Hollywoodedge, Steam Train Whistle BB030201

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

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)