Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - ENGINE WHISTLE (GWR) 01

A picture of Great Western Railway "Hall" Class steam locomotive #4936 ("Kinlet Hall") (The engine said to be responsible for the recording.), at the Minehead Railway Station on the West Somerset Railway in England. (Circa 2015)

a picture of Great Western Railway 4900 "Hall" Class steam locomotive #5972 ("Olton Hall") (the engine that is said and is more likely responsible for the recording) with the name "Wizard Express" AKA "Hogwarts Express" at Railfest 2012.

This sound effect can be found on BBC Sound Effects Library - Second Edition, which was made by Sound Ideas. The whistle that is heard in this sound effect was the whistle off of Great Western Railway "Kinlet Hall" Class steam locomotive #4936, nicknamed "Kinlet Hall" as 4936 was not in operation in 1989. It's commonly referred to as "Spencer's whistle" from the (formerly) long-running British children's television series, Thomas & Friends.

there's other Engine of the 4900 "Hall" class that can be the actual origin of this whistle. it may be Great Western Railway #5972 "Olton Hall", since its whistle sounds more like the sound effect and is said that it was in service/operational in 1989 during its restoration period.

Sound Effect Description

Train, Whistles: Steam Engine Whistle (Great Western Railways).

Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect

Used In

TV Shows

Bear Behaving Badly (Heard once in "Out of Control.")
Bob the Builder (1999) (Heard twice in "Muck's Train to Trouble.")
Diddy Movies (Heard in "Murder on the Norwich Express".)
Fireman Sam (Used for the Pondypandy Flyer)
The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange (Heard once in "Follow the Bouncing Orange".)
Jim Henson's Construction Site (Used for the site whistle in the 1999-2000 series.)
Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (Heard once in "The Bottle".)
Something Special
Thomas & Friends (Used as Arthur and Spencer's whistle.)