Description

NORFOLK SOUTHERN – N&W 1980s, VOL. 4 AUDIO ™ (from 1-West Productions ™): (This Audio CD contains Audio recordings only, & does not contain video or photos.)  Our NS-N&W 1980s Audio Series continues with VOL. 4, with trackside recordings of 1986 vintage NS freights in Bellevue, OH, with a recording of TLE&W passenger train with an ALCO switcher unit, near NE Grand Rapids, OH. Hear an N&W EMD SD9 Transfer run/switch, other older &  newer GE & EMD UP, NS, SOU, & N&W units, on various freights. Action is on NS’s Sandusky &Toledo Districts & Bellevue Terminal/Mini Plant area, during May & Summer of 1986.
Audio tracks are Mono (note-some audio tracks may have some distortion in some areas, because of equipment used at the time of recording). A unique thing about listening to audio tracks, compared to video, is that it adds to the listener’s imagination.  All audio tracks are original, & were recorded in mono, & each audio cut has a written description of each train.  $12 EA or 2 for $20.

Audio Track Information:

TRACK 1: NS NB coal into NS Bellevue Yard, NW 6164 EMD & UP 2514 GE, just as an NS NB coal on the Sandusky District, with NS 8606 & NS 8603 GEs, and also an NW SB SD9 2952 Transfer mix on other side of that coal train, Bellevue, OH (Center St.), May 1986 (also seen on NS 1980s, OH Lines™ PT. 2 video).

TRACK 2: NS NB mix into NS Bellevue Yd., NW 1603 EMD, UP 3461, and SOU 3509 EMD, Bellevue, OH (Center St.), May 1986 (also seen on NS 1980s, OH Lines™ PT. 2 video).

TRACK 3: NS NB mix into NS Yd., NW 8014 GE and SOU 3194 EMD, Bellevue, OH (Center St.), with NW bay window caboose 557518, May 1986 (also seen on NS 1980s, OH Lines™ PT. 2 video).

TRACK 4: NS EB freight, NS 6145 EMD, NW 1620 EMD, & NW 6079 EMD, NS Toledo Dist., E. Bellevue, OH (Bauer Rd.), May 1986 (also seen on NS 1980s, OH Lines™ PT. 2 video).

TRACK 5: NS EB to NB freight in NS Yd., NS SD40-2 EMD and NS GP40 EMD, NS Toledo Dist., Bellevue, OH (York/SW St.),May/ Spring-Summer 1986

TRACK 6: NS NB freight enters NS Yd. in the distance (sounding horns at Monroe St.), UP unit, NS SD40-2 EMD, NS SD40-2 EMD, and NS SD40-2 EMD, Bellevue, OH, May/Spring-Summer 1986. (Also seen on NS 1980s, OH Lines™ PT. 2 video).

TRACK 7: Toledo, Lake Erie & Western passenger train, with ALCO switcher (S-series most likely), NE Grand Rapids, OH, Summer 1986.

This CD contains Sound Recordings only (NO video or photos), Producer, Director, Photographer, Editor, Research & Development: P. Jordan & 1-West Productions™. Produced at 1-West Productions™. Studios, USA. Digital Cassette Tape to Digital Audio, Mono, CD, 44.1 kHz sampling rate, seperate audio tracks, wav files to playable CD audio files, approx. 55 Mins.,  ℗ Sound Recording Copyright 1986, 2020 1-West Productions™/PJ, and © Copyright 1986, 2020 1-West Productions/PJ, Duplication, Public Broadcast, Redistribution, Modification, Editing, Renting. & Other Unauthorized Usage Prohibited.