Train on Moultonborough Neck?!

thinkxingu · 09-25-2022, 01:19 PM

Ok, so today while sitting by the campfire, we heard what we swear was a train horn...a lot.

There's no train that can be heard at Arcadia/Moultonborough Neck, right?!

I immediately passed it off as a large boat, but the more we heard it the more we were convinced it was a train.

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loonguy · 09-25-2022, 01:33 PM

I saw and heard a steamboat with a loud whistle returning to Lees Mill launch this morning.

thinkxingu · 09-25-2022, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by loonguy

I saw and heard a steamboat with a loud whistle returning to Lees Mill launch this morning.

We've heard steamboats here for a decade, and this did not sound like it. It also sounded like it was coming from the opposite side of the lake and was from ~11-just a few minutes ago or 1:40.

Given how sound works, it could be a boat, but it just didn't sound like it or come from that direction.

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Sue Doe-Nym · 09-25-2022, 02:30 PM

Are you guys smoking funny stuff? Inquiring minds need to know…..😂

loonguy · 09-25-2022, 02:52 PM

Most steamboat whistles have a high pitch. The one this morning had a much lower pitch, similar to a train.

thinkxingu · 09-25-2022, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by loonguy

Most steamboat whistles have a high pitch. The one this morning had a much lower pitch, similar to a train.

It's been going all day—have you been hearing it still? I'm freaking out!

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Poor Richard · 09-25-2022, 04:08 PM

There was a train that passed through the Weirs somewhere around the 1:00 hour but that would be amazing if you were able to hear it

loonguy · 09-25-2022, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by thinkxingu

It's been going all day—have you been hearing it still? I'm freaking out!

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No, heard it just this morning when I saw the steamboat.

Descant · 09-25-2022, 05:10 PM

I have a steam train whistle purchased when they scrapped the B & M steam engines in the 1950's. It hasn't been used since we closed the shop in 1975, but it is very possible others bought similar whistles. Based on my experience, most of the steam boats don't have enough excess steam pressure to blow the whistle much and continue turning the propeller, but it could be connected to an air air compressor and make an occasional toot. Mine is about 16" tall and maybe 7" diameter with a 1 1/2" feed pipe. Five chines and very pretty sound.

8gv · 09-25-2022, 06:38 PM

I hear the train a comin'

Rollin' down the tracks..

pondguy · 09-25-2022, 06:54 PM

Quiet, I think I heard a train.

salty dog · 09-25-2022, 07:44 PM

You may have seen that big, quad-engined Midnight Express out and around the lake. It has an unbelievably loud triple or quad horn, I would say maybe like a train or very loud semi. We were pulling out of North Water this morning
and it let loose as it was coming under the bridge. Really made me jump! I think if I heard that in the distance it could be mistaken for a train horn.

Loventhelake · 09-25-2022, 07:51 PM

I was on the neck working on a boat today and heard it as well. I also heard it last year while shrink wrapping a boat near Long Island, it is from the train in the Weirs. I live in the Weirs and it’s the same horn, I’ve heard it all summer for 9 years now.
Sound travels quite a ways over the lake.

pondguy · 09-25-2022, 01:33 PM

Steam boats sound alot like trains ?

Outdoorsman · 09-25-2022, 01:35 PM

Novelty?

I have a novelty one that sound exactly like that. You can carry it in your hands and blow through it to make it whistle or, as I do, use the air from a compressor to sound it off. The louder you blow the louder it gets, hence the air compressor.

Perhaps a fellow camp owner has one. (I do not live in Moultonboro or Moultonborough).

LoveLakeLife · 09-25-2022, 09:06 PM

I think it might be storied Winnipesaukee ghost train. Be on the lookout for a multicolored van and some meddling kids.

