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2012-04-08 easter slow train.flac

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tim.kahn

April 9th, 2012

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Sound effects > Vehicles
Portland, Oregon, United States
Trains and Things

Recorded around 10:30PM, a freight train headed South out of Portland's industrial area passes by. In the beginning you can hear the gates go down in the distance and eventually everything gets louder as the train passes the mics. Near the end the train speeds up before the gates lift and the waiting cars drive off. Recorded with AT4021 mics into a modified Marantz PMD661.

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bell
cars
city
crossing
engine
field-recording
locomotive
motor
outside
ring
train

Type

Flac (.flac)

Duration

16:11.154

File size

137.9 MB

Sample rate

48000.0 Hz

Bit depth

24 bit

Channels

Stereo

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Duremar

10 years, 9 months ago

The most it!

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WaveAdventurer

13 years, 4 months ago

this... is... the longest train I have ever heard in my life. Ever! How many engines were pulling this train? I'd guess somewhere between 5 and 9, that's kind of what it sounded like.

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Wutcha

13 years, 9 months ago

Gosh, this sound sooo good ! I can't believe what I'm hearing ! One of the best sound I ever hear here.

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nanascho3

13 years, 9 months ago

Not only is this recording so dynamic, but it is incredibly clean! The subtle wind, the distant traffic, the rumble, the bells passing from right to left, the crossing guards coming down...incredible. Every person uploading to freesound should use this as a model.

klankbeeld

13 years, 9 months ago

I like this recoding of; The Never Ending Train

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