Tri-Rail 501 surprises me with its K5LA being pushed by a Doubleheader
0Right after that, since we got in so late, we were very quickly greeted by the next Northbound after that, P632, which just happened to be headed by UTDC Cab Car 501, a unit known for its absolutely formidable K5LA horn, said to be not just one of the strongest on all of Tri-Rail, but also one of the most powerful K5LAs of all time, and I would get a hefty taste of it myself as it blasted literally right as I turned the camera on, and as I made the mistake of packing up my Noise-Cancelling Headphones as we got off the train, I was in to be shook like a hurricane by it, and with my mind being just as shook as my body, I ended up letting the foam out, yelling that 501 "got me", just like I did nearly 5 years ago when 507 blasted me hard at this very same station. While I saw this same set earlier that day with only one engine, BL36PH 821, it turned out that now, a second engine, 818, had also been added, making a Doubleheader. 821 likely had some sort of issues during the day.
If you want me to honest, I'm not even ashamed that I foamed. It may have been a miss in the moment, but in hindsight, I shouldn't look at it that way. Now I have a clip of myself being struck hard by 501. I've been wanting to make a Chick Hicks Dies Meme involving Railfanning at Delray Beach Station using the photos I took throughout this trip, and having a genuine recording of me getting rocked by one of the trains I should see as a valuable audio resource and not as a total failure on my behalf.