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Lead Locomotive	Recording	Photo	Information
MMA 3613 GE C30-7	22 kHz MP3 44 kHz WAV 0:47		Date: 2003-06-20 Location: Lennoxville, QC Railroad: MMA Horn Type: Airchime K3LA Category: Easing through town
Westbound MMA train rolls around the sharp curve leading into downtown Lennoxville, QC. On the point are C30-7s 3613 and 5023 (the latter still in Burlington Northern paint) easing 45 cars downhill.
MMA 3613 GE C30-7	Digital, 44 kHz MP3 1:29		Date: 2011-08-01 Location: Yard, Sherbrooke, QC Railroad: MMA Horn Type: (No horn blasts) Category: In the yard
In a chorus of chugging and grumbling, a quartet of MMA GE C30-7's (punctuated by a radio-control caboose) depart westbound out of the MMA yard in Sherbrooke, QC.
MMA 3614 GE C30-7	22 kHz MP3 44 kHz WAV 1:43		Date: 2010-04-26 Location: Yard, Sherbrooke, QC Railroad: MMA Horn Type: (No horn blasts) Category: In the yard
In a chorus of chugging and glugging, a quartet of C30-7's (MMA 3614, 5023, 3613 and 3609) depart the MMA Sherbrooke yard heading West toward Magog. This is the last recording I made with my vintage tape recorder; the mic limiter soon stopped functioning, resulting in clipping. Unfortunately, there were no horn blasts; I realized some time later that 3614 was equipped with a Prime PM-920 horn, a virtual twin of the Leslie S-3L that I've not recorded.
MMA 5016 GE C30-7	22 kHz MP3 44 kHz WAV 1:16		Date: 2006-04-29 Location: Yard, Sherbrooke, QC Railroad: MMA Horn Type: (No horn blasts) Category: In the yard
Three barking C30-7's, led by 5016, are revved up to start a westbound MMA freight leaving the yard in Sherbrooke, QC. Despite sharing a similar prime mover, the sound is different from the Dash-8's also used by the MMA, as the C30-7's are older and lack an exhaust silencer.
MMA 5017 GE C30-7	22 kHz MP3 44 kHz WAV 1:18	No photo	Date: 2006-07-31 Location: East of Lennoxville, QC Railroad: MMA Horn Type: Airchime K3LA Category: Running the mainline
A pair of chugging, full-throttle C30-7's (5017 and 5078) have a 51-car eastbound mixed freight under control on a summer afternoon. The train, moving at about 20 mph, was headed uphill just after passing eastbound through Lennoxville, QC. A third unit, C30-7 3603, was dead-in-tow. While some of the ex-BN C30-7's have Leslie S-3K horns, 5017 was retrofitted at one point with a ubiquitous Airchime K3LA.
MMA 5021 GE C30-7	22 kHz MP3 44 kHz WAV 4:15		Date: 2009-07-21 Location: East of Lennoxville, QC Railroad: MMA Horn Type: Airchime K5LA Category: Uphill battle
Four MMA GE units—C30-7s 5021, 5026 and 3613, and B23-7 2002—struggle to lift a long freight out of Lennoxville, QC, on a rainy evening. The train did pass without stopping, but it took more than half an hour to do so, as it maintained a consistent walking pace. The units' attempts to control wheelslip are evident in the recording.
MMA 8525 GE B39-8E	22 kHz MP3 44 kHz WAV 0:45		Date: 2003-10-10 Location: Lennoxville, QC Railroad: MMA Horn Type: (No horn blasts) Category: Light work
No, this isn't an ALCO pounding away as it throttles up to accelerate a 10-car eastbound local freight; it's one of MMA's ex-GECX B39-8E's, and the sound is coming from a GE 16-cylinder 3900 horsepower FDL engine. The train was exiting Lennoxville, QC, and was passing through the colours of the fall countryside. Note the artwork on the hood—this was the first time I'd seen such grafitti on a locomotive.
MMA 8546 GE B39-8E	22 kHz MP3 44 kHz WAV 0:45	No photo	Date: 2004-10-04 Location: Lennoxville, QC Railroad: MMA Horn Type: Leslie S-3L, RS-3L Category: Easing through town
The blasty Leslie RS-3L of MMA 8546 sounds for the first of two crossings in Lennoxville, QC, as it leads an 18-car trailer train downhill into the East end of town. In a notable example of train control, the squealing of brakes sounds in harmony with a brief full-throttle revving of the locomotive. A second recording of this train was made a few seconds later as it passed the second crossing in Lennoxville.
MMA 8546 GE B39-8E	22 kHz MP3 44 kHz WAV 0:44		Date: 2004-10-04 Location: Lennoxville, QC Railroad: MMA Horn Type: Leslie S-3L, RS-3L Category: Easing through town
As with most Leslie RS-3L horns, this one is sounding close to the intended tuning of B, D#, A. Earlier S-3L's tended to be sharp on the lowest note, sounding a C instead. The horn, in combination with several crossing bells, was not enough to stop at least one driver from cutting through the crossing. After the locomotive cleared the crossing, the engineer revved up the single Dash-8 to move the train out of town, towards the diamond crossing with the St. Lawrence & Atlantic.
