From the archives, we’ve compiled a two volume set of CDs chronicling the sounds of a bygone era: the days when steam locomotives moved the trains of America’s railroads.
Disc 2 covers the western United States. Featured are steam locomotives of the Colorado & Southern, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and Santa Maria Valley. Featured locomotives include the world famous Big Boys of the Union Pacific and Cab Forwards of the Southern Pacific.
Track Listing 1. Colorado & Southern 2-8-2 807 - 1:13 2. Colorado & Southern 807 & 2-8-0 634 Denver, CO - 2:23 3. Colorado & Southern 2-10-2 900 - 5:00 4. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 2-8-2 4978, Boulder, CO - 1:47 5. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 2-8-2 5116, Lincoln, NE - 2:11 6. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 5504, Woodlawn, NE - 3:19 7. Santa Maria Valley 2-8-2 #29 - 1:33 8. Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 4249 pulls up - 1:14 9. Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 4249 restarts - 0:49 10. Southern Pacific 4-8-2 4376 arrives - 0:38 11. Southern Pacific 4-8-2 4376 departs and meets 4-8-4 4421 - 1:27 12. Southern Pacific with 4-8-4’s 4433/4463 meets 4-8-8-2 4211 - 3:49 13. Southern Pacific 4-8-4 4460 - 1:14 14. Southern Pacific 4-10-2 5021 - 1:54 15. Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4002 - 3:50 16. Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4005, Greely, CO - 1:45 17. Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4011, Brighton, CO - 3:23 18. Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4013 - 0:42 19. Union Pacific 4-8-2 7018, Brighton, CO - 1:03 20. Union Pacific 4-8-4 823, Buda, NE - 1:10 21. Union Pacific 4-8-4’s826 & 800, Fremont, NE - 3:03 22. Union Pacific 4-8-4’s836 & 833, Brighton, CO - 2:12 23. Union Pacific 4-12-2 9000 - 1:38 24. Union Pacific 4-12-2 9000 - 1:00 25. Union Pacific 4-12-2 9007 - 0:43
This is railroading as it was. No diesel era excursions.
*Note: The recording of SP 4460 is from a farewell to steam excursion. The locomotive is preserved at the Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood, MO..
