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Freight Train 20080929 [wav]

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Nuno_Morão

February 6th, 2009

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Soundscapes > Nature
São João da Pesqueira, Viseu, Portugal

Eastbound freight train (diesel locomotive + 4 platform wagons with bagged cement pallets) at the Douro Valley, having just passed the Valeira Dam. Recorded 2008.09.29, early morning, with a Røde NT4 + Fostex FR-2LE. Photos here: http://flickr.com/photos/nmorao/3217852710/, http://flickr.com/photos/nmorao/3217853626/ and http://flickr.com/photos/nmorao/3217000957/

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diesel-locomotive
field-recording
freight-train
metal-clatter
rail

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

4:25.502

File size

48.6 MB

Sample rate

48000.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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Nuno_Morão

3 years, 7 months ago

Thanks a lot, Alice. If and when you can, leave a link to check the film, I'm curious.

A
alice_d25

3 years, 7 months ago

incredible good recording! i used it in a film about right wing violence in saxon switzerland. there is the valley of elbe going through that edgy mountains, also with a train, and i forgot to take my audio gear while filming the sunset there.

Nuno_Morão

17 years ago

They're visible now.
Thanks.

D
daveincamas

17 years ago

Nice job! Can you change your flickr photos from private to public so we can see them? Thanks.

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