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Sept 2004 - 2816 Climbing McGillvray Loop.wav

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illecillewaet

August 16th, 2008

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Soundscapes > Urban
Canadian Steam

Stereo - Canadian Pacific's restored 4-6-4 Hudson #2816 the "Empress" on a return trip from Vancouver. This is on the secondary main line through BC and is just west the Alberta border. Grade is 1.75%. The loop is about 6 miles long and lifts the train 70 feet to cross the continental divide. Sony TC154 cassette recorder. Pair Rode NT3s mics. Heavy editing due to "people" problems.

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locomotive
steam

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

2:08.750

File size

21.7 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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jacqueline2816

5 years, 2 months ago

Excellent and thank you.

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clivew

12 years, 8 months ago

thank you, a great train sound. it is perfect for a digital story which I am helping a student make.

B
bloodngravel

13 years, 1 month ago

Great!

be-steele

16 years, 1 month ago

Very nice recording, and good detailed description. Thank you.

I
illecillewaet

17 years, 5 months ago

Many thanks for the vote of confidence. Glad you enjoyed it. Sadly, Canadian Pacific has shut down their steam program until after 2010. Rumour has it that it may not start up again at all.

Regards

Reg

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