Railroad Scanner

Railroad Scanner is a strange beast - a radio station that broadcasts what sounds like the actual audio of train yards, but somehow it's labeled as music. The 24kbps stream gives it a deliberately lo-fi, almost ghostly quality. It works. You get the rhythmic clanking of couplings, distant horns, the hum of diesel engines - all looped and layered into something surprisingly meditative. It's not for everyone. The repetition might drive you mad after an hour. But for background ambiance or late-night concentration, it's perfect. The mystery of country 'Unknown' adds to its allure - is this from a…