It’s just so eerie listening to these recordings. The sounds of an era we’ll never see again. I wish I could have been around in the days. Those beautiful cars, aircraft, and locomotives.
My first love of US railroading was the D&H, thanks to the CTC BOARD magazine....then shortly after, I found out about the N&W and A's, J's and Y's, plus later on....I grew to love their M's as well! I hope that they, somehow, can save those that they pulled out a few years ago, that would be magic! These days, I've become somewhat obsessed with the Milwaukee Road.... You can't beat the sound, smell of a steam locomotive....mind you, I'm a huge fan of the 1st and 2nd generation of diesels, steam will always and forever be the kings and queens of the rails! Greetings from a Swede in sunny Glasgow, at least this morning....for the time being, the last few minutes! 😉😆😂
This is a work of art, and O. Winston Link was one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. It is not a disjointed collection of steam sounds, but details one 1959 night of operation on the Norfolk & Western, the nation's last class A railroad to maintain steam.
I worked in Montreal from 1963 to 1964, just missing Canadian and US steam. In 1964 I travelled by car through both countries and Mexico. Sadly my two mates were not railfans and any attempt to see steam still running was not an option. Luckily my way home overland to the UK included a lot of steam travel, especially in Japan, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Greece. The North American experience encouraged me to undertake a massive record of the last days of UK steam. I am a great fan of O Winston Link and have much of his fine work.
This is my favorite of Link's recordings! On headphones, if you close your eyes it's so easy to believe you're standing right there in the night beside the Blue Ridge grade!
I still have my dad's 1959 LP, but it has so many cracks and pops after my rough handling as a kid in the 1970s that it has lost a lot of the finer detail. Thanks for uploading this clean copy. For my money, the two best passages are the light helper on side one with the echos and cows, and the passing train on the first half of side 2. The whistle storm is nice, but there is so much to hear with the shuffle of the cars and the gradual increase of the pusher engine(s). Oddly enough, this Link recording was all I knew about him for quite a few years, and it wasn't until the 1980s that I became aware of his photography work.
Yes I ran click and pop eliminator on this, and very careful noise reduction. If applying too much noise reduction then distant steam engines start to warble like a UFO type sound. So this was not a perfect vinyl LP either
Quilling is what it’s called and was the staple of a steam engine and it’s engineer’s signature. You could tell who the engineer was back then by his distinctive notes and how he would quill the whistle
It’s just so eerie listening to these recordings. The sounds of an era we’ll never see again. I wish I could have been around in the days. Those beautiful cars, aircraft, and locomotives.
Love Blue Ridge
My first love of US railroading was the D&H, thanks to the CTC BOARD magazine....then shortly after, I found out about the N&W and A's, J's and Y's, plus later on....I grew to love their M's as well!
I hope that they, somehow, can save those that they pulled out a few years ago, that would be magic!
These days, I've become somewhat obsessed with the Milwaukee Road....
You can't beat the sound, smell of a steam locomotive....mind you, I'm a huge fan of the 1st and 2nd generation of diesels, steam will always and forever be the kings and queens of the rails!
Greetings from a Swede in sunny Glasgow, at least this morning....for the time being, the last few minutes! 😉😆😂
This is a work of art, and O. Winston Link was one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. It is not a disjointed collection of steam sounds, but details one 1959 night of operation on the Norfolk & Western, the nation's last class A railroad to maintain steam.
I worked in Montreal from 1963 to 1964, just missing Canadian and US steam. In 1964 I travelled by car through both countries and Mexico. Sadly my two mates were not railfans and any attempt to see steam still running was not an option. Luckily my way home overland to the UK included a lot of steam travel, especially in Japan, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Greece. The North American experience encouraged me to undertake a massive record of the last days of UK steam. I am a great fan of O Winston Link and have much of his fine work.
My dad would listen to this for hours
This is my favorite of Link's recordings! On headphones, if you close your eyes it's so easy to believe you're standing right there in the night beside the Blue Ridge grade!
I still have my dad's 1959 LP, but it has so many cracks and pops after my rough handling as a kid in the 1970s that it has lost a lot of the finer detail. Thanks for uploading this clean copy. For my money, the two best passages are the light helper on side one with the echos and cows, and the passing train on the first half of side 2. The whistle storm is nice, but there is so much to hear with the shuffle of the cars and the gradual increase of the pusher engine(s). Oddly enough, this Link recording was all I knew about him for quite a few years, and it wasn't until the 1980s that I became aware of his photography work.
Yes I ran click and pop eliminator on this, and very careful noise reduction. If applying too much noise reduction then distant steam engines start to warble like a UFO type sound. So this was not a perfect vinyl LP either
Is there a CD for sale somewhere
www.owinstonlinkrailwayproductions.com
You can buy the whole collection from O Winston Link's website. Mine is on the way. 120.00 cost
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@@EngineerDaylight Okey if you didn't get it, it's my favorite part because the whistle squeaks
Quilling is what it’s called and was the staple of a steam engine and it’s engineer’s signature. You could tell who the engineer was back then by his distinctive notes and how he would quill the whistle