N&W Steam with Live Sound!

I guess this wasn't meant to be a generic thread about recording steam, but I wanted to mention the "Sounds of the 1401" 33 rpm vinyl record issued by the Smithsonian and Southern Ry. The record is not rare and can often be found for under $10. https://www.amazon.com/Sounds-...ington/dp/B0080YE6J4

I think the sound was recorded separately in the video I posted

@feltonhill posted:

Bud Swearer's tapes have been converted to CD's by several members of the N&W HS and AFAIK we all have complete CD sets   I did the sound inventory that Big Jim posted so you can see in detail what Bud captured.  There's really some amazing stuff, e.g., a Y6 changing from compound to simple and back again, another version of a Great Whistle Storm, and a Y6 working in simple for a prolonged period.  Historically, it's probably more complete that what Link recorded, although the quality isn't as good.  NWHS got permission to digitize and market the recordings, but there hasn't been any interest in going beyond preservation at the moment.  In any event, all of his N&W recordings are in good hands.

Thank you for the updated information. I hope to one day have the opportunity to have them in "my hands". 

Perhaps N&W HS will eventually make them available.

Unfortunately, many younger people won't even watch black and white visual content, let alone audio only stuff, so the market may be tiny, even among railfans.

I've posted some on-board audio of C&O 614 that I recorded during her Erie Limited trips in the late '90s on high end audio equipment and got barely any reaction, yet people gush and drool over any old shaky train video with badly distorted sound on YouTube.

WOW!

This likely has dubbed sound, but the ACTION (like onboard) of revenue steam thus far is GREAT. I've just started watching it, but just had to share it here.

Enjoy!

Andre