Shay #5: Distant Whistle

Shay #5 distant whistle, on approach to depot.

Shay #5 is a made steam powered, geared locomotive manufactured by Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio. For more information about geared locomotives, see Geared Steam Locomotive Works.

Shay #5 is now owned by Mountain Rail West Virginia and used for scenic tourist excursions out of Cass, West Virginia USA. For more about this particular locomotive see this page.

Geolocation is approximate location of locomotive while whistling. Recorded 23 August 2025 at 96 kHz sample rate, 32 bit floating point. Equipment used was a Josephson C700S microphone and Sound Devices MixPre-10 II. In post, this sound was encoded to ORTF stereo with Harpex and converted to 24 bit after setting levels. Many thanks to the staff of Mountain Rail West Virginia and the Cass Depot for their cooperation.