Fieldrecording at a railroad crossing, the bells are ringing. Just at the passing of the train, another train passes also. Afterwards you hear a car and e-bike driving by.
This is the digital belgian railroad crossing alarm sound. The belgian railroad company infrabel replaced all the mechanical bells at railroad crossings with a pulsating digital sound that they claim to be more efficient and safe then the previous analog bell sound. Infrabel made this recording available online as part of a media campaign about the replacement.
First page of "The Levee Song," later known as "I've Been Working On The Railroad," as published in Carmina Princetonia: The Princeton Song Book (1898)
The creaking of metal boxcars and rails as a freight train passes through a crossing at a modest rate of speed. The crossing alarm bells ping constantly throughout.
Set up about 15 feet from a railroad crossing and recorded a passing freight train. Nice whistle and approach, quieter later except for the rumble and scraping.
What seems to be a malfunctioning alarm at a rail crossing. The clanging of the electronic bell has an irregular pattern and seems muted. Perhaps even more annoying to some than the typical crossing gate alarm.
A recording of an evening commuter train near a railroad crossing. Recorded with an em172/em182 ms stereo microphone on a tascam dr-60d recorder. Lightly processed with audacity 2. 0. 5.
