti-seize have been used for bell mounting.I ended up not polishing up the chambers to a mirror finish because I want to keep some of the history on this horn. I am not going to repaint it either.In the video, the 1L is blowing louder than the other two. I suspect this is due to a larger air inlet in the foot. Since the horn was configured with the 1L facing backwards, I believe that the larger air inlet was for a wider sound area. I have configured the horn all bells forward (ABF) to help with storage.precisionpartsnw.com/collections/RS/65_KB123
Tower Timelapse 4-8 Reed Skyllingstad 2020-04-13 | Sunny day, no traffic due to COVID-19.Music: Unfound- Summer Glow
1976 Nathan AirChime P5A Reed Skyllingstad 2020-04-09 | Here's a 1976 old cast P5A out of my collection. I built the horn out of parts obtained from various sources. The rare 3 piece low profile P manifold was from a P01235 that was on eBay about six months ago. I bought the manifold, left the app and the P0 bell showed up about five minutes later- sold for 200 dollars! The three piece manifold is an original one, not a one piece that has been chopped up. The easiest way to tell them apart is that the "wings" on the two outer sections don't have metal webbing between them and the main part of the manifold. There are also separate part numbers for each of the three pieces.These horns were used on Amtrak P30CH's, Turbo Trains, and the first order of F40PH's. Nowadays they can be found on some Metra locomotives in the Chicago, Ill. area.
1956 PGE AirChime MK5H Reed Skyllingstad 2020-03-27 | A 1956 sandcast AirChime MK5H blown on 120 psi air.This horn is ex-PGE / BC Rail from Budd Car BC-33.For more information about this horn, see this page on my website:precisionpartsnw.com/collections/RS/56_MK5H
Nathan Airchime C5A-CWP Reed Skyllingstad 2020-03-22 | The Nathan Airchime C5A-CWP (C5A-Comes With Plate) was designed to be used on ultra low clearance applications such as the Virginia Railway Express bilevel cars. I built this horn myself, using 1, 2, and 5 bells from various sources, and the supposed last 3 and 4 bells from Microprecision. I had Mike Muha of South Bay Horn Works (sites.google.com/site/southbayhornworks) fabricate the manifold block and drill the holes for the horn positions. I bent all the copper tubing to give the horn an "H5" look. Blown on 120 PSI air from a 80 gallon tank.For more information about this horn, see this page on my website:precisionpartsnw.com/collections/RS/19_C5A-CWP
1978 Nathan AirChime K5LA Reed Skyllingstad 2019-12-18 | Ex-Chessie or Amtrak K5LA on ex-CSX, now AERC B40-8 #5935.The gentleman I purchased this horn from couldn't tell me the heritage of it, he said it was either ex-Amtrak or Chessie. The horn was sourced out of Ohio.
Airchime K123 Reed Skyllingstad 2019-11-13 | A rare sandcast K1L, 2L, and 3L on a J style 2+1 manifold.It really needs a tune, the 1L bell setscrew was loose after we took it off the locomotive.
1965 Leslie S5T Reed Skyllingstad 2019-11-13 | A 1965 ex-Burlington Northern, Leslie Supertyfon S5T, with round back caps. Needs a new dowel pin setup.
Sandcast Hyson-Airchime K5HL Reed Skyllingstad 2019-10-05 | Sand cast K5HL with adjustable back caps.
Tower Timelapse 8-15 Reed Skyllingstad 2019-09-18 | North view time lapse in Eugene on 8-15-2019. Music: 憂鬱 - SlowStill need to work on:DeflickerStabilized images
Tower timelapse 8-14 Reed Skyllingstad 2019-08-16 | 8/14, settings still need to be finalized-Next time, lower ISO, fixed white balance.Music: "Voyage" by Paradise
