Historical Locos

ANY recording of steam locos would be MOST appreciated

Looks like I should forget the pretty red locos and start a new thread.

I picked up 4 LPs of sound recordings. One is 'nostalgic sound effects' - trains passing, whistles, switching, etc. (Seems to have a lot of Shays and a couple of dismals!) Another is pure D&RGW freights recorded in 1952. The third is "2nd Pigeon and the Mocking Bird", a Winston Link recording on the N&W with #2190, a Y6 articulated (?) The final LP is "Sounds of Steam Locomotives" and was mostly recorded in CO in the '50s. No Malletts,Torby - were there any on the mainline in the US? But plenty of Big Boys and Challengers, mountains and even a 4-12-2 which apparently has 3 cylinders with conjugated valve gear.

I've digitized two LPs so far - I'll see if I can upload one or two tracks as mp3s or wmv files.

Posted By Semper Vaporo on 01/09/2008 4:19 PM
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If you plan to "clean" any of the files (remove pop, click and needle hiss or wow and flutter) START with .wav files, and maybe share (or publish) the files in some sort of compressed format. Personally, I would want .wav so I can do the cleaning myself... I've done a lot of it.




I start with .wav files at 44100hz, so I can write audio CDs from them.  I do 'process' them to segment into tracks and remove the scratches, if possible (my LP collection went through a flood, so there's a lot of crud on them, plus they are old.  Not these train LPs though!)  Then I export them as .mp3 files to save on my PC.  (The Roku Soundbridge upstairs plays them in the living room.)


If there is anything you want, I can email the .wav file, or mail a CD.  I wasn't planning to offer them in general - and there is the copyright issue.