Star Brass 5 chime whistle, the type of whistle heard in the recording.
This is a Disney sound effect, that can not be found in the Cartoon Trax Volume 1 library. The whistle that is heard in this sound effect as heard is a Star Brass 5 chime steam whistle. It was most likely sourced from either a Southern Pacific, or Union Pacific Railroad steam locomotive, and it was recorded sometime in the late 30s or the early '40s.
Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect
Used In
Movies
Shorts
- Desert Empire (1948) (Debut of high pitched whistle element)
- Disney Cartoons (Debut of the original variant heard once in "African Diary", the chugging in "The Brave Engineer" and the whistle heard again in "Out of Scale".)
YouTube Videos
- Beanie Babies 5 (2026)
- EricScotsman72
- Fast Freight Productions
- Myles Moss
- Sierra Railway Videos
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Audio Samples
(This is a high pitched version of this sound effect, as heard in "The Aristocats", ”Desert Empire”, and “Pollyanna“.)





