These are sound effects that were created by Skywalker Sound. They were created by either Tim Nielsen or Will Files, and they debuted in The Polar Express (2004). One of the variants should not be confused with the near identical sounding Sound Ideas, TRAIN, FREIGHT - FREIGHT TRAIN: APPROACH AND PASS BY CLOSE, LOUD WHEEL CLACKING.
Used In
Movies
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
- The Lone Ranger (2013) (Edited variants of these sounds or very similar sounds are used multiple times for rolling stock wheels clacking.)
- The Polar Express (2004) (Debut; used as the coaches wheels clattering for the rest of most of the film after the train escapes from the ice lake.)
Image Gallery
_SKYWALKER,_TRAIN_-_STEADY_WHEEL_CLACKS,_VARIOUS.png "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS.png (281 KB)")
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (slower variant only, extremely low volume)
The Lone Ranger (2013) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (edited, low volume) (needs clarification)
The Lone Ranger (2013) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (edited) (needs clarification)
The Lone Ranger (2013) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (edited, left channel only) (needs clarification)
The Lone Ranger (2013) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (edited, slightly lower volume) (needs clarification)
The Lone Ranger (2013) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (edited, slightly lower volume) (needs clarification)
The Lone Ranger (2013) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (edited, sped up in tempo) (needs clarification)
_SKYWALKER,_TRAIN_-_STEADY_WHEEL_CLACKS,_VARIOUS.png "The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS.png (985 KB)")
The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (debut, slower variant only)
_SKYWALKER,_TRAIN_-_STEADY_WHEEL_CLACKS,_VARIOUS_(2).png "The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (2).png (1.37 MB)")
The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (slower variant only, slightly lower volume)
_SKYWALKER,_TRAIN_-_STEADY_WHEEL_CLACKS,_VARIOUS_(3).png "The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (3).png (1.3 MB)")
The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (slower variant only)
_SKYWALKER,_TRAIN_-_STEADY_WHEEL_CLACKS,_VARIOUS_(4).png "The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (4).png (1.63 MB)")
The Polar Express (2004) The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (slower variant only, slightly lower volume)
_SKYWALKER,_TRAIN_-_STEADY_WHEEL_CLACKS,_VARIOUS_(5).png "The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (5).png (1.06 MB)")
The Polar Express (2004) The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (slower variant only, slightly lower volume)
_SKYWALKER,_TRAIN_-_STEADY_WHEEL_CLACKS,_VARIOUS_(6).png "The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (6).png (1.07 MB)")
The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (slower variant only, right channel only, slightly lower volume)
_SKYWALKER,_TRAIN_-_STEADY_WHEEL_CLACKS,_VARIOUS_(7).png "The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (7).png (1.35 MB)")
The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (faster variant only, only audible in the 5.1 mix)
The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (faster variant only, extremely low volume)
The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (faster variant only, very low volume)
_SKYWALKER,_TRAIN_-_POLAR_EXPRESS_CHUGGING_(45).png "The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - POLAR EXPRESS CHUGGING (45).png (700 KB)")
The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (faster variant only, slightly lower volume)
The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (faster variant only, slightly lower volume)
The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, TRAIN - STEADY WHEEL CLACKS, VARIOUS (faster variant only, right channel only)
Audio Samples
(Placeholders until a source for cleaner samples is found.)