A photo of Metrolink F59PHI #885, passing by Heroes Park, in Lake Forest, California on March 3rd, 2010. (This engine being one of the many Metrolink locomotives that sport a Nathan P2 airhorn.)
This sound effect can be found on The General Series 6000 Extension I Sound Effects Library, which was made by Sound Ideas. Even though the sound effect is listed as being from a freight train, it's possible that it was recorded from a Metrolink commuter train, because the horn in this sound effect is a Nathan P2 airhorn, which is a common horn found on the fleet of Metrolink F59PH and F59PHI locomotives that are older than the current fleet of F125s. Since this recording was before 2008 (the introduction of the MP36PH-3C locomotives), the horn could either come from a Metrolink F59PH or F59PHI. It wouldn't be a cab car, as the rumble of the diesel engine as the train begins to pass rather than as the end of the train passes. Another possibility is Caltrain, as many of its diesel engines also used P2s.
Sound Effect Description
Freight Train: Pass By With Horn Doppler, Railroad Crossing Signal Bell Bells;Horns;Signals;Trains
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Used In
TV Shows
- The Amazing World of Gumball
- Back at the Barnyard (Heard once in "Bling My Barn".)
- Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (Heard once in the intro.)
- Destroyed in Seconds
- Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil (Heard once in "A Very Buttowski Mother's Day".)
- Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020) (Heard once in "Spare Me".)
- The Mr. Men Show (Heard once in "Trains and Planes".)
- My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Heard once in "The Last Roundup" as the Friendship Express’s whistle when it passes the crossing.)
- Oggy and the Cockroaches
- PAW Patrol (Used as a steam train’s whistle.)
- Piggy Tales (Heard once in "Snooze".)
- South Park (Heard in the following episodes:
- "Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut."
- "Prehistoric Ice Man"
- "Child Abduction is Not Funny"
- "Faith Hilling"
- Thomas & Friends (Heard once in "Thomas and the Dragon" when a lime diesel engine passes in front of Thomas and Yong Bao.)
Movies
- Big Hero 6 (2014) (heard faintly.)
- Get Smart (2008)
- Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas (2004) (Heard twice.)
- Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015) (Used for a BR HST 125’s horn.)
Video Games
Trailers
Bumpers
- One Saturday Morning: What's That Sound - Train
Youtube Videos
- Fast Freight Productions
- TheKYRailfan (Used as the horn of a D&MM engine.)
- Super Foxy Railway Productions
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