Several years ago on the GE Transportation web site. They had a horn mp3 file and a bell mp3 file. I still have the horn but deleted the bell mp3 file I had. Does anyone have either of these or maybe something similar? I use them for a ringtone and a notification sound. Thanks in advance. Solo
Doesn’t Ed Kapriske’s site at dieselairhorns.com have a bunch of .mp3 files? If not, you can certainly rip a suitable .mp3 from something like a YouTube video… I suspect there are people on list who have done just that and could provide the files to you.
I suspect the YouTube option may be the best, at least in the short run, for bell. Audio editor to get the clip containing the bell sound to the right length, with a little filtering to clean it up. (Modern phones probably don’t have a requirement for restricted bandwidth in the .mp3, but you could compress it to sound good at small bitrate…)
[Note: I am embarrassed to have to say that I put “32kbps or lower” in this post originally. I can still remember when 11Kbps per channel on a Mac was ‘high quality’… how the years do pass!]
If you’re talking a “smart phone” there are apps available to edit ringtones.
A web search for “train horn ringtones” will provide a real mixed bag of results - although I don’t always trust those sites due to malware.
And Ed’s site is a good starting point - you can always use one of his examples of a “bad horn” as a personalized ringtone for someone you really don’t like very well. I have “Puffing Billy” on my phone for one person… (that’s the piece used as the theme for “Captain Kangaroo”)
Interesting, does anyone know which whistle the Santa Fe used in the late 70s through 1990 or so (before they moved it to the long hood and changed the tone so that it was muffled)? I think the Nathan M-5 sounds the closest to my memory. Also, does anyone know which whistle the Rock Island used, say on their 4400 rebuilt Geeps?