Martin Paling » Ffestiniog

Hunslet Playing on the Cob Porthmadog

Martin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:43:38 +0000

Recordings of Hunslets “Playing” on the cob at the Ffestiniog Railway in Wales. Recorded in May 2008

Recorded with the ZOOMH4’s internal stereo mic (handheld) and a home made wind gag.

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Photo Credits

I’d like to thank the following for allowing me to use their fantastic images in this post(Also in movie)

Rob Phillips (OldMiwi) : http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldmiwl/

Earl of Merioneth arrives Porthmadog Harbour Station

Martin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:18:36 +0000

This is a recording I made in Wales at the Ffestiniog Railway over a year ago… but I’ve simply not had the chance to listen to it and get it ready to put on the site until now! Audio recording is a strange hobby in that for me at least I spend more time “recording” than I do playing back. That said for me filed recording is about being in location and listening, the recording is still very much a by product.

This short recording features the Double Fairlie steam engine the Earl of Merioneth arriving at Harbour Station Porthmadog. A Hunslet steam loco may be heard greeting it with a whistle at the start of the recording (and if you listen carefully you’ll hear a nearby car reply too!) the Earl may then be heard pulling into the station brakes squealing. I’ve left in a lot of the environmental noise from the nearby road on the Cob… because for me that is just as much a part of the sounds of the railway today as the trains themselves.

The microphone was placed low down quite close to the track so lots of “rail noise”.

Recorded with the ZOOMH4’s internal stereo mic (handheld) and a home made wind gag.

You are free to copy, distribute and make derivative works under this licence*

*For commercial use-age please contact me

Photo Credits

I’d like to Matt Buck for allowing me to use his fantastic image in this post(Also in movie)

Matt Buck : mattbuck.irongalaxy.com

Earl of Merioneth departs Tan-y-Bwlch

Martin — Fri, 15 May 2009 22:29:33 +0000

Earl of Merioneth departs Tan-y-Bwlch station on the Ffestiniog Railway in Wales. Recorded from the forest just along the path from the stream… which you can hear in the background.

Recorded with the ZOOMH4’s internal stereo mic (handheld) and a home made wind gag.

You are free to copy, distribute and make derivative works under this licence*

*For commercial use-age please contact me

Photo Credits

I’d like to thank the following for allowing me to use their fantastic images in this post(Also in movie)

Rob Phillips (OldMiwi) : http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldmiwl/
MartianMarvin : http://www.flickr.com/photos/50067461@N00/
Forest Pines : http://www.flickr.com/photos/forest_pines/
Matt Buck : mattbuck.irongalaxy.com

Borth y Gest Distant Trains

Martin — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:09:59 +0000

Second (and possibly better) Recording made at Borth y Gest bay, Wales near Porthmadog. Trains from the Ffestiniog Railway can be heard crossing the cob in the distance. Also features small boats and yachts in the foreground. Stereo recording.

Recorded with the ZOOMH4’s internal stereo mic on a mini tripod and a home made wind gag.

You are free to copy, distribute and make derivative works under this licence*

*For commercial use-age please contact me