R&GVRR #1654 Departing Industry Yard (352K MP3)
We find R&GVRailroad80-tonner #1654 idling in the Industry Yard during the June 2003 Rochester Chapter NRHS membership meeting. After two horn blasts and to the sound of the bell, R&GV1654 lifts itself and Erie caboose #C254 out of the yard.

R&GVRR #1654 North Out of Scanlon's Curve (352K MP3)
R&GV1654 exits Scanlon's Curve and accelerates toward Reid's Crossing on the museum's demonstration railroad heading timetable north. We hear the horn and bell as we cross Reid's crossing, a farm crossing along the way, and continue to accelerate upgrade.

Eastman Kodak #9 Starting (265K MP3)
All is quiet until we hear the click of the Control switch followed by the fuel pump switch. After the fuel pressure is up, the engine start button is pressed and EK9's Alco 539 engine roars to life. Having already run this day (June 21, 2003), the engine is warm, starts quickly, and idles smoothly.

Eastman Kodak #9 Departing Industry Yard (525K MP3)
We find Eastman Kodak Company Kodak Park Railroad Alco RS-1 #9 idling in the Industry Yard in the summer of 2002. After three horn blasts and to the sound of the bell, EK9 lifts itself out of the yard. As it clears the points on Switch #5, you can hear the engine throttle up and the turbo whine as the engine accelerates up the hill out of the museum's yard.

Eastman Kodak #9 Passing Switch #6 (450K MP3)
After climbing the hill of our Industry Yard, EK#9 clears the points at Switch #6 and begins to accelerate down the museum's mainline. After climbing a short grade, the engine throttles down only to have to throttle back up to climb the next small grade. At the crest of the second small grade, you can really hear the turbo whine!

Eastman Kodak #9 Idling (197K MP3)
Listen to our Alco RS-1, Eastman Kodak #9, idle as it sits in the R&GV Railroad Museum's Industry yard waiting for its next assignment. You can hear the classic Alco sound of the six cylinder 539 diesel with the 'whistle' of the turbocharger.

Bucyrus-Erie 22-B crane IH U501 engine (161K MP3)
Your in the operator's cab of a Bucyrus-Erie 22-B truck crane. You hear the key turn and the crane's International Harvester U-501 6 cylinder gas engine roar to life.

Buda Engine from Plymouth BL Rolls Over (107K MP3)
February 1st marked the 1st time in many years the Buda engine from the R&GV Railroad Museum's Plymouth BL gas-mechanical locomotive has rolled over under its own power! Brought to the museum in derelict condition, the engine has been completely rebuilt so this was beautiful music to the members of the R&GV Railroad Museum.

Steam Engine BNY #12 1988 In Service! (200K MP3)
It is August 1988 and we find the R&GV Railroad Museum's ex-BNY Vulcan #12 0-4-0T steam engine in service at the Newark Valley, NY depot. Hear #12 blow for a grade crossing and pass us with a coach and caboose in tow. Taken from a video tape shot in 1988 of #12 in service. This is a sound we hope to hear again some day soon at the R&GV Railroad Museum.

USA #1843 Climbing the hill (370K MP3)
USA #1843, our FM H12-44, climbs the hill out of the Industry yard trailing caboose, Erie C254. All is quiet with just the birds chirping until you start to hear 1843 pulling up the hill and going past; signaling an acknowledgement as it goes by.