O Winston Link The Fading Giant - Sounds of Steam Railroading Vol 2 w Rural Retreat Christmas bells

[@PaulsDMVRailroadsandAviation]

Track listing, for anyone who wants it: Side A: 0:00 - 1. Onboard “The Cavalier” train 15 with loco #611 in far western VA 3:29 - 2. Onboard train 16 with loco #605, Davy - North Fork, WV Side B: 26:25 - 1. Loco #104 around the roundhouse at Bristol, VA/TN 34:23 - 2. Train 202 with loco #382 at Husk (Nella), NC 36:27 - 3. Mixed train with loco #382 at Green Cove, VA 41:53 - 4. “The Pelican” train 42 stops at Rural Retreat, VA, with ambiance, Christmas Eve 1957

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[@npk765fan]

Thanks

[@T128Productions]

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[@StaffsTransport]

The last track is exquisite. Probably the most atmospheric and beautiful sound recording of a railway engine I ever heard.

[@austinross1825]

Those recordings from the line through Green Cove are very beautifully haunting.. wish that line was still in place

[@collinblack8474]

Great to listen on lonely night's. Thanks to Mr O. Winston Link.

[@ronaldwilkinson4330]

Been to Roanoke & the O.Winston Link Museum. If you haven't put it on your bucket list. I've followed N&W for well over 20 years. Link's access & how N&W assisted in providing not only access but support. I think what I admire most about N&W is the designed & built their oun iron. Thanks for posting this. Have 1st addition vinyl in collection. Great stuff!!

[@AlexTrain5249]

3:36 That one blast by 605 perfectly represents the problem with 611’s whistle currently. 0:02 Is what it’s supposed to sound like.

[@delpproductions217]

I THINK it was Bc he was Further From The Engine on 611

[@WETrains]

This was 2 years after the derailment so that could have caused it. I have listened to other recordings of 611 during the 50s and that’s what it sounded like. Also, 605’s whistle was built during WWII so it probably had a steel whistle while 611’s original whistle was brass.

[@delpproductions217]

@@WETrains Oh Hell, I Didn’t Think About That

[@RailPreserver2K]

I heard n&w actually gave link the very whistle he recorded in This Record and 382s Bell is on display at the Museum

[@nicholasmedovich8691]

Museum is beautiful. Definitely nostalgic for anyone trying to live the golden age of steam railroading

[@tomyrail7468]

The bell of 382 was donated, but the whistle which engine?

[@b3j8]

Wonder if the diesels heard passing at 7:14 were borrowed Atlantic Coast Line E's. Horns were pretty.

[@t700e]

Sounds like a Nathan P5. Could've been Southern E's but the article states the diesels are at the head of a freight.

[@machinist1879]

N&W’s RS-11’s had P5 Nathan horns as did some of their early GP-9’s. At some point all the GP-9’s were standardized with the Leslie RS5TRF horns. I would say chances are it was probably an RS-11.

[@b3j8]

@@machinist1879 Thanks!

[@christianrone1325]

I’m ready for the next installment!

[@RailPreserver2K]

I know it shows a picture of an abandoned locomotive at a quarry in Pembroke Virginia and I'm wondering what became of it was it scrapped on site or does it still exist

[@AlexTrain5249]

It was likely scrapped. Because looking at photos, all that remains there is some concrete structure.