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 Posted - March 05 2009 : 12:34:04 PM
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anyone got railroad tapes 8-tracks or records? the sound EFX ones or songs? I got a bunch will hafta take pix of all of them 
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 Posted - March 07 2009 : 02:26:39 AM
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I have a few CD's, an O. Winston Link album, and the Sounds of the Freedom Train album I bought when I saw it in '76. 
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Posted - March 07 2009 : 08:48:30 AM
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I have a 45 RPM record of train sounds, it's an Argo Transacord disc from England. It's called "The Sounds of Shunting", and features sounds of small, British steam switchers in the London Midland region, 1956-1957.
It was rarely played, and even has a sticker identifying it's previous owner and address. Best of all, I got it for free at a trainshow!
    
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Posted - March 07 2009 : 09:31:51 AM
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this the album you got NickelPlate 759?
here's one for you UKers recorded in 1968-1969
here's a German record recorded & narated in German
here's one for you NicklePlate 759 & that IS the NKP 759 loco!!
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Posted - March 07 2009 : 2:42:53 PM
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Thanks, Micro. That cover photo is in a book I have by Don Ball, and it's part of what made me fan. The other part was seeing her at Steamtown.
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Posted - March 07 2009 : 6:28:08 PM
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NKP 759 still run or is it static now? thats the NKP 759 sound EFX record
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Posted - March 08 2009 : 11:35:46 AM
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That's weird that this thread popped up again,as just this week I picked up about 8 steam train records.
My favorite is one put out by the Western Maryland Historical Society called Fast Freight Rolling.
It's all WM steam recorded in the 50's,in freight service.(no excursions here)
It is a 2 LP set with a bonus 45rpm of the WM Shay #6.(cool)
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Posted - March 08 2009 : 6:48:21 PM
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quote:NKP 759 still run or is it static now? thats the NKP 759 sound EFX record
Originally posted by microbusss-March 07 2009: 6:28:08 PM
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The latest photos I've seen of it running excursions is 1973. I first saw it in '74 in Bellows Falls, VT. It's a candidate for restoration by Steamtown, since the condition is good, but I think there are other locos they want to get to first. I had heard a rumor that it stopped running because someone neglected to completely drain the boiler before winter, and some pretty fatal cracks resulted, but I'm not sure how accurate that is.
Edit -- Here's a better assessment:
http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/steamtown/shs2o.htm
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Posted - March 08 2009 : 7:31:58 PM
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this is a Audio Fidelity record from 1958
The Union Pacific Quartet from 1970
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Posted - March 08 2009 : 8:15:51 PM
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quote:
this is a Audio Fidelity record from 1958
The Union Pacific Quartet from 1970
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Sorry, but that's five people in the picture. Unless I need my glasses checked... 
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Posted - March 08 2009 : 8:55:36 PM
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| yes its 5 its just the name of the group sheesh
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Posted - March 11 2009 : 4:05:51 PM
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Merle Haggard & the Strangers My Love Affair With Trains 1976
John Deere Songs With A Railroad Ring 1966
yes that is a CB&Q loco
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Posted - March 17 2009 : 9:55:56 PM
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this is a 45rpm BN record have cover too 1978 
this is a 7" record of 1401 ex-Southern Railway on display at the Smithsonian in DC
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Posted - March 17 2009 : 10:02:52 PM
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BN promotional single. Huh. 
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Posted - March 18 2009 : 1:49:18 PM
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| possibly don't know side 2 is Hummin' On The Rails I heard that song on a BN video idk which one tho
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Posted - March 24 2009 : 10:48:29 PM
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ok a silly record Little Red Caboose 45rpm record
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Posted - April 06 2009 : 3:17:53 PM
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I know this is a railroad record & tape forum but why not include CDs?
just got this in the mail today!!
quote: You better do something, you idiot, Because in about ten minutes you're going to have two hundred tons of locomotive smashing through Central Station on its way to Marshall Fields!
