These are the sounds of Amtrak, recorded trackside and aboard the trains.
Sounds were recorded along the railroad on the mainline and on secondary tracks, with both welded and jointed rail. Sounds on board the trains were recorded inside baggage cars, vestibule doors and sleeping car rooms for a wide variety of sounds.
Track Listing 1. The Kentucky Cardinal at Greenwood, Indiana. 2. Aboard the westbound Cardinal at Lafayette, Indiana. 3. The northbound City of New Orleans arrives at Carbondale, Illinois. 4. The northbound City of New Orleans departs Carbondale, Illinois. 5. Aboard the northbound City of New Orleans, departing Carbondale, Illinois. 6. The northbound City of New Orleans passes through North Yard in Carbondale, Illinois. 7. Aboard the northbound City of New Orleans, passing though DuQuoin, Illinois. 8. Pacing a P42 on the northbound Illini, passing through North Yard and accelerating on the mainline away from Carbondale, Illinois. 9. Departing Effingham, Illinois, aboard the northbound City of New Orleans. 10. Running over jointed rail on the westbound Cardinal near Monon, Indiana, in a Superliner sleeping car. 11. The westbound California Zephyr passes through Riverside, Illinois, on the BNSF racetrack west of Chicago. 12. Running over jointed rail near Monon, Indiana, in the Superliner Family Bedroom on the westbound Cardinal. 13. An F40ph leads the northbound Illini north of Carbondale, Illinois. 14. Aboard the southbound City of New Orleans, meeting the northbound Illlini and then departing the station at Homewood, Illinois. 15. The northbound City of New Orleans in the hills south of Carbondale, Illinois. 16. The northbound City of New Orleans north of Carbondale, Illinois. 17. Running over jointed rail with the microphones overlooking the rear of the southbound Kentucky Cardinal south of Indianapolis, Indiana. 18. In a vestibule door as the northbound Kentucky Cardinal slows and passes through Seymour, Indiana.