MMA 8548 GE B39-8E	22 kHz MP3 44 kHz WAV 0:34	No photo	Date: 2006-01-03 Location: Yard, Sherbrooke, QC Railroad: MMA Horn Type: (No horn blasts) Category: In the yard
A ringing bell and the slow murmur of a 7FDL prime mover is just about all that can be heard as B39-8E 8548 is led on its switching duties on a frigid winter afternoon, in the MMA yard in Sherbrooke, QC. The unit was moving a single hopper car along one of the yard tracks.
MMA 8569 GE B39-8E	22 kHz MP3 44 kHz WAV 0:39		Date: 2005-03-01 Location: Yard, Sherbrooke, QC Railroad: MMA Horn Type: (No horn blasts) Category: In the yard
This was a fantastic recording opportunity! Perhaps the engineer saw me with my camera and tape recorder, because I could find no other reason for what happened here. B39-8E 8569 was being used to switch cars in the MMA yard in Sherbrooke, QC. After setting off a short cut of cars on a siding and pulling forward to the end of the yard, the engineer slammed the throttle to between run 5 and 7 (which are the same engine speed on Dash-8s) and the engine slowly reversed back into one of the sidings, presumably riding the brakes. The result: a perfect runby of a nearly full-speed GE FDL engine with no other sounds than the prime mover itself.
MMA 8578 GE B39-8E	22 kHz MP3 44 kHz WAV 0:27	No photo	Date: 2006-02-19 Location: Yard, Sherbrooke, QC Railroad: MMA Horn Type: (No horn blasts) Category: In the yard
MMA B39-8E 8578 was idling the afternoon away on a freezing winter afternoon. Since there is no antifreeze in the cooling systems of locomotives, the engine must either be kept running or be drained in subzero weather. In the recording, the air compressor started up, which is substantially louder than the engine itself.
MMA 8592 GE B39-8E	22 kHz MP3 44 kHz WAV 1:19		Date: 2005-08-27 Location: Lennoxville, QC Railroad: MMA Horn Type: Leslie S-3L, RS-3L Category: Easing through town
This is the sound of MMA B39-8E 8592 leading a 14-car Westbound freight into Lennoxville, QC. The engineer touches the throttle of the big four-axle GE as the train eases past the first of two crossings in the town. Note the intermittently functioning crossing bell. As is the case with many of the MMA Dash-8's, the Leslie RS-3L is sounding the intended chord.
QGRY 3105 EMD GP40	Digital, 44 kHz MP3 0:52		Date: 2015-04-13 Location: South of Lennoxville, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Airchime K5L Category: Running the mainline
QGRY 3105, SLR GP40-3's 3805 and 3806, and SLR RM-1 805 accelerate Train 394 with about 78 cars out of Lennoxville, QC, crossing Nichol Rd. QGRY 3105 has a pleasing (and loud) K5L.
QGRY 3105 EMD GP40	Digital, 44 kHz MP3 1:02		Date: 2015-04-13 Location: Waterville, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Airchime K5L Category: Uphill battle
As QGRY 3105, SLR GP40-3's 3805 and 3806, and SLR RM-1 805 climb the Waterville, QC grade, the four units have been throttled up to notch 8, but they are still keeping a respectable pace of about 20 mph. SLR 3805 had an occasionally fluctuating engine speed.
QGRY 3105 EMD GP40	Digital, 44 kHz MP3 0:35		Date: 2015-04-13 Location: North of Compton, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: (No horn blasts) Category: Running the mainline
After exiting Waterville, QC, QGRY 3105, SLR GP40-3's 3805 and 3806, and SLR RM-1 805 are throttled down to notch 2-3 along the flatter section of track past the Waterville grade. The train stopped as it approached Compton, QC, although I didn't pursue it further to find the cause.
RS 20 MLW RS-2	Digital, 44 kHz MP3 0:12		Date: 2015-09-12 Location: Exporail, St. Constant, QC Railroad: -- Horn Type: (No horn blasts) Category: Vintage power
Roberval & Saguenay RS-2 #20 is among the several operational diesels at Exporail that was started for the fall 2015 "diesel weekend". Here is a short recording of the unit idling, demonstrating the characteristic chugging of a 12-cylinder 244 series ALCO engine.
SLQ 3505 MLW M-420	11 kHz MP3 0:36	No photo	Date: 2000-07 Location: North of Waterville, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Airchime K3L, K3H Category: Uphill battle
SLQ MLW M-420 3505 leads three sisters upgrade, putting on an impressive show as they battle the foot of the Waterville grade at about 20 mph. The gruff Airchime K3H of 3505 adds to the effect.
SLQ 3512 MLW M-420	Analog, 44 kHz MP3 0:43	No photo	Date: 2000-08 Location: North of Waterville, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Airchime K3L (major chord) Category: Running the mainline
Two MLW M-420's and leased GP40's 3000 and 3717 roar past at over 30 mph. The K3H on 3512 has a pleasing major (rather than minor) chord. GP40 3000 was running at reduced rpm, as it had been for much of the year 2000.
SLQ 3512 MLW M-420	Analog, 44 kHz MP3 0:57		Date: 2000-08 Location: North of Waterville, QC Railroad: SLR Horn Type: Airchime K3L (major chord) Category: Running the mainline
SLQ 3512, 3578, a third MLW M-420 and a GSCX GP40 (either 3702 or 3717) are in charge of SLR train 394 on a summer afternoon. The lone GP40 was easily heard over the three MLW units.

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