1977 O.W.Link 'Mainline to Panther' 12" 33 RPM Blue Vinyl LP Steam Train Record
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Superb rare 1977 O.Winston Link 'Mainline to Panther - Sounds of Steam Railroading Vol 6S' 12" 33 RPM Vinyl Stereo LP Train Record cut on translucent blue vinyl.
Since stereo sound was beginning to take hold in 1958, new tapes had to be made of the Class A, S-l and Y6 locomotives. It was hopeless to try to duplicate the unusual sequences recorded on the mono records; Sounds of Steam Railroading, The Fading Giant and 2nd Pigeon and the Mockingbird, as steam had been phased out of some of those areas and the unusual and exciting cuts could not be staged. Consequently, Link returned to the Norfolk and Western Railway to record the surviving Class A, 2-6-6-4, the Class S-l, 0-8-0 and the Class Y6, 2-8-8-2 in stereo.
Renting a trailer, Link packed it and his Buick with a battery of cameras, almost a thousand No. 2 flashbulbs for night work to photograph the trains in action, a generous supply of open reel tape, an Ampex stereo recorder, wire and accessories. What room remained, Link packed in extra clothes and his nephew, Roy Zider and Link's assistant, Tom Carver. When Link completed his sound work, he took on an unexpected new career—as audio-rail historian of global renown.
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