Amtrak is awesome. I hope they don't go under. BNSF is awesome too.
Well Chupperson, they probably scrapped the idea becaause the stupid government runs Amtrak. How stupid is that? As I said above, the governmen barely knows what "train" means.
I love train horns! My dad and I installed two pairs of train horns under the hood of his pick-up. They sit on the indention where the wheel well is. they are pretty loud and we use them if a jerk cuts us off, etc. We drilled a hole through my dad's dashboard and put a push button there to activate the horns. I REALLY want to ut Amtrak's horns on my dad's (soon to be mine when I get my permit, heh heh.) truck. The are EXTREMELY and I mean EXTREMELY loud. Comparing a train horn to a jet going right overhead you, is very close.
Jet- 120 decibals
Train Horn- 110 decibals
The thing that REALLY bothers the heck out of me is that my friends friend thinks hos $3000 dollar drum set is louder that a train horn. I said, "Hahaha, NO. If you want to play your drums while I blow a train horn in your face, go for it. You won't beat it though." He still doesn't agree with me. When Amtrak stops at the Santa Fe depot in Temple, I got up about 6 feet away from the lead unit. There was a fence and I wouldn't want to go TOO close. But anyway, when they honked the horns, booooy, man that was loud. It scared the crap out of me as usual because you don't expect it, and if you do, you don't know when it's going to happen. Also, I felt the air explode around me, just like thunder heats up the air rapidly and causes thunder. Man, I want those horns. They're "K5LA" horns. The bad thing is, is that brand new, those horns cost $1150!!! They sound beautiful though. HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey folks, you should try this. Show people your drivers license and ask them if "they have seen this man."
Quote from George W. Bush: "I have opinions, strong ones, but I don''t always agree with them."