On my way to work I got stopped at a railroad crossing. This is the recording I took of the train going by. It is quite intense. If you listen to the whole thing you will hear a lot of metal scraping and screeching sounds. I thought the train was going to derail. Recorded in Rockford, Illinois with an H2 Zoom.

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  mapostolidis 11 months, 1 week ago

  Awesome!
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  tkgray 2 years ago

  That screeching sound is called guaging, you mostly hear it a lot on curves or in places where the track is uneven; it happens as the wheels search for the rails and the flanges rub against the inside edges.
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  Resonanceofinsects 2 years ago

  Thanks a bunch! This was a wonderful recording!
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  winter_scribbled 2 years, 3 months ago

  Thanks a bunch! Sounds great.