The things you do for love...

[lady_rider]

I've just spent half an hour waiting by a railway crossing to film trains coming by in the dark for my nephew, who I know will love it. Freezing me a*&e off to be a blinkin' train spotter for someone else I hope he appreciates it as much as I think he he will...

 

[ianrauk]

blimey,
take him to Clapham Junction or London Bridge Stations one day... a lot of fellow *cough* enthusiasts at the end of the platforms to swap numbers with. Some of them even speak numbers into dictaphones.... I have seen it with my own eyes

 

[yenrod]

I've just spent half an hour waiting by a railway crossing to film trains coming by in the dark for my nephew, who I know will love it. Freezing me a*&e off to be a blinkin' train spotter for someone else I hope he appreciates it as much as I think he he will...

Thats new: I thought they stood on rugby/crewe stations in no.s that resemble a film crew

 

[yenrod]

blimey,
take him to Clapham Junction or London Bridge Stations one day... a lot of fellow *cough* enthusiasts at the end of the platforms to swap numbers with. Some of them even speak numbers into dictaphones.... I have seen it with my own eyes

Well, Ian - i can better that: In a motor shop in liverpool (posh formula1 shop - costs a bit too) you can buy 'sounds' of cars

 

[ianrauk]

Lol, that's nuts, but now you mention it, I do also remembering seeing cassette tapes a good few years back of Steam Train sounds.

Well, Ian - i can better that: In a motor shop in liverpool (posh formula1 shop - costs a bit too) you can buy 'sounds' of cars

 

[yenrod]

Lol, that's nuts, but now you mention it, I do also remembering seeing cassette tapes a good few years back of Steam Train sounds.

Can you imagine the cycling alternative BRAKE SOUNDS or the orgasmic aural of a GEAR SHIFT...

WWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOwwwwwwwwwwww !

 

[vernon]

Lol, that's nuts, but now you mention it, I do also remembering seeing cassette tapes a good few years back of Steam Train sounds.

You could also get the sounds on vinyl - Argo Transcord was the label if my memory serves me right.

 

[snorri]

You could also get the sounds on vinyl - Argo Transcord was the label if my memory serves me right.

Spot on Vernon.
http://www.steamindex.com/library/handford.htm

Oddly, this reminds me of my first visit to Orkney, a place with no railway, where I was seated strategically between two loudspeakers and "entertained" by my host playing the record of the Tyndrum Summit. The first few seconds were silent, then the bleat of a sheep followed a few seconds later by the distance sound of an approaching steam train. It got gradually louder and the rhythm changed as it struggled up the incline. Oh that's enough of that......

 

[Keith Oates]

I went to a Vintage motorcyle race meeting at Brands Hatch a few years back and many people were recording the sounds of the bikes as they went around!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Globalti]

My son has got a CD of the engine sounds of Nick Mason's racing car collection, which came in a book. The V16 BRM really makes your hair stand on end.

Here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Into-Red-Classic-Shaped-Century/dp/1852272252