Disappearing railway sounds

Thatcham Crossing

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Re: Disappearing railway sounds

« Reply #15 on: September 29, 2018, 22:57:45 »

The sound of a Thumper (which I grew up with living near the North Downs Line).


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MVR S&T

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Re: Disappearing railway sounds

« Reply #16 on: September 30, 2018, 02:15:53 »

Intercity 125s departing Reading, with Concorde departing for New York overhead.


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Surrey 455

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Re: Disappearing railway sounds

« Reply #17 on: September 30, 2018, 09:35:14 »

Quote from: Trowres on September 29, 2018, 21:16:53

Quote from: eightonedee on September 29, 2018, 12:43:51

Mechanical destination boards turning over (are these the solari boards Trowres refers to?)

Yes, as made by Solari, Udine, Italy. There's an interesting thread with a description of how the Waterloo example was operated here:
]https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/split-flap-display-destination-boards.67619]

And you can hear the sound...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8azGTsslNc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXM3odR4GoM

I remember these at Heathrow T1. Quite often I'd walk past and they'd be covered by a blind due to some sort of fault. The blinds had a message printed on them saying something along the lines of "use the monitors for flight info"

I do miss the clickety clack sound.


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Re: Disappearing railway sounds

« Reply #18 on: September 30, 2018, 10:03:12 »

I think this thread could go on for ever.

Living on Hayling Island, obviously the various sounds of this long-lost branch, railways at there most basic.

The announcement at Havant of all the stations on the Portsmouth - Waterloo slow, which seemed more important to remember than a lot of school work. The staff had a rythm a bit like the shipping forecast used to so it flowed.

Similarly to the Underground, the sound of a motor-generator (?) rumbling somewhere underneath an EMU^▸ , still can be heard now and again at Guildford.

Locally we used to call EMUs Electric Centipedes, and the sight of them silently moving across the landscape the night.

And, non-aural heresy, beautiful landscape before it was disfigured by OLE^▸ (before you ask, I don't live in Goring).


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Re: Disappearing railway sounds

« Reply #19 on: September 30, 2018, 12:18:28 »

One which is making a bit of a comeback is the use of two-tone horns on trains - thanks to the noise police. I am always concerned about the use of a single tone approaching a crossing as this could be mistaken for a nearby car horn


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