This is about 2 minutes total. It is of an approaching long freight train passing about 100 yards away in it's entirety. Train was doing around 45 mph. There are NO other background sounds, no traffic, no crossing alarms, no street noise, no airplanes, no people, etc. There are three diesel electric locomotives in the front, then about a mile of freight cars, then one diesel electric locomotive "pushing" from the rear (it almost sounds like a jet engine!). Recorded alongside the tracks in open west Texas desert! Recorded using a Panasonic DVX200 with a Rode shotgun mic & deadcat. Audio extracted from the video file.
Type
Flac (.flac)
Duration
2:01.664
File size
18.2 MB
Sample rate
44100.0 Hz
Bit depth
24 bit
Channels
Stereo
Comments
1 year, 9 months ago
nice
5 years, 7 months ago
Brilliant material!!! Thank you so much - There is no way I could have made a recording like this for my project :-)
6 years, 11 months ago
Very credible background sound where a scene is playing out in an area where a railway is not far away. The clip is alive, but not the main event. There is no horn, no whistle, no screeching, no squealing wheels. We do hear a bumpy wheel now and again, as is always the case when trains are part of the experience of the locals. It was not recorded directly at the railway. It could be at the end of a long farm driveway, or across a field.
