1948 Greenbrier 4-8-4 locomotive. The last commercially built mainline passenger train steam locomotive built in America. Locomotive number 614 was completed at the Lima Locomotive Works in Ohio in June of 1948 for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
Locomotive #614 is 16 feet tall, 112 feet long, weighs 434 tons, develops about 5,000 horsepower and is capable of running at 120 miles per hour.
This recording, is co614 Southbound passing through Mahwah NJ whilst blowing whistle and was pulling about twenty-four passenger cars on a Hoboken NJ to Port Jervis NY excursion, which ran from 1996-1998.
Microphones: Left and Right: Shure SM-57s, 120 degrees, X/Y configuration; Center mic: AT-4041;
co614 official website
co614 photos
AFAIK, CO614 is on display at the B&O Railroad museum in Baltimore MD.
Type
Wave (.wav)
Duration
0:55.963
File size
9.4 MB
Sample rate
44100.0 Hz
Bit depth
16 bit
Channels
Stereo
Comments
14 years, 2 months ago
I'm doing a Ghost Train clip, on an old platform closed down in 1914, (approx 1 min long).
This will be sensational.
Great Work.
14 years, 6 months ago
eerie, thank you
14 years, 8 months ago
Great sound, very well done, thank you!!
14 years, 8 months ago
Its loud. It should stop my studeents in class from what their doing/saying and give me their attention, (if only for a brief few moments).
I'm going to use it as an attempt to stop them from talking loudly in class
Thank you
14 years, 9 months ago
Nice indeed!
