WB CARTOON, WHISTLE - TRAIN WHISTLE: QUICK LOW-PITCHED TOOT

A photo of a Norfolk & Western freight hooter steam whistle.

A photo of a Norfolk & Western freight hooter steam whistle.

This is a rare sound effect that is not available on the Warner Bros. Sound Effects Library. is known for appearing in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Cartoons (and at least one Disney cartoon). The whistle that is heard in this sound effect is most likely the Norfolk & Western Freight Hooter (single chime) steam whistle.

Used in

Movies

  • The Wild Bunch (1969) (Used for N.de.M. No. 250, masqueraded as a P.S.T.R.R. engine.)

Shorts

  • Disney Cartoons (Heard in "Out of Scale".)
  • Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (Debut; heard once in "Swooner Crooner". Reused in "Hare Trigger", "Wagon Heels", "Bad Ol' Putty Tat", "Don't Give Up the Sheep", "Stop! Look! And Hasten!" and "Wild and Woolly Hare".)

YouTube Videos

  • Roy Filmes (Heard once in "Filme a Aventura Papa-Léguas".)
  • Sierra Railway Videos
  • Super Foxy Railway Productions

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Audio Samples

(Debut; heard once)

(Variant as heard in "Hare Trigger".)

(Variant as heard in "Wagon Heels".)

(Variant as heard in "Bad Ol’ Putty Tat".)

(Variant as heard in "Don't Give Up the Sheep".)

(Variant as heard in "Stop! Look! And Hasten!.)

(Variant as heard in "Wild and Woolly Hare".)

(Variant as heard in "Out of Scale".)