Steam train
sounds
Rail joints, exhaust and a far whistle. Free, live and never looping.
Change the mix
Steady rain on the village green, heard from indoors.
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The sounds of the line
Old track was laid in short lengths, and every wheel clicked as it crossed the gap between two rails. That gives the famous rhythm, two beats and two beats again, which slows the mind down remarkably well.
Under it you will hear the low rumble of the train and four soft exhaust beats to each turn of the wheels. Every minute or so the driver sounds the whistle. If the window picture is on screen, that is when the train crosses the embankment behind the village.
Near or far
The Steam train slider is distance as much as loudness. Low, the train is across the valley, muffled and soft. High, you are in the carriage. Add Rain for a wet night on the last train up the line.
Questions
Which railway is this?
The Hollowmere & Wychwold Railway, a single-track branch line in the made-up county of Wychwold. It is invented, but it is built from the sounds of real British branch lines of the 1930s to 1950s.
Is it a recording of a real locomotive?
No. The beat, the exhaust and the whistle are all generated in your browser. That is why the train can run all night without the same passage coming round again.
How often does the whistle blow?
About once every one to two minutes, at uneven intervals, with the first a few seconds after you press play.
