A photo of Southern Railway #4501 (The engine responsible for the recording.) in 2019, pulling into Grand Junction Station on the Tennessee Valley Railroad line with a passenger train.
This sound effect can be found on Burtis Bills' Sounds of The American West, which was made by The Hollywood Edge.
The whistle that is heard in this sound effect is the Princeton Steptop 3-chime steam whistle recorded from Southern Railway Mikado-type steam locomotive #4501.
Sound Effect Description
Steam Train Whistle, Close-up, Long; Two Big, Short Blasts Rising In Pitch. Close-up.
Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect
Used In
TV Shows
- Amazing Stories (Heard in "The Ghost Train".)
- Oggy and the Cockroaches (Heard once in the remastered version of "Oggy and the Giant Roaches".)
- PAW Patrol
- Sheriff Callie's Wild West (Heard in "Sparky's Rival".)
- Thomas & Friends (Used as Hiro's whistle in a low pitch and Toby's 3-chime steam whistle and The Big Mean Engines whistle in a high pitch.)
Movies
- Alpha and Omega (2010)
- The Great Gatsby (2013)
- The Lone Ranger (2013) (As used as Constitution's whistle.)
- The Magic Roundabout/Doogal (Only used in the UK version in a high pitch.)
- Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails (2009) (Used as Hiro's whistle in a low pitch.)
- Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway (2013) (Used as Hiro's whistle in a low pitch.)
Songs
- John Henry
YouTube Videos
- Charlie Studios (Used as Hiro's whistle in a low pitch.)
- The MilanToon Channel
- The Railways of Crotoonia (1st blast only; heard thrice in a high pitch in "Tracy the Harbour Engine"; used as Jodi's whistle.)
- Tori the GSMR 1702
Anime
- Baccano! (Used as The Flying Pussyfoot Whistle)
Image Gallery
Thomas & Friends Hollywoodedge, Steam Train Whistle BB030201 (slightly higher pitch, reverb effect added)
Thomas & Friends Hollywoodedge, Steam Train Whistle BB030201 (slightly higher pitch, reverb effect added)
Thomas & Friends Hollywoodedge, Steam Train Whistle BB030201 (slightly higher pitch, elongated, reverb effect added)
Audio Samples
(Toby's 3 chime whistle variant)
(Hiro and the big mean engines whistles variant)
(A recreation of Hiro and the big mean engines whistles with the original sound effect made by Tori the GSMR 1702)



