Sound Recordings

    by Tim Darnell

    Alco
    LIRR LIRR
    Alco RS1 and S units
    Sunnyside, NY.     		417 S1, 465 RS1

    Sound Recording of LIRR Alco units
    Sound File - 1.6 Meg wav


    FM H12-44
    LTS 1845
    LTS 1845
    FM H12-44, ex U.S. Steel 27, nee US Army 1845

    Sound Recording of LTS 1845
    Sound File - 1.9 Meg wav

    This unit was used at USS Fairless Works and was moved off the property around 1983. It and some of the EMDs were purchased by a company called Locomotive Trouble Shooters (LTS) then were leased back to USS. It was then repainted, CR-like blue, and leased to 3 different railroads all less than 5 miles from the steel mill. It has recently purchased from LTS by Pete DeFillipo of Woodbridge NJ.


    Baldwin DS-4-4-1000
    SMS/Penn Jersey Lines 302
    Penn Jersey Lines 302
    Baldwin DS-4-4-1000 (606SC)

    Sound Recording of Penn Jersey Lines 302
    Sound File - 2.5 Meg wav

    Sounds Recorded
    - engine being started,
    - climbing up into the cab,
    - switch being thrown, the air brakes, the horn for the xing,
    - 2 "passes",
    - one with a heavy cut of cars,
    - and the last one with a normal cut.

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