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Christmas Party Train Arriving

Burke Crescent, Kingston ACT 2604, Australia

A field recording by jmmhwray@hotma... made in Canberra, Australia on 15 December 2013, in the night. Soundscape: trains & stations.

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Christmas Party Train Arriving
Public Domain Markby jmmhwray@hotma...Internet Archive
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Recordist's notes

15.12.2013 ARHS ACT ran a special Christmas party train from Canberra to Tarago and back.Here it is arriving back at Canberra station led by locomotives 4403, FL220 and 4807. The sounds of the disco carriage can be heard going past as can the generator mounted in a container as the rear of the train comes to a stand before the Zoom H4n.

Written by jmmhwray@hotma... on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Canberra is a city of about 367,752 people in Australian Capital Territory, Australia. OttoAnna lists 5 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Zoom H4n. One of the most widely used field recorders of the 2010s, with X/Y mics and two XLR inputs.

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