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Some people who live near train tracks don’t need an alarm. The loud elongated wooo that reverberates through their windows every morning gets the job done. Intrigued by the meaning behind the horn, ...
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 ...
The city of Wauwatosa website is asking for residents' help in enforcing the area's quiet zone for trains.According to the city website, local officials have filed a notice with Canadian Pacific ...
Due to signal testing along a railroad corridor that spans from Miami to West Palm Beach, Brightline train horns will sound overnight and in quiet zones through 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16. On Sunday the ...
HARRINGTON, DE- Neighbors in Harrington are raising concerns over what they describe as relentless train horn noise that disrupts their lives at all hours of the day and night—and they've had enough.
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 ...
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 ...
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (KTVU) - Another three nights of SMART train testing has San Rafael residents on their last nerves. Some say they have to leave town in order to sleep. Mayor Gary Phillps, who is ...
The sound of a train horn — nostalgic for some, annoying for others — will have to be addressed by local municipalities as SMART commuter rail service ramps up for service. But cities will get some ...
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 ...