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In the late '70s I managed to acquire several LPs of train recordings by Peter Handford on the Transaccord label. Even though they were in mono, they were evocative. Recordings such as the slow patient control required to start an A4 from King's Cross without slipping and the furious sound when it did; hearing a locomotive approaching from the distance up a steep gradient and the train clattering loudly as it passed; trying to learn how to distinguish 2, 3 and 4 cylinder locomotives from each other.
I lost interest in railways during the 80s and 90s and during that time LPs were replaced by CDs. Although I searched from time to time I never came across re-issues of the old Transaccord LPs. I had often wondered what became of Peter Handford and his recordings. My questions were answered last Wednesday evening when I chanced across his obituary in the Guardian Unlimited, he died late last year. You can read the obituary here on the Guardian website.
David
I lost interest in railways during the 80s and 90s and during that time LPs were replaced by CDs. Although I searched from time to time I never came across re-issues of the old Transaccord LPs. I had often wondered what became of Peter Handford and his recordings. My questions were answered last Wednesday evening when I chanced across his obituary in the Guardian Unlimited, he died late last year. You can read the obituary here on the Guardian website.
David