Railroad Sounds

Last Updated 2/20/06

I found these sounds at the Winsite software archive for Windows shareware in 1995. There was no copyright or provenance information at Winsite or in these files. Jeffery McConnell wrote in June, 2000 and said he felt these recordings were from the vinyl record album "Farewell to Steam" so I cannot guarantee that there are no copyright claims for these sound recordings. Use at your own risk.

Jeffery McConnell tells me that the "Santa Fe" recordings were made on the last steam special from LA to Barstow over Cajon Pass and that the "GS-4" recordings are from the SP Lark running around Santa Barbara. Thanks Jeff!

These files were processed and enhanced a bit for use on a software project (which never happened).

r2lrun.mp3 13.68 seconds, 22 kHz, 8 bit stereo: Steam engine at medium speed passing by blowing whistle.
scene.mp3 11.85 seconds, 22 kHz, 16 bit stereo: Steam engine at medium speed with whistle.
sf-3759c.mp3 8.67 seconds, 22 kHz, 8 bit mono: Steam engine (allegedly Santa Fe 3759) at speed with whistle.
spgs4a.mp3 13.37 seconds, 22 kHz, 8 bit stereo, Southern Pacific GS-4 accelerating out of station with horn blows.
spgs4b.mp3 18.02 seconds, 22 kHz, 8 bit stereo, panning left to right, Southern Pacific GS-4 at speed passing by.

These files are "as found" at Winsite so they're usually a bit smaller than the processed files above.

sf-3759b.mp3 13.68 seconds, 22 kHz, 8 bit mono, Steam engine (allegedly Santa Fe 3759) at speed with whistle.
sf-3759d.mp3 11.42 seconds, 22 kHz, 8 bit mono, Steam engine (allegedly Santa Fe 3759) at speed with whistle.
sf-3759e.mp3 17.08 seconds, 22 kHz, 8 bit mono, Steam engine (allegedly Santa Fe 3759) accelerating from rest.
sp-4400a.mp3 13.37 seconds, 22 hHz, 8 bit mono, see spgs4a.mp3 above.
sp-4400b.mp3 18.01 seconds, 22 kHz, 8 bit mono, see spgs4b.mp3 above.
v&t-29-a.mp3 22.72 seconds, 22 kHz, 8 bit mono, allegedly Virginia & Truckee number 29 approaching a grade crossing.
v&t-29-b.mp3 11.52 seconds, 22 kHz, 8 bit mono, allegedly Virginia & Truckee number 29 pulling out with bell and whistle.
v&t-29-c.mp3 5.98 seconds, 22 kHz, 8 bit mono, allegedly Virginia & Truckee number 29 uncoupling and preparing to move.
v&t-29-d.mp3 26.86 seconds, 22 kHz, 8 bit mono, allegedly Virginia & Truckee number 29 at slow speed passing a grade crossing.

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