I haven't played my favorite in years, and the sound quality is not "great", mainly due to the equipment used, I believe. The person responsible for the recordings was John Prophet, and I understand that he used a recorder that used magnetized wire? (The recordings were made between 1948 and 1953.) The record is the "First Collectors Series, Volume 2, which was New York Central steam and issued by Semaphore Records. One track is identified as the only sound recording ever made behind a live NYC Hudson from starting to track speed, which is just marvelous. There are several classes of NYC steam that were recorded, but my favorite is a NYC "K" class Pacific with a NYC "long bell" whistle, which to me sounds better than any other steam whistle that I ever heard. The record is like new, since the only time I ever played it (loud) was when my wife was out grocery shopping...!
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