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Posted - April 06 2009 : 3:39:20 PM
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little red caboose
Little red caboose
Riding behind the train
repeat
Get your tickets and get on board
We're gonna ride that train
Repeat
Repeat all a million times.
Our eldest daughter's favorite song. I had to sing it for an hour straight once b/c it was just her and I in the car. It's still cute, even after that.
We have other bluegrass and rail road cd's.
One is Steel Rails and "Daddy what's a train"
~anna
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 Posted - May 10 2009 : 11:35:44 AM
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My uncle does some work with the local branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, and they were doing some spring cleaning recently. He found some old LP's and kept them for me, and this was in the bunch:
No, it's not the Love Train of the O'Jays fame, it's a terrible, TERRIBLE mix of electronic and disco music. There are some sound effects throughout of synthesizers imitating trains, but really that's the only connection to trains at all.
I could upload the main song on the album, but you might need a barf bag before listening.
Oh well, at least the album Eliminator by ZZ Top was in there too, so it's not a total loss.
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Records? Oh yeah, those round black (usually) groovy disc things. I have a small number of them hanging around. Including one already mentioned here.
This old 1958 Audio Fidelity record has been in the family since the 1970s, and I say it is still a far better quality recording than many more recent ones.
I have noticed over the years that this record has been used to provide sound effects on various TV shows and movies. I remember hearing it on Sesame St in the 70s or early 80s. Pretty sure it was used in one of the Back to the Future movies too. Can't say I recall the other shows, but I know the record well enough that I tend to recognise it here and there.
Actually the photo is of a second copy I have. Dad has the original.
A couple of records, one also from 1958, the other 1960. Got them cheap a while back and have only listened to them once. I should try them again. The quality wasn't anything special from memory.
Something local (to me). A little EP of recordings (mono I think) of Victorian Railways N class broad gauge (5' 3") 2-8-2 locos at work in their final days.
a 45 rpm recording of South Australian Railways broad gauge Rx class 4-6-0 locos.
Another 45, this time South Australian Railways' narrow gauge (3' 6") T class 4-8-0
more SAR narrow gauge, this time the 400 class 4-8-2 + 2-8-4 Beyer Garratt locos.
Now, here's something different - as are the following two records.
This is a 1967 sound effect record of British electric trains for use with film. This is one of a series and is mostly tube trains.
This record was released by Tri-ang to accompany their model trains.
and next is possibly the weirdest of all....
Yes, a railway sound effects record put out by Australian Hoechst Limited, a company that made industrial chemicals, plastics and pharmaceuticals.
There are four recording on the transparent red record - all of Western Australian steam locos. The cover is in book form, with the record tucked into a sleeve made from the last two pages (there are 5 pages in total, including the front and back cover). There is a tenuous link made between railways and one of their antibiotic products inside.
That's all for now.
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Posted - May 12 2009 : 1:27:41 PM
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| O.O awesome B67! neato collection me likes!
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Posted - May 12 2009 : 8:50:36 PM
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Seconded! The Tri-Ang and transparent red ones look like a blast!
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Posted - May 14 2009 : 12:44:54 AM
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That's the one I have...
Funny, four record set in a box... all steam on seven sides... UK steam trains...
One side with American diesel locomotives, GP & SD 7's.
I also have an album called "Steel Rails Under Thundering Skies."
Crossing tower with bells, rain, thunder... and steam trains... even the SP Daylight train with the HONK whistle.
John/Zebrails
Oh, almost forgot the four record set of "Kiddie Toons" with the story "The Engine That Could" and it also included American steam train sounds. Music with train sounds, too.
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Posted - December 22 2011 : 10:52:38 PM
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I was going to start a thread like this, but I found that we have one. I noticed the other day as I was organizing some of my new vinyl finds that I have several with a railroad theme. So here are a few, hastily photographed and put up here for all to see. Many of them are thrift store purchases, so the covers aren't in mint condition. I get most of them for 99 cents, so I can't complain too much if the vinyl plays.