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phoenix · 09-29-2022, 08:59 AM

maybe it was the soul train

09-25-2022, 01:19 PM	#1
thinkxingu Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 6,433 Thanks: 1,182 Thanked 2,137 Times in 1,324 Posts	Train on Moultonborough Neck?! Ok, so today while sitting by the campfire, we heard what we swear was a train horn...a lot. There's no train that can be heard at Arcadia/Moultonborough Neck, right?! I immediately passed it off as a large boat, but the more we heard it the more we were convinced it was a train. Sent from my SM-G990U1 using Tapatalk

09-25-2022, 07:44 PM	#12
salty dog Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Beverly Cove, Ma Posts: 359 Thanks: 288 Thanked 148 Times in 82 Posts	Boat horn You may have seen that big, quad-engined Midnight Express out and around the lake. It has an unbelievably loud triple or quad horn, I would say maybe like a train or very loud semi. We were pulling out of North Water this morning and it let loose as it was coming under the bridge. Really made me jump! I think if I heard that in the distance it could be mistaken for a train horn. __________________ I'd rather be relax'n at Winnipesaukee

09-29-2022, 08:59 AM	#17
phoenix Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: phoenix and moultonboro Posts: 1,563 Thanks: 63 Thanked 276 Times in 194 Posts	maybe it was the soul train __________________ it's tough to make predictions specially about the future

09-25-2022, 01:33 PM	#2
loonguy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Moultonborough near the Loon Center Posts: 198 Thanks: 60 Thanked 69 Times in 47 Posts	I saw and heard a steamboat with a loud whistle returning to Lees Mill launch this morning.

09-25-2022, 02:30 PM	#4
Sue Doe-Nym Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,458 Thanks: 762 Thanked 796 Times in 419 Posts	Are you guys smoking funny stuff? Inquiring minds need to know…..😂

09-25-2022, 02:52 PM	#5
loonguy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Moultonborough near the Loon Center Posts: 198 Thanks: 60 Thanked 69 Times in 47 Posts	Most steamboat whistles have a high pitch. The one this morning had a much lower pitch, similar to a train.

09-25-2022, 04:08 PM	#7
Poor Richard Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: The humbling river Posts: 304 Thanks: 42 Thanked 80 Times in 57 Posts	There was a train that passed through the Weirs somewhere around the 1:00 hour but that would be amazing if you were able to hear it

09-25-2022, 05:10 PM	#9
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,473 Thanks: 1,387 Thanked 1,667 Times in 1,086 Posts	I have a steam train whistle purchased when they scrapped the B & M steam engines in the 1950's. It hasn't been used since we closed the shop in 1975, but it is very possible others bought similar whistles. Based on my experience, most of the steam boats don't have enough excess steam pressure to blow the whistle much and continue turning the propeller, but it could be connected to an air air compressor and make an occasional toot. Mine is about 16" tall and maybe 7" diameter with a 1 1/2" feed pipe. Five chines and very pretty sound.

09-25-2022, 06:38 PM	#10
8gv Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,127 Thanks: 64 Thanked 753 Times in 487 Posts	I hear the train a comin' Rollin' down the tracks..

09-25-2022, 06:54 PM	#11
pondguy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 292 Thanks: 599 Thanked 213 Times in 135 Posts	Quiet, I think I heard a train.

09-25-2022, 07:51 PM	#13
Loventhelake Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Posts: 58 Thanks: 3 Thanked 12 Times in 11 Posts	I was on the neck working on a boat today and heard it as well. I also heard it last year while shrink wrapping a boat near Long Island, it is from the train in the Weirs. I live in the Weirs and it’s the same horn, I’ve heard it all summer for 9 years now. Sound travels quite a ways over the lake.

09-25-2022, 01:35 PM	#15
Outdoorsman Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 840 Thanks: 117 Thanked 211 Times in 133 Posts	Novelty? I have a novelty one that sound exactly like that. You can carry it in your hands and blow through it to make it whistle or, as I do, use the air from a compressor to sound it off. The louder you blow the louder it gets, hence the air compressor. Perhaps a fellow camp owner has one. (I do not live in Moultonboro or Moultonborough).

09-25-2022, 09:06 PM	#16
LoveLakeLife Senior Member Join Date: May 2017 Posts: 639 Thanks: 100 Thanked 228 Times in 150 Posts	I think it might be storied Winnipesaukee ghost train. Be on the lookout for a multicolored van and some meddling kids. Sent from my iPhone using Winnipesaukee Forum mobile app