A picture of East Board Top (EBT) #17 (The engine was thought responsible for the recording).
This sound effect can be found on Busted FX and Most Wanted, which was made by The Hollywood Edge. It's commonly referred to as "Old Puffer Pete's whistle", because the sound effect is mostly used as his whistle in the CGI-animated kids show, Chuggington.
Many believed that the whistle was sourced off Baldwin 3 Chime or Crosby 3 Chime from Tweetsie Railroad (East Tennessee & Western North Carolina) 12. However, It was unlikely that it was steam pressure rather than air. It was thought it was sourced of East Board Top 17 because It causing to squeal while blowing the whistle. However, It didn't came from #12 or #17.
It was unknown what type of air whistle was used for the recording. But it's possible that it came from a Japanese National Railway Air Whistle (AW-2) that was sourced off from JNR Class DD51. However, it’s unknown if it's true or not.
Sound Effect Description
Train Air Whistle Antique 2; High Pitched Blasts Various, Close Perspective.
Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect
Used In
TV Shows
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2nd and 3rd whistle only; can be heard in "Win, Lose and Kaboom!" when Sheen accents a train whistle.)
- American Dragon: Jake Long (Heard once in "Professor Rotwood's Thesis".)
- Chuggington (Used as Old Puffer Pete's whistle.)
- PJ Masks (Heard in "Owlette and the Giving Owl" when Owlette gets furious with Luna Girl for claiming the Giving Owl as hers.)
- The Snoopy Show (Heard in "The Mess Express".)
- Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go (Used as Yong Bao's whistle.)
- Titipo Titipo (Used as Genie's whistle.)
- Train Tishka
- VeggieTales (Heard in "Merry Larry and the True Light of Christmas".)
- Zig & Sharko
Video Games
Mobile:
- Lego Duplo World
YouTube Videos
- Sierra Railway Videos
- The MilanToon Channel (Used as Old Puffer Pete's whistle.)
Image Gallery
Audio Samples
The edited variant used in Chuggington.
The variant used in Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go.