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This clip comes from Trainz, where it is listed as Idle 1.wav, the idle sound for the Silver City Comet DP103 in the simulator. The Silver City Comet was a New South Wales Government Railways diesel train, and its distinctive chime has been kept alive by railway enthusiasts who recreate historic Australian rolling stock in games and videos. Because the recording is short, clean and instantly recognisable as a train signal, it continues to be shared on soundboards and reused in railway edits long after the original trains left regular service.
About this sound
A short chime whistle from NSWGR Silver City Comet DP103, recorded for Trainz. Rail fans use this clear train sound in videos, edits and railway simulators.
This is a brief, bright chime from the Silver City Comet, the New South Wales diesel railcar known as DP103. Lasting just over a second, it opens with a clean, metallic two-tone ring that cuts through background noise without sounding harsh or distorted. It feels unmistakably railway: nostalgic, mechanical and a little old-fashioned, like a station departure signal from mid-twentieth-century Australia. In a video it instantly signals a train is arriving or leaving, giving the scene movement and place even before any locomotive appears on screen, and it works best when left uncluttered and allowed to ring out fully.
