A picture of Amtrak F40PH #207, leading train #51 "Cardinal" at a station stop in 1991. (One of the two classes of Amtrak engines to use the horn heard.)
A picture of Amtrak Turboliner unit #50, pulling train #48 somewhere in Castleton, New York in 1987. (The other class of Amtrak engines that use the horn heard.)
This sound effect can be found on Citi Trax, which was made by The Hollywood Edge. It is the same sound effect as Hollywoodedge, Train Amtrak Horn Blo PE825701, which can be found on The Premiere Edition Volume 8. The horn that is heard in this sound effect is an Old Cast Nathan P5 (P-01235) air horn, which was a commonly used horn on Amtrak Turboliner fleet back in the 1980's and 90's. It was also used on some of its F40PH locomotives, one of the most iconic engines in its history.
Sound Effect Description
Amtrak Train Blow By With Doppler Horn Close And Away.
Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect
Used In
TV Shows
- Garfield and Friends
- Rocko's Modern Life (Heard once in "Power Trip" and "Clean Lovin'".)
Movies
- Bullet Train (2022) (Only the wheel clattering can be heard once before the Tokaido Shinkansen crashes at the end of the line.)
- Hotel Transylvania (2012)
- The Polar Express (2004) (A small portion of the wheel clattering is heard once in an extremely low volume after Smokey and Steamer yell "The pin!".)
Shorts
- Rabid Rider (2010)
Trailers
- Live Action Video for Kids - VHS Preview 2 (1994)
- Live Action Video for Kids - VHS Preview 3 (1994)
YouTube Videos
Anime
Image Gallery
Audio Samples



