Jeff B. Haertlein posted:Allegheny48 posted:One of my favorite steam recordings is Fast Freight on the Nickel Plate by North Jersey Recordings. Released in monaural back in the early 1960's it featured numerous cuts of NKP steam performing various tasks along with an onboard recording of NKP Hudson 175 pulling an NRHS fan trip in May of 1958. One band of GTW steam and, for the finale, a recording of DM&IR Yellowstone 230 hauling iron ore out of Two Harbors MN with the old style foghorn sounding out in the harbor. Pretty spectacular stuff for the era. I also have a few of Brad Miller's recordings in my collection and they are certainly keepers.
I too liked this album, for another reason. I have the builders plate off of DM&IR #230. I also have the reel to reel tape recording of the same album. For years I could not listen to the tape as I no longer have a reel to reel, but I read the liner notes and found out that the recording of the Yellowstone was engine #230. When an album became available I bought it!
Of special note the tape was used for sound effects for the attraction known as MINIRAMA. One of the cuts was that of #230 used for one of the trains at this attraction. And how ironic that the builders plate hung in the exhibit, while the actual sounds of that very locomotive were played over the speaker system!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeff: I have an open reel recorder that still functions and the ability to create a compact disc recording from the taped material. I never knew that Fast Freight on the Nickel Plate was available as an open reel tape. Is it stereo by chance? If you would consider allowing me to create a CD from this my email is in my profile.
