Ever wonder why the train locomotives running on the track just down the block always sound their air horns four times when approaching the crossing? Or, ever hear a whole series of short and long ...

Q: Can anything be done about loud railroad horns? Sometimes they're uncomfortably loud, even inside a home nearly a mile away. Amy in short: Train horns — when and where they're blown, how loud they ...

Some Durango-area residents say the train whistle is louder this summer compared with previous years, but the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad says the historic sound is unchanged. Durango ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. When Hank Williams heard that lonesome whistle blow, it tickled ...

Q: Each night, numerous trains roar through downtown Madison with their horns blaring. Some engineers show a bit of restraint by making a half-dozen or so short blasts; others lean on their horn from ...

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, ...

Escalon installed several wayside horn systems, including this one at McHenry Avenue and Highway 120. Wayside horns automatically sound when a train nears, directing the sound at traffic. Andy Alfaro ...