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Welcome to one of the largest resources on the web for UK steam railway sound recordings!
Over 400 mp3 recordings available here and at the steamsounds archive for free download.
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14th July 2010
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Two new railways (for me)

Decisions, decisions

Lickey Banker

NYMR Spring Steam Gala

Lizzie on the S&C

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Getting updates, updated...

Once in a while, it's nice to be able to say 'I told you so'!
You may recall that, against my better judgement I started putting site updates on Twitter. At the time, I told the person who finally persuaded me to do it that I didn't think it would be of any interest to my visitors but he was insistent that I was wrong.
Well, I appear to have been correct. Judging by the number of 'followers' and the marked lack of feedback (none!) about Twitter you'll not be surprised to hear that I'm no longer bothering with it.
The RSS feed on the other hand was my own idea but has proved to be such a pain to edit that I've abandoned that idea too especially since it hasn't had more than a handful of hits since I started it and most of those would have been from me testing it to see if I'd got the code right yet!
So, if you are one of the heartbroken Twitterers missing my updates or fed up at the lack of RSS updates you can always sign up to the steamsounds email list; there's a link to subscribe on the left. Or, if you don't fancy that there is still a Yahoo Group which I will continue to maintain as long as it has members.

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And then there were two...

In addition to 'From the lineside 2009', there is another new audio CD available in the 'Riding behind steam' series featuring some stunning performances with the LMS Princess Coronation Pacific 46229 'Duchess of Hamilton'. Back in the 80s and early 90s this loco produced some of the highest power outputs recorded by preserved steam locos in the UK and you can hear some of them on steamsounds Riding behind steam - 46229 Duchess of Hamilton.
You will find full details of this latest disk as well as steamsounds from the lineside 2009 here

Other Railway Sounds Web Sites Railway Audio CDs also available from:

UK Steam
Fleet Steam - Main line steam in North East Hampshire.
Steaming Around Britain's Railways - Photographs and sounds. A work in progress.

Railway Sounds - impressively high quality recordings from Allan Haighton.
German Steam
Dampfsound.de - The German equivalent of Steamsounds.
Australian Steam
Right Away! Railway Recordings - Plenty of down-under steam.
UK Diesel
BR Diesel Web - Recordings of almost every class.

Got a Railway sounds site? Get in touch!

Try Alan Robinson's Heritage Steam Archive. Here you will find a plethora of steam CDs to browse through. You are sure to find something of interest.
At Linda Jeffcoat's Steamy Sounds you will find two CDs of recordings from the NYMR & SVR, well worth a look.
For Australian steam sounds visit Tony Weber's web site. I have to say that Tony's are the best of recordings Australian steam locos I have heard!
For German steam CDs visit Jörg Dreckmann's excellent Dampfsound website.
Try the 34081 web site for a selection of audio CDs from Ian Bowskill.
You should consider visiting Andy Slater's BR Diesel Web site. Not just diesels, he has some steam recordings too.

If jigsaw puzzles are your thing, have a look at these from Cheatwell Games, there's one in particular that may appeal. Can you guess who produced the CD?
Not just audio CDs but there are some interesting DVDs available at SVS films.

If Binaural steam is your thing try these disks from Mike Skeet.
See, I don't mind giving the competition a plug!
Anybody else out there selling your own railway CDs? Please get in touch!