Hollywoodedge, Train Long From Dista PE064401

This sound effect can be found on The Premiere Edition Volume 1, which was made by The Hollywood Edge. The horn was sourced of from a BC Rail Nathan K5H.

The freight train that was recorded had two locomotives in front and three at the back of the train (which, in question, are distributed power units, or DPUs for short). The leading unit blew its horn as it approached a railway crossing in the beginning of the sound effect, and again as the train approached the mic, presumably as a horn show. As the train passed the mic, it gradually slowed down and sped up again.

Info

• First recorded: March 2, 1987
• Creator: Lon Bender and Wylie Stateman
• Owner: Soundelux (1987-1990), The Hollywood Edge (1990-2014), Sound Ideas (2014-present)
• Origin: United States
• Year debut: November 25, 1987
• First heard: Planes, Trains and Automobiles
• Area used: Worldwide

Sound Effect Description

Train Long In From Distant With Echoed Horn Blows To Very Close By; Left To Right With Rail Clicks And Squeaks. Long Train With Caboose By And Away At End.

Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect

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• AudioMicro: Train By Rail Clicks PE342201
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• YouTube

Used In

TV Shows

• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (Horn and wheels only)
• Animaniacs (Heard once in "Whistle Stop Mindy". Also used for steam locomotive in "Of Nice and Men".)
• Barney & Friends (Heard once in "Alphabet Soup!")
• Batman: The Animated Series (Heard once in "It's Never Too Late", horn and wheels only.)
• Beavis and Butt-Head (Heard once in "Nothing Happening", wheels only; used for an airplane falling.)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Horn only.)
• Destroyed in Seconds
• Doug (Heard once in "Doug's Math Problem".)
• Ed, Edd n' Eddy (Heard once in "Gimme Gimme Never Ed", wheels only.)
• The Fairly OddParents (Heard once in "Sleep Over And Over".)
• GeoTrax (Animated Series)
• Goosebumps (Heard once in "The Haunted Mask 2", horn only.)
• House (Heard once in "Honeymoon", horn only.)
• King of the Hill (Heard once in "Chasing Bobby".)
• Max Steel (Heard in "Old Friend, New Enemy", wheels only.)
• Mega Man (TV Series)
• Nash Bridges
• Nutri Ventures – The Quest for the 7 Kingdoms
• Prison Break
• Rescue 911
• Road Rovers (Heard once in "Reigning Cats & Dogs", wheels only.)
• Rugrats (Heard in "Toy Palace", wheels only.)
• Seconds from Disaster (Heard once in "Wreck of the Sunset Limited".)
• Severance (Heard once in "What's for Dinner?"; horn only.)
• The Simpsons
• Teen Titans (Heard once in "For Real".)
• Thomas & Friends
• Transformers: Armada (Heard in "Underground", horn only.)
• Transformers: Prime (Heard in "Plus One", wheels only.)
• Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production (Heard once in "Meter Maid", engine and wheels only.)
• The X-Files

Movies

• Atomic Train (1999) (Wheels only, heard once in a high pitch.)
• Awesome Truck Adventures Starring Tonka Joe (1999)
• Blind Horizon (2003)
• Boyz n the Hood (1991)
• Concussion (2015)
• Con Express (2002)
• Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009)
• The Dark Knight (2008) (Horn only.)
• Death Train (2003) (A small portion of the beginning roar is heard once in a very low volume when the train passes by the camera after Weaver and the others jump off it.)
• Duel (1971) (Only heard in the remastered version.)
• Eagle Eye (2008)
• Enemy of the State (1998)
• Evasive Action (1998)
• The Expendables (2010)
• The Fast and the Furious (2001)
• The Final Destination (2009)
• Final Run (1999) (Wheels only, heard once in a high pitch.)
• Fred: The Movie (2010)
• Getaway (2013)
• Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
• Justice League (2017) (Horn only.)
• Lakeview Terrace (2008)
• The Lucky One (2012)
• Mean Girls (2004)
• Narrow Margin (1990) (Wheels only.)
• Patriots Day (2016) (Horn only.)
• Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) (Debut)
• The Punisher (2004)
• Radio (2003)
• S.W.A.T. (2003)
• Scream (2022) (Horns only.)
• Striking Distance (1993) (Horns only.)
• Species (1995)
• Switchback (1997)
• Tunnel (2002)
• Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995) (Wheels only.)
• Unstoppable (2010) (Wheels only.)
• A Working Man (2025) (Horn only, heard in a low volume.)
• X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
• Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) (Horn only.)
• Zootopia (2016)

Video Games

• Garry's Mod
• Grand Theft Auto V
• Half-Life 2
• Rally Championship Xtreme (2001) (Wheels only.)
• Trainz (2001) (Wheels only.)

Documentaries

• Hobart and Cosmo (Wheels only.)
• Train Wrecks (1999)

Trailers

• Atomic Train (1999) (Trailers) (Horns only.)
• Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009) (Trailers)
• Money Train (1995) (Trailers)
• The Polar Express (2004) (Trailers) (Wheels only, edited; used at the end of one of the trailers.)
• Switchback (1997) (Trailers) (Wheels only.)

TV Spots

• Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000) (TV Spots)

Music

• Celestial - Trans-mongolian Express (1998)
• Hank Williams Iii - Bonus 42 Minute Track (2006)
• 8 Mile (2002)
• Впр & Фестиваль Всего Насвete - Станция Жигулёвское Море (2021)
• ЗАМАЙ - Как Бы Ты Хотел
• 车站
• Tàu Đêm Năm Cũ (2018)
• Сектор Газа - Демобилизация (2000)

Music Videos

• The Tractors Music Videos (Heard once in "Baby Likes to Rock It".)

YouTube Videos

• Fast Freight Productions (Shortened; used in “Trainz 2022 With Real Sound Effects Volume 2” for Train 1.)
• Golden Book Video Killers
• SMG4 Videos
• WhitneyGoLucky

Anime

• Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Space Symphony Maetel (Horn only.)

Image Gallery

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Audio Samples