Big Jim posted:Nick Chillianis posted:OK Jim, I'll bite.
What's lame about a New York Central 6-chime. I think they have a beautiful sound.
Well, from the recording of the Niagara on the LP, it is pretty darn lame!
Keep in mind that these old recordings were made with the technology that was available at the time. That technology does not compare to what has been available in the past number of years. We should all be glad that someone had the foresight to capture these sounds all those years ago so we can hear them today even if they are not as good as we wish they could be. My first ever steam recording was Fast Freight on the Nickel Plate (1961). It was available on both LP and open reel tape but only in monaural. As good as it still is (to me) the sound is not of the quality of today's recordings. But, the memories associated with that LP having grown up witnessing the end of steam on the NKP is priceless to me including the DM&IR track Jeff B. Haertlein wrote about in an earlier comment. We had the same foghorns in the harbor here in northeast Ohio.
