Sound Ideas, COUPLING - FREIGHT CARS COUPLING IMPACT, TRAIN

This sound effect can be found on the Lucasfilm Sound Effects Library, which was made by Sound Ideas. It was recorded by either Ben Burtt and/or Randy Thom, and it debuted in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980).

Used In

TV Shows

• Arcane League of Legends
• The Backyardigans (First and third impacts only; Heard once in "Catch that Train".)
• Ben 10 (Heard once in "They Lurk Below".)
• Dexter's Laboratory (Heard once in "The Mock Side of The Moon".)
• Hazbin Hotel
• King of the Hill (Heard once in "It's Not Easy Being Green".)
• Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures (Heard once in "A Perilous Rescue".)
• Light & Magic (Heard once in "I Think I Found My People", as excerpted from Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi.)
• Love, Death & Robots
• Pippi Longstocking (TV Series) (Heard twice in "Pippi Takes a Train Ride".)
• Rick and Morty
• SpongeBob SquarePants (Heard once in "Krusty Love".)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2D Animated Series)
• Thomas & Friends (Heard once in a low volume in "Time for a Story" when Thomas and Emily finish shunting trucks at Knapford Yards.)
• Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy
• Woody Woodpecker (Heard once in "Whistle Stop Woody".)

Movies

• 9 (2009)
• Baby's Day Out (1994)
• Black Widow (2021)
• Cast Away (2000) (A processed variant of the 1st half or a nearly identical sound is heard once in a very low volume when an airport luggage car passes by behind Chuck and Stan with a line of trailers.)
• Chicken Run (2000) (The rattling element is heard once in an extremely low volume right after the front wheels of plane hit the ground as the chickens begin to set it up for takeoff.)
• Christine (1983) (Heard once in a very low volume when Arnie crashes Christine through Darnell's office during the final battle.) (Needs clarification)
• The Electric State (2025)
• Fast Five (2011)
• Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
• F/X2 (1991) (Heard once, processed/modified.)
• Goosebumps (2015)
• Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) (Heard once, processed/modified.)
• The Incredibles (2004)
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (Used once for an explosion.)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
• Inside Out (2015)
• The Iron Giant (1999) (The rattling element is heard once in an extremely low volume right before Dean says "Did you hear that?".)
• Jungle Cruise (2021)
• Jurassic Park (1993)
• Jurassic Park 3 (2001)
• Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
• The Little Engine That Could (2011)
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
• Mars Attacks! (1996) (An edited version of this sound is heard once as a Martian Robot slams two trailers into each other.)
• Money Train (1995)
• Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
• Muppets Most Wanted (2014) (Slightly low volume; heard once when the circus train stops after arriving in Hauptbahnhof Station.)
• Pacific Rim (2013)
• The Polar Express (2004) (Rattling element only, very low volume; heard once when the train comes to a stop, before dropping off the Hero Boy.)
• The Simpsons Movie (2007)
• Spaceballs (1987)
• Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
• Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (Debut)
• Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
• Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
• Storks (2016) (The 1st half is heard once in a very low volume when the claw from the machine Hunter uses grabs the ledge Junior, Tulip and Diamond are standing on right before it pulls them down with it.)
• Tangiwai: A Love Story (2011) (An edited variant is heard once on the right channel only when the train starts to leave Taihape station.)
• The Terminator (1984) (Audio Restoration and Re-Mixing)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (Heard in various pitches and/or processed variants.)
• Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000) (A sped up version is heard once, when Thomas sneezes at the meeting.)
• Toy Story (1995) (Rattling element Only)
• Toy Story 2 (1999)
• Transformers (2007)
• Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
• Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
• Transformers One (2024)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
• Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
• Volcano (1997)
• War of the Worlds (2005) (Heard once during the Ferry sequence when a car is dumped into the river.)
• Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song (1997)
• Zootopia (2016)

Commercials

• Geico Commercial: Road Runner and Wile. E Coyote (Heard when the safe falls on Wile E.)

Video Games

• Beatmania IIDX: 3rd Style (Heard after clearing the song.)
• Beatmania IIDX: 4th Style (Heard after clearing the song.)
• The House of the Dead: Remake
• Loco Train (Second impact only.)
• Maximo: Ghosts to Glory
• Metal Gear Solid
• Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
• Shadow the Hedgehog
• Sonic Heroes
• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) (Video Game) (Included in the file listed as "res_m11a_uta_order66_00148".)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2002) (Video Game)

Web Originals

• Murder Drones

Image Gallery

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Audio Samples

(Alternate version?)