Most of us were exposed to pro-train propaganda as young children. These trains were often presented as friendly, helpful, harmless, energetic steam trains. Later in life as we discovered the responsibilities and struggles of adult life, we found out trains weren't like that. They were bigger, somehow less friendly, more clinical. If we are not careful, they will try to kill us. They don't always go where we want and when we rely upon them, we're often disappointed. And if we try to eke some joy out of them, when we succeed at all, it's a dull joy. Not like before.

Seeing and hearing a real life train behaving as trains did when we were young and ignorant of the horrible world tricks us into thinking, or more correctly, feeling, that a non-horrible world is possible. We encounter them rarely enough that this is something that happens reliably. Everything else becomes irrelevant and there's just the steam train. Like being a child again.

>>2077357
the sound you're hearing is just steam moving through an intake and exhaust valve

>>2077367
I know how it's made anon, I'm curious as to what is it about that sound that makes it relaxing

It's a machine with fire in its belly, breathing as it works hard.

>>2077363
Wow, this is a surprsingly possible explanation which I didn't know I could consider.

>>2077468
Thanks, I would like to thank MFNY's "Cherry Lime x O2 OG Kush" live rosin gummies for that shitpost

>>2077357
steam engines CHUFF
it's diesel engines that chug