Great K5LA Horns on Amtrak trains in South Texas!

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After relocating to the southern Texas region, I have been able to see a plethora of Amtrak's Texas Eagle & Sunset Limited trains (respectively) near the San Antonio and Austin areas. As the nicer K5LA horns on current P42 locomotives are slowly disappearing, I have made numerous efforts to head out and catch them while they last. While some of the horns featured in this video are not flawless, they all beat the traditional and increasingly common Raised Letter K5LA. There are several chases in this compilation which spans over a couple of years from 2022 until March 2024, so the quality on a few clips might vary and I do apologize for that. With that being said, enjoy the video and subscribe for more!

Train information:

0:00 - AMTK 63 leads #22 (Buda, TX)
0:58 - AMTK 59 leads #22 (Hunter, TX)
1:19 - AMTK 206 leads #2 (Luling, TX)
2:18 - AMTK 63 leads #21 (Buda, TX & Hunter, TX)
3:11 - AMTK 147 leads #1 (Luling, TX)
4:05 - AMTK 61 leads #22 (Hunter, TX)
4:34 - AMTK 138 leads a tardy #2 (Seguin, TX)
5:23 - AMTK 207 leads #1 (Luling, TX)
6:31 - AMTK 59 leads #21 (Kyle, TX)
7:09 - AMTK 135 leads #2 (Marion, TX)
7:42 - AMTK 63 leads #22 (Kyle, TX)
8:21 - AMTK 61 leads #21 (Buda, TX)
9:12 - AMTK 138 leads #1 (Marion, TX)
9:42 - AMTK 139 leads #1 (Luling, TX & Kingsbury, TX)
10:33 - AMTK 63 leads #21 (Buda, TX)
11:15 - AMTK 40 leads #1 (Luling, TX)
12:13 - AMTK 63 leads #21 (Kyle, TX)
12:48 - Pacing AMTK 63 (San Marcos, TX)
14:09 - AMTK 63 leads #22 (Buda, TX)
14:47 - AMTK 61 leads #22 (Hunter, TX)
15:19 - AMTK 38 leads a tardy #2 (Seguin, TX)
15:52 - AMTK 135 leads an extremely late #2 (Luling, TX)
16:34 - AMTK 61 leads #21 (Kyle, TX)
17:06 - AMTK 63 leads #21 (Kyle, TX)
17:35 - AMTK 59 leads a shorter #22 (Kyle, TX)
18:17 - AMTK 63 leads #21 (San Marcos, TX)
18:55 - AMTK 817 leads #2 (Luling, TX)
19:53 - AMTK 139 leads #2 (Marion, TX)
20:26 - AMTK 206 leads #1 (Marion, TX)
20:49 - AMTK 61 leads #22 (Kyle, TX)
21:37 - AMTK 63 leads #22 (New Braunfels, TX)
22:00 - AMTK 11 leads #2 (Luling, TX)
22:52 - AMTK 57 leads #21 (Buda, TX)
23:20 - AMTK 63 leads #21 (Hunter, TX)
23:58 - AMTK 207 leads #2 (Kingsbury, TX) - due to two other Union Pacific trains, this set had to pull in at restricted speed on the main behind the eastbound, make a reverse move back to the switch, and take the siding to run around the eastbound.
27:00 - AMTK 59 leads #21 (San Marcos, TX)
27:37 - Bonus!

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