steamsounds - Riding behind GWR steam

Castles & Kings

Ask a sound recordist which railway company in the UK had the noisiest engines and I can be fairly confident that the answer will be, 'The Great Western'!
This CD contains 9 tracks with a playing time of almost 80 minutes. All the tracks were recorded on-train riding behind GWR Castles and Kings on ex Great Western routes from the Welsh Marches to the South Devon banks. Great Western locos are noisy at the best of times but these recordings are among my noisiest!
The CD comes complete with detailed notes which you can read here. You'll need Adobe Reader which you can download for free here.

Available at just £5.00 including UK postage. To obtain details of how to get a copy or for any further information please see this page.

To hear some short, near CD quality samples of the tracks from this CD click the buttons in the track list

Track List

1. 7029 & 5051 climbing Hemerdon Bank. 8th September 1985
2. 5051 from passing Penpergwm to near Nantyderry. 16th April 1983
3. 5051 departing from Didcot to arriving at Oxford. 8th September 1984
4. 7029 from near Dorrington to passing Church Stretton. 20th July 1985
5. 6000 departing from Abergaveny to passing Llanvihangel. 24th March 1984
6. 6024 departing from Newton Abbot to Dainton Tunnel. 9th May 1998
7. 6024 from passing Totnes to Marley Tunnel.
8. 6024 from passing Bridgend to near Margam Moors. 25th February 1995
9. 6000 departing from Swindon. 26th September 1987

Read detailed notes about the recordings(Adobe Reader required)