John Mayall. It's a retrospective of his early years. Just got it today, haven't spun it yet, but I'm a fan of his work:
Had to get this because of the cover. I wasn't familiar with the artist, but a quick listen and it's exactly what it appears, piano music. Actually sounded pretty good to my ears, so I'll check it out again later. I love the SF boxcars, they were one of the first things I collected in HO.
Two from the man in black. A railroad worker, and what appears to be a railroad robber. Classics.
The next one is, in my mind, kinda cheesy. I don't really care for Boxcar Willie. The songs are rather unimpressive covers, and I've read creepy things about the guy's personal life. Still, for a buck I had to have it.
This next one is not something you see every day. It's a single for Neil Young's "Southern Pacific" on red triangular vinyl. The inside of the cover has a nice streamliner on one flap, and an old car on the other--a reference to the B-side "motor city."
Jimmie Rodgers. Most probably don't even remember him. I'm not sure why I do. Definitely before my time.
Hank Snow:
Not a huge fan of this guy either, but it came in a box of stuff. It's the back cover:
One of my favorites. Every Saturday evening was Hee-Haw night. Grandpa hangin out down at the tracks:
This next one barely makes the list. It has a glimpse of tracks on the cover, and a great song about waiting around Union Station in KC. A new Kansas City local band that I love, The Grisly Hand:
Finally, a picture disc with an interesting story. I picked it up at a garage sale in the early 90's, where someone had made it into a clock. There was a mechanism through the spindle hole, and number stickers around the edge. I used it until the clock quit, then I tried to remove the stickers. That was 7th grade, and I didn't do a good job. I'm going to check it out again and see how it plays, and if I can help it out any.
Despite the pictures, I don't listen primarily to country--they just have the most railroad covers. I listen about equally to country, rock, indie, prog, metal, jazz, fusion, etc., etc. Everything from AC/DC to Zappa. Most people say ABBA to Zappa, but I really don't like ABBA.
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Posted - December 22 2011 : 11:01:05 PM
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oooooo sweet collection,B77 I even like the triangle record What is the speed?
Well since this thread got revived may as well take pics of my railroad records
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Posted - December 22 2011 : 11:14:36 PM
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It's a 33...with a little warning about automatic turntables. You have to drop the needle by hand, or else you'll have a problem.
I'm actually a little embarrassed that you can see a Rick Wakeman record in the background of one of the pics. I guess the mint copy of Whitesnake next to it makes up for it.
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Posted - January 04 2012 : 5:25:10 PM
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I was removing my webcam pix for better ones hehe
Anyway here are a few more of my records
I wish I knew where this photo was taken 
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Posted - January 05 2012 : 12:42:10 AM
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This is my latest contribution of railway related albums/records...
BUT, there is not one train sound or song.
Okay, it is a famous painting... as an album cover.
Friend of mine was trying to pay me to take it off his hands during his garage sale... okay, this one and 40 other albums. I didn't take the other albums because there were no pic's of trains on them.
Got MIL... no... Anyone got phonograph, speakers and needle?
John
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Posted - January 05 2012 : 08:13:36 AM
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you went to a garage sale to get records?
Well go to ANOTHER garage sale & find a stereo with a record player & speakers
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Posted - January 05 2012 : 5:04:09 PM
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quote:you went to a garage sale to get records?
Well go to ANOTHER garage sale & find a stereo with a record player & speakers
Originally posted by microbusss - January 05 2012 : 08:13:36 AM
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uh, no. He's a friend and I helped him sell all sorts of items. The records were a part of his... musical baggage. I happened to find one album with the train, it's copied from a famous picture by "Turner" titled "Rain, Steam And Speed."
I wanted it purely for the fact that, besides my knowledge of some classical music, it was for: "hey, I know this painting because it's a train." Some lady paid $20 for all the rest of the records. She said she never owned any cd's. She had just bought a phonograph for converting LP's to her computer.
John
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