The Cloud Engine
By Naturespace · 6 reviews ·
Copious vapor spills out and fills the valleys with clouds as the steam engine converts heat into motion; chugging out horsepower that slowly progresses between a trot and a gallop. The whistle announces the train across many miles and echoes off the valley walls. You are eight cars behind the engine, far enough away for it to occasionally disappear around the turns, and gives a great sense of the serpentine motion along the twisty mountainside rail. You are in an open car; there is no roof, and the sky is blue with big puffy clouds rising into it. This ride was done specifically for this recording, with the focus being realism. The whistle is very loud, we had to add four more cars to get far enough away from it to be tolerable. It will wake you up if you fall asleep. But if you are awake and looking for some virtual reality, The Cloud Engine is an amazing holographic audio experience. The engineer is a master of the rail and a true virtuoso with the whistle that speaks in expressive tones, in a language similar to an inspired jazz improvisation, reacting to and playing off of the different spaces. So for us it is just as much a performance as it is a ride. This track can take you anywhere you imagine, but we got taken to school. The Cloud Engine is a journey, not an ambience. For a more soothing and relaxing ride without the whistle, use its sister track, The Ghost
What listeners say
Awesome and great fun ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Good I just need the volume down a bit for the whistle
Where do I begin with this track? Layer upon layer of crystal clear sound, so true to life that it gives me chills. Listen for the train as it turns around bends, thru tunnels and crosses over railroad crossings. I can feel the wind change direction as the sound does and I can feel the "bumps" as the steel wheels clickitty clak over the rail divides. The engines velocity slows and increases as it goes uphill and down. ESPECIALLY love the whistle and bell. I am a child again riding my favorite amusement park train ride. Can't wait to let my 3 yr old nephew who is a huge train enthusist listen ! He will either be terrified or will run outside to see the train ! Please use with a good pair of headphones. :)
The steam engine rides in various speeds and the whistle sounds sometimes cheerful, sometimes a little sad, and sometimes hilarious. An entertaining track, not for sleep, but for pleasure.
The preview of this track does fully not capture the feel or the sound of this amazing train ride. You can hear the train speeding up and slowing down as it chugs along the track and the whistle is only intermittent. There is a real sense of movement through space on a powerful train. Very cool track!
The sound of the engine makes me laugh, though I don't understand why this is so. I read from some online educational resources that laughing brains are more absorbent, so I listen to it before I begin my revisions. Many thanks to Naturespace for producing such a pleasant track.