Steam Locomotive Sounds

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Union Pacific's 9000-Class

UP's 4-12-2 Steam Locomotive -- Howard Fogg's recording of a Union Pacific-type 4-12-2.

Howard Fogg recorded UP 4-12-2 9009 in September 1954 in Brady, Nebraska, and along U. S. 30.

This MP3 file (2.5 meg, 2:37 minutes) was recorded from Owl Records ORLP-12, "the big steam ... Union Pacific", side 2.

Six albums produced in the 1950s are now available as part of the Smithsonian Folkways series.

Smithsonian Catalog No. FW06152 -- Sounds of Steam Locomotives, No. 1: Stack Music Sampler; or Steam, Steel and Action (Folkways Records; 1956)

Smithsonian Catalog No. FW06153 -- Sounds of Steam Locomotives, No. 2: Stack Music Sampler; or Make Up of a Train (Folkways Records; 1957)

Smithsonian Catalog No. FW06154 -- Sounds of Steam Locomotives, No. 3: Colorado Narrow Gauge Stack Music (Folkways Records; 1958)

Smithsonian Catalog No. FW06155 -- Sounds of Steam Locomotives, No. 4: The Great New York Central Hudson, Mohawk, Niagara (Folkways Records; 1958)

Smithsonian Catalog No. FW06156 -- Sounds of Steam Locomotives, No. 5: The Stack Music Spectacular (Folkways Records; 1976)

Smithsonian Catalog No. COOK01270 -- Rail Dynamics (Cook Records; 1950)

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