Standard Sound Effect (468A) PASSING TRAINS WITH WHISTLES (6 cuts)

SP AC12 #4294 (the class of SP AC cab forward most likely responsible for the recording).

SP AC12 #4294 (the class of SP AC cab forward most likely responsible for the recording).

This is an extremely rare sound effect that can be found on the Standard Sound Effects Library, which is found under a company named Standard Radio Transcription Services Inc. The whistle heard in this sound effect is a Southern Pacific 6 chime whistle said to be from a Southern Pacific AC-12 cab forward class steam locomotive. However, this fact is still up for debate.

Sound Effect Description

Two long blasts from stationary steam engine.

Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect

Used In

TV Shows

  • Gumby (The 1st whistle is used once as the whistle on a Lionel steam locomotive in "Point of Honor".)

YouTube Videos

  • Fast Freight Productions (modified into a Trainz hornsound for Whistle Pack 11.)
  • Sierra Railway Videos (at first used as SP #2472’s whistle, but later as SP cab forward’s whistle.)
  • Super Foxy Railway Productions (used as SP #2472’s whistle, but later as SP cab forward’s whistle.)

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Audio Samples


(The first whistle element as heard in Gumby.)