SLSF152A.WAV
The final day of the 1994 Altanta NRHS convention, Sunday
June 26, 1994, saw SLSF (Frisco) 4-8-2 #1522 and N&W 4-8-4
#611 doubleheading a trip from Atlanta, GA to Chattanooga, TN.
Here's the train moving right along near Aragon, GA, with 1522
whistling for the crossing. Note the nifty Doppler effect
(you sure that's just 40 mph, guys?)
CO_2765.WAV
Nickel Plate berkshire #765, masquerading as Chesapeake & Ohio
#2765, leads a fantrip eastbound at Ravenna, OH on August 28,
1993, enroute from Akron, OH to Pittsburgh, PA. The whistle
shrieks a bit as the engineer pulls the cord a little too hard.
EW
CWRR_45A.WAV
California Western RR's 2-8-2 #45 is struggling to get
traction before leading the Super Skunk train out of Ft.
Bragg on an all-day trip to Willits and back. It will
regain traction and whistle for the US Hwy. 101 grade
crossing. Recorded in 1976. Sampling rate 11,025 Hz. JM
CWRR_45B.WAV
California Western RR's 2-8-2 #45 leads the westbound
Super Skunk train out of Willits. It is whistling for the
state hwy. 20 grade crossing, and is also annoying a
nearby dog. Recorded in 1976. Sampling rate 11,025 Hz. JM
KLL_7A.WAV
Pacific Coast Shay #7 of the Klickitat Log & Lumber Co. is
whistling for a grade crossing at the Camp Six Logging
Exhibit in Tacoma's Point Defiance Park. Recorded onboard
in 1976. Sampling rate 11,025 Hz. JM
KLL_7B.WAV
Pacific Coast Shay #7 of the Klickitat Log & Lumber Co.
engages in some "whistle talk" at the Camp Six Logging
Exhibit in Tacoma's Point Defiance Park. Recorded onboard
in 1976. Sampling rate 11,025 Hz. JM
KLL_7C.WAV
Pacific Coast Shay #7 of the Klickitat Log & Lumber Co.
whistles for a grade crossing at the Camp Six Logging
Exhibit in Tacoma's Point Defiance Park. Recorded in 1976.
Sampling rate 11,025 Hz. JM
NP_1070.WAV
The Lake Whatcom Railroad at Wickersham, WA is an excursion
railroad over a 5 mile stretch of former Northern Pacific track.
Power is ex-NP 0-6-0 #1070, which pulls a pair of musty old NP
coaches. Here's 1070 whistling its departure from Wickersham
in August, 1993. The whistle is almost certainly a "swap" from
a larger engine. EW
NW_611A.WAV
Norfolk & Western 611 whistles off as it and SLSF 1522 prepare
to lead the 1994 NRHS convention fan trip special into Atlanta,
GA on June 23, 1994. The train had made a round trip from Atlanta
to Macon, GA and back that day, and was being held at Howell Tower
to allow the eastbound Amtrak Cresent Ltd. clear Atlanta's
Peachtree station. EW
NW_611B.WAV
On the third day of the 1994 NRHS convention, June 25, 1994,
N&W 611 filled in for ailing Southern 4201 on the roundtrip from
Altanta to Lula, GA and back. The J talks it up as she climbs
eastbound through Duluth, GA. EW
NW_611C.WAV
After meeting the westbound Amtrak Cresent Ltd. and a freight
at Griff siding, 611 gets a move on the NRHS special eastbound
toward Lula, GA on June 25, 1994. EW
OC_1551.WAV
Ohio Central RR runs an excursion train on its mainline between
Sugarcreek and Baltic, OH during the summer. During 1992, the
power was ex-Canadian National 4-6-0 #1551. Here's 1551 a few
miles north of Baltic, whistling for a crossing on August 29,
1992. EW
OC_1551A.WAV
OC 1551 whistling its departure from Sugarcreek on the same
day. EW
OPE_19A.WAV
OPE_19B.WAV
Aboard the Oregon Pacific & Eastern Ry.'s "Blue Goose"
excursion train as it rolls along Dorena Res. just out
of Cottage Grove, OR. The OP&E has since faded into
history and the locomotive returned to its original
owner to haul tourists on the Yreka Western RR. Recorded
in 1976. Sampling rate 11,025 Hz. JM
RCBT_2.WAV
Trackside in Felton, CA, as the Roaring Camp & Big Trees
Narrow Gauge RR's Heisler #2 whistles for a grade crossing.
Recorded in 1975. Sampling rate 11,025 Hz. JM
SLSF1522.WAV
Another sample from the 1994 NRHS Atlanta convention fan trips.
On June 26, 1994, SLSF 1522 and N&W 611 double head through
Austell, GA, on their way to Rome, GA and Chattanooga, TN.
SLSF 1522 blows for the crossing. EW
SRR_28.WAV
Sierra RR 2-8-0 #28 is mainly providing the noise while a
Baldwin S12 provides most of the muscle as they head up the
"Supper Chief" train just outside of Jamestown, CA. Recorded
in 1976. Sampling rate 11,025 Hz. JM
USP_2.WAV
Former US Plywood Corp. 2-6-6-2T #2 whistles for the tourists
on the Puget Sound & Snoqualmie Valley RR. Recorded in 1976.
Sampling rate 11,025 Hz. JM
VT-29-A.WAV
VT-29-B.WAV
VT-29-C.WAV
VT-29-D.WAV
Virginia and Truckee 2-8-0 #29, recorded on a trip between
Virginia City and Gold City, NV, summer 1993. BC
