I am working on a school play, “I Never Saw Another Butterfly”, and I need some steam engine sounds that are similar to continental European 1940’s trains, such as starting, going at speed, and braking. I would like to find something that would take far too long to find using Google. Could you please help?
Trainboy
I have a vew I’ve collected on the web, but probably nothing you can use as most are whistles only.
Don’t give up on Googling - just learn to refine your search. There are a number of railfans who have shared their recorded sounds on the web. A little patience can pay off.
Make sure you post your request over on the MR forum - you never know…
I already posted on the MR forum, just trying to cover all my bases.
Trainboy
Just wanted to say that the play was a hit.
Trainboy
On a related note (sorry…couldn’t resist the pun), is there a recording of a CB&Q O5A/B out there someplace? I’ve heard that they were among the best whistling steam locomotives out there.
Thanks in advance for any info!
Chris
Snowy Denver, CO
Try putting the name ARGO in your search. I think a lot of British steam trains with the high-pitched peanut vendor whistles were recorded for that label, or copy it from the sound track of British films like “Brief Encounter” or Hitchcock’s “The Lady Vanishes.”
CopCarSS, CB&Q was well-recorded by Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs. Their “Sunday Only” LP was briefly reissued on a CD (Bainbridge BCD 6242). All of the cuts of 5632 on that had the original whistle, but on one fan trip they substituted a whistle that was saved from a scrapped M4A.
Greetings,
I just spent last weekend with Soo Line #1003 a 2-8-2 Mikado with a Photo Special. I have over 3 hrs worth of digital video tape. I have run-bys. plus some start-ups, might a little bit of stopping. I can quite easily pull the audio off the video recordings and save them as mpeg’s.
Contact me if you are interested kschmidt@tds.net
Keith
My suggestion would be try Pentex the maker of RR tapes. [:D][:o)][:p]
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Cool…thanks for the info.
Chris
Denver, CO