Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

K5HL
K5HLL Preproduction
K5HLL Generation 1
K5HLL Generation 1.5
K5HLL Generation 2

K5HL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUO9q3xy ... annel_page

K5HLL Preproduction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIrhoIg6N7s

K5HLL Generation 1 my favorite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKEa4aq9 ... re=related

K5HLL Generation 1.5 also my favorite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpRQ3uGO1_8

K5HLL Generation 2 slowly becoming more liking to me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Oe9eyUe_k

Is GEVO any relation to the 80's bozo music group Devo?

Crack that Whip......

General Electric Evolution Series come on, they're the newest engines out there.

Give me old cast P3 and RS3L anyday.

K5HL is the only acceptable one of the 5; all the others sound off tune.

The first one is one of the best horns I've ever heard!

It has a low, rich D minor note that I can't get enough of!

But, I still can't figure out
WHY THE THEY ARE MOUNTED BACKWARDS, WITH ONLY 1 BELL FACING FORWARD!

On the upside, it does make for some unusual effects; it gets louder as it begins to recede from you!

I've found out some unusual facts about the different GEVO horns.



What Tommy calls K5HLLs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F66uLsuvo1c

are the exactly tuned K5HLs, using the 1, 1L, 2, 3, & 4 bells, and sounding a D minor chord.

This one, which is my favorite type of GEVO horn:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUO9q3xyD8o

is actually a K5[H]L/K5[L]LA hybrid,
using the 1, 1L, 2, 3, & 4A bells, and sounding halfway between D minor & B major.

This is why it sounds so similar to this K5[L]/K5[L]A hybrid on Amtrak:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRJTMPcDKPA