Did you know that trains have their own language? I didn’t, either. After trains began sounding their horns in downtown San Diego again recently, I started investigating. Most of downtown lies within ...

Train horns are one of the most iconic sounds in modern culture, conjuring images of spaghetti westerns, cross-country ...

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ANN ARBOR, MI - There's been a lot of community discussion about whether Ann Arbor should take steps to establish a "quiet zone" to reduce train horn noise in the city. But what do the horns actually ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - A developer who transformed a falling-in building into luxury apartments wonders how much downtown Dothan can thrive if loud noises continue infringing on others. Specifically, ...

TRANSPORTATION SPECIALIST KATIE THOMPSON EXPLAINS Y. >> WHEN THOSE GO OFF AT 4:00 A.M., IT’S VERY QUIET HERE, SO IT IS VERY LOUD. KATIE: SARA FOSS LIVESN I DOTOWNWN WAKEFIELD. SHE’S ONE OF HUNDREDS OF ...

The piercing blasts from Florida East Coast Railway’s new locomotive horns aren’t likely to be quieted anytime soon as the noise is expensive to mitigate and remains within federal guidelines, ...

EDMONDS, Wash — Jerry Hardie loves the sights and sounds from his Edmonds condo — the birds, the ferries, "it's all good sounds," he said. Except for one. Train horns from the Dayton Street crossing ...

Silencing train horns (especially during the wee hours of the morning) would be a welcomed reprieve from the midnight to 6 a.m. train horn warnings that are common in Baxter and Brainerd. When one is ...

With the advent of high-speed Brightline, hardly a week goes by without an accident involving a train and a car or pedestrian. According to the Federal Railroad Administration under the train horn ...