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Sounds Of Steam In The 50s
Volume 1, The East



From the archives, we’ve compiled a two volume set of CDs chronicling the sounds of a bygone era: the days when steam locomotives moved the trains of America’s railroads.

Disc 1 covers the eastern United States (and Canada). Featured are steam locomotives of the Baltimore & Ohio, Canadian Pacific, Grand Trunk Western, Illinois Central, Norfolk & Western, Nickel Plate Road, New York Central, and the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Track Listing

1. Baltimore & Ohio 2-10-2 6199 - 0:56
2. Baltimore & Ohio 2-10-2 6205 - 5:46
3. Baltimore & Ohio 2-8-8-4 7609 - 4:36
4. Baltimore & Ohio 2-8-8-4 7629 - 2:00
5. Baltimore & Ohio’s Cincinnatian, President Class 4-6-2 - 0:52
6. Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 2203 and 2-8-2 5640 - 2:03
7. Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 2228 and 2-8-2 5370 - 3:10
8. Grand Trunk Western 4-8-4 6320 - 5:18
9. Grand Trunk Western 4-8-4 6323 and 2-8-2 3754 - 3:56
10. Illinois Central 2-8-2 1534 - 2:43
11. Illinois Central 4-8-2 2507 - 3:37
12. Illinois Central 4-8-2 2514 - 1:08
13. Illinois Central 2-10-2 2727 - 3:13
14. Norfolk & Western Class A 2-6-6-4’s 1200 and 1237 and pusher GP9's - 4:14
15. Norfolk & Western 2-8-8-2 2149 - 1:14
16. Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 611 - 0:37
17. Norfolk & Western A Class 2-6-6-4 At Speed - 1:19
18. Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 770 - 1:45
19. Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 779 - 1:27
20. New York Central 4-8-23140 - 0:45
21. New York Central 4-6-45382 - 1:05
22. New York Central 4-6-4 5391 - 0:44
23. New York Central Hudson - 1:38
24. Pennsylvania Railroad 2-10-4 6410 - 1:29

This is railroading as it was. No excursions.

*Note: The recording of N&W 611 is a genuine recording of the locomotive in regular service, long before its second career as an excursion locomotive.

56 Minutes


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