26/03/10 10:12
Recordings can now be played directly from this webpage
by using the embedded dewplayer mp3 flash player from
www.alsacreations.fr. There’s
also a direct link to each file.
Chinese C2 0-8-0 No. 044 on the Huanan Forestry Railway
A narrow gauge 0-8-0 hauling an coal train up the bank
from Tuoyaozi on the Huanan Forestry Railway in
North-East China.
play it here... .... or link to it here
play it here... .... or link to it here
Chinese DF8B 5285 approaches Gubeikou
The DF8B is China's favoured heavy freight design at
the moment and in common with most Chinese locos they
are unsilenced and make a fine noise.
DF8B 5285 was heading east with a freight on the scenic main line from Beijing to Chifeng when it was recorded emerging from a tunnel high in the mountains near Gubeikou.
play it here... .... or link to it here
DF8B 5285 was heading east with a freight on the scenic main line from Beijing to Chifeng when it was recorded emerging from a tunnel high in the mountains near Gubeikou.
play it here... .... or link to it here
Unsilenced Czech 751s climbing to Ramzova
Southbound freights on the Jesenik - Hanusovice line
face a stiff climb from Lipova Lazne to Ramzova, the
summit of the line, 760m above sea level. Bankers are
the norm on this section and heavier trains are double
headed as well.
To someone brought up on booming English Electrics and spluttering Sulzers, the remaining unsilenced 749s and 751s sound fantastic. On the evening of 18 August 2006, unsilenced 751 041 double headed silenced 749 246 on Pn45264, the daily Mikulovice to Hanusovice freight, with unsilenced 751 338 banking to Ramzova. The train was recorded climbing the last kilometer or so to the summit from a field inhabited by several million chirping crickets, hence the extraneous noises. The two 751s can be heard clearly but the silenced 749 is barely audible. MP3 format, 1'52", 1.7MB
WARNING : Listening to this recording at excessive volume may cause structural damage.
play it here... .... or link to it here
To someone brought up on booming English Electrics and spluttering Sulzers, the remaining unsilenced 749s and 751s sound fantastic. On the evening of 18 August 2006, unsilenced 751 041 double headed silenced 749 246 on Pn45264, the daily Mikulovice to Hanusovice freight, with unsilenced 751 338 banking to Ramzova. The train was recorded climbing the last kilometer or so to the summit from a field inhabited by several million chirping crickets, hence the extraneous noises. The two 751s can be heard clearly but the silenced 749 is barely audible. MP3 format, 1'52", 1.7MB
WARNING : Listening to this recording at excessive volume may cause structural damage.
play it here... .... or link to it here
