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Recordist's notes
This is the sound of the completely charming miniature railway at Amners Farm. A tiny bell signals for trains to go, and then miniature engines, waiting in the sidings, head off with a tiny toot-toot. The engines are powerful enough to power two little cars on which the public can sit, and the driver sits in front of the tiny train, shoveling tiny pieces of coal into the tiny fire that powers the tiny engine.
About the place
Reading is a city of about 318,014 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 153 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “Amnerfield Railway, Amners Farm, Burghfield, UK - Miniature steam trains” by Felicity Ford – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0