Audio Recordings

If you have any recordings of defect detectors, trains going by, etc., please e-mail us.

**Currently hosting: 30 recordings**

Asterisk (*) indicates the certain recording is currently out of service

Amtrak:

• Amtrak no. 131 leads train no. 51, the westbound Cardinal, through Wurtland, Kentucky, just outside CSXT's Russell Yard on July 18, 2001. (Size- 301K; Length-37 sec.) 

Conrail:

• Conrail train CIPI with C40-8 no. 6048 in the lead at Middletown Road, Crestline. (Size-542K; Length-67 sec.)

• *Conrail train INPI with C40-8W no. 6221 in the lead at Galion. (Size-485K; Length-61 sec.)*

• CR Clintonville DED at MP134 on the CR Columbus Line. (Size-79K; Length-11 sec.)

CSX Transportation:

• Two CSXT trains meet at Wellington on the ex-CR Indianapolis Line. (Size- 468K; Length-58 sec.)

• CSXT LaGrange DED on the Indy Line. (Size- 178K; Length-22 sec.)

• CSXT SD40-2 8447, GP40-2 6438, GP30 slug 2264, and LRCX C30-7 9463 and 9568 all lead a mixed freight of 110 cars eastbound through St. Albans, West Virginia on March 27, 2001. (Size- 229K; Length-28 sec.) 

• CSXT EDD at MP 9.5 (near Minford) on the old C&O Northern Subdivision. (Size- 123K; Length-15 sec.) 

• CSXT AC44CW's nos. 126, 228, 403, GP40-2 no. 6406 and roughly six other units move a train westbound through Thurmond, West Virginia, temporarily disrupting the crickets on July 16, 2001. (Size- 434K; Length-60 sec.) 

• CSXT C30-7 no. 7048 leads a maintenance run down the ex-Conrail Columbus Line through Clintonville on August 1, 2001, at exactly 9:38 in the P.M.  (Size- 174K; Length-21sec.)  

Great Miami Railways:

• GMRY GP35 no. 35 pulling two covered hoppers through Wellston to Hamden. (Size- 328K; Length-40 sec.)

Hocking Valley Scenic Railway:

• HVSR GP7 no. 5833 crossing Watkins Street in Nelsonville as she runs lite back to the enginehouse on August 25, 2001 at 11:06 p.m.  (Size- 164K; Length-20 sec.)  

• HVSR no. 5833, again crossing Watkins Street, pulls the regular train up to the Nelsonville Depot from the enginehouse on September 3, 2001 at 10:26 a.m.  (Size- 328K; Length-40 sec.)  

• HVSR Baldwin 65-tonner no. 4005 is departing the Nelsonville Depot with the September 1, 2001 caboose train to Logan at 11:02 a.m.  (Size- 285K; Length-35 sec.)  

• The same train above with the 4005 is heard in the distance crossing State Route 278, heading for Logan.  The extra locomotive sounds nearby are from 5833, as the Noon train has just pulled up to the Depot.  (Size- 185K; Length-23 sec.)  

Indiana & Ohio Rail System:

• IORY GP9 no. 61 switching the Anchor-Hocking plant in Lancaster in late March 2001. (Size- 142K; Length-17 sec.)

• IORY GP30 no. 85 pulling a short Logan-bound train through Valley Crossing March 23, 2001. (Size- 656K; Length-81 sec.)

Norfolk Southern Railway:

• *NS C40-9W no. 8915 heads up a mixed freight out of Conneaut. (Size-380K; Length-48 sec.)*

• NS Trackside Analyzer (TSA) at MP616.1 on the Columbus District. (Size-122K; Length-8 sec.)

• NS SD40-2 no. 6108 leads a 37-car mixed freight eastbound through Cheshire along the West Virginia Secondary, about to go through Hobson Yard on April 20, 2001. (Size- 418K; Length-52 sec.) 

• NS B23-7 no. 4003 pulls a yard job east out of Watkins Yard (Columbus) at Valley Crossing along the Columbus District on May 15, 2001. (Size- 302K; Length-37 sec.)

• PRR SD60I no. 6736 and NS SD70M no. 2590 lead a westbound intermodal of 115 cars through Clintonville on the Sandusky District on August 1, 2001, at exactly 8:14 in the P.M. (Size- 289K: Length-36 sec.) 

• NS C40-9W no. 9308 and C40-9 no. 8707 move 117 loaded coal hoppers westbound through Clintonville on Aug. 1 at 8:44 p.m. (Size- 439K; Length-54 sec.) 

• NS C40-9W's nos. 9462 and 9333 move an eastbound mixed freight of 121 cars through Clintonville on August 1 at exactly 9:48 p.m. (Size- 230K; Length-28sec.)  

• NS SD60 no. 6641 leads a 29-car 44N east through Junction City along the West Virginia Secondary on August 16, 2001 at 1:07 p.m.  (Size- 313K; Length-39 sec.)  

Ohio Central System:

• OC SD9 no. 6642 leads a short train across the Paper Mill Road crossing south of Coshocton. (Size- 372K; Length-46 sec.)

• The first loaded OC coal train to head up the rehabbed  Ohio Southern Railroad, heard going through New Lexington, bound for  Conesville on December 11, 2000 with GP38 2175 leading, followed by GP40 3242 and TDIX GP30M 4221. (Size- 358K; Length-44 sec.)

• The above train heading across S.R. 37 with the power reversed (trio on the rear; GP40 3216 leading). (Size- 494K; Length-61 sec.). The 2175 and trio pushing at the same location. (Size- 174K; Length-21 sec.)

• The first OSRR train heard again, the trio leading once more, just north of Zanesville on the old N&W, now OHCR. (Size- 459K; Length-57 sec.)

• Heard once more is the first OSRR coal train, now passing the Dresden Depot. (Size- 491K; Length-61 sec.)

Wheeling & Lake Erie:

• WE SD40-2 no. 4003 (the "Bobo") leads a mixed freight through the westbound connection between the ex-NYC and ex-B&O at Greenwich. (Size- 486K; Length-60 sec.)