This sound effect can be found on the Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library, which was made by Sound Ideas. The sound was likely recorded from a Lionel O-scale model train set with an electrically-operated air whistle in the tender car.
Clean, Full-Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect
Used In
TV Shows
- American Dad! (Heard twice in "Ninty North, Zero West".)
- Arthur
- B-Fighter Kabuto
- Blue's Clues (Wheels heard once in "Geography".)
- BOZ the Bear
- Caillou
- Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
- Curious George (Wheels only; heard once in "Curious George, Station Master".)
- Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood (Heard once in "Find A Way to Play on Backwards Day".)
- Denver the Last Dinosaur (Heard once in "Lions, Tigers and Dinos".)
- Farzzle's World (Heard once in "Conductor Farzzle".)
- The Flintstone Comedy Show
- The Flintstones
- Franklin and Friends (Heard in "Franklin and Snail Mail" and "Franklin the Engineer".)
- Friends
- Hey Arnold!
- Higglytown Heroes (Heard once in "Hop-Hop Hooray!".)
- The Jetsons
- JoJo's Circus (Wheels only; heard once in "A Circus Town Christmas".)
- Jollywobbles (Heard once in "Wildlife Park Safari Adventure".)
- Little Bill (Heard once in "Are We There Yet?", "Merry Christmas, Little Bill!" and "Summertime in the Wintertime".)
- Little People (1999) (Heard once in "Maggie's Musical Masterpiece".) (Chugging part only.)
- Making Fiends
- Max & Ruby (Heard once in "Grandma's Present" and "Sugar Plum Max".)
- Madeline (1993) (Heard once shortened in the Season 2 intro.)
- Morph (Heard often in "Chas Express".)
- Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (Heard twice in "Chocks Away".)
- Muppet Babies (1984)
- The New Adventures of Gilligan (Heard once in "The Olympiad".)
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Chugging only; heard in "The Good, the Bad and the Tigger" and "Home is Where the Home Is".)
- Oswald (Heard once in "The Perfect Match" and "The Giant Egg".)
- A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (Whistle only heard once in "Wrestle Maniacs")
- Recess
- Rocko's Modern Life (Heard once in "Rocko's Modern Christmas".)
- Rugrats (Heard once in "Hand-Me-Downs" and "Murmur on the Ornery Express".)
- Sesame Street
- SpongeBob SquarePants (Heard once in "Toy Store of Doom" and "Squidward's School for Grown-Ups".)
- Talking Tom and Friends (Heard once in "Hank the Millionaire")
- Team Umizoomi (Heard once in "The Wild West Toy Train Show" and "Santa's Little Fixers".)
- Tickety Toc
- Tiny Toons Looniversity (Heard once in "Soufflé, Girl Hey" and "Spring Beak".)
- The Tom & Jerry Kids Show (Heard once in "Toys Will Be Toys"; wheels only and "Muscle Beach Droopy".)
- Tricky Tracks (Used as Tricky's whistle.)
- Zombie Hotel (Heard once in "Night of the Undead Babysitters".)
TV Specials
Movies
- Ant-Man (2015)
- Magic Gift of The Snowman (1995)
- The Peanuts Movie (2015) (Heard in a high pitch.)
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys (2001)
Shorts
- Art Alive (Wheels only; heard once in "Sam the Train Driver".)
- C3PO's (2019)
- Max and His Alphabet Adventures (Heard once in "The Letter T".)
Documentaries
Video Games
DVD:
PC:
- Baby Einstein: Baby Newton: Fun With Shapes
- Casper Brainy Book
- Fisher-Price Magna Doodle (chugging part only)
- My First Amazing History Explorer
- Reader Rabbit Learning Creations
Wii:
Xbox 360:
Videos/DVDs
- Baby Einstein
- On the Go: Riding, Sailing, and Soaring (2005) (Videos) (Chugging sound only.)
- JumpStart Kindergarten: Why Did the Bus Stop? (1999) (Videos)
- JumpStart Preschool: Who Left the Juice in the Caboose? (1999) (Videos)
- Max & Ruby: A Merry Bunny Christmas (2007) (Videos) (Heard once in "Grandma's Present" and "Sugar Plum Max".)
- Oxbridge Baby: Learn to Talk (2007) (Videos)
- That's ME on TV! Alphabet (2006) (Heard in the "T" scene.)
Bumpers/Interstitials/Station IDs
Commercials
Toys
Image Gallery
Audio Samples