America has a real problem with railway crossings, with the intersection between road and rail causing more than 200 deaths in 2023 alone. While crumbling infrastructure is mostly to blame for the ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Question: I’m curious about why trains use a Morse code signal when approaching crossings. Answer: For anyone confused by that question, next time you’re waiting at a railroad crossing listen to 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.

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 ...

Rocky River residents are complaining about train horns sounding at night. City officials will meet with representatives from railroad owner Norfolk Southern to talk about the issue. (File photo) ...