Stereo recording of a steam train leaving Moor Street station in Birmingham in the direction of Snow Hill station, going into a short tunnel as soon as the engine leaves the platform. 4-6-0 Hall class locomotive pulling a train of vintage carriages. Steam hiss, guard's whistle clearing the driver to leave the platform, coal being shovelled into furnace, piston starts to move, speeds up, train whistle (brief), sound of the steam locomotive fades and carriage bogey noise.
Recorded on a Zoom H2 with built in microphones, in 'mid' sensitivity level, hand held.
Type
Wave (.wav)
Duration
1:30.391
File size
15.2 MB
Sample rate
44100.0 Hz
Bit depth
16 bit
Channels
Stereo
Comments
7 years, 11 months ago
great for my toy train video thanks
8 years, 4 months ago
so beautiful!
8 years, 7 months ago
A beauty!
9 years, 12 months ago
Many thanks for this sound. I used this sound as part of a piece of sound art for an exhibition being curated by a friend as part of a final year college project. Unfortunately not a paid commission! You and freesound.org are credited. The whole piece is about 6 minutes long and uses many sound files. I may upload the completed work to soundcloud after the exhibition. I shall post a link to it here if I do.
10 years ago
Great sound. I used less than 1 sec of it. Fits perfect.
