Federal regulators wrote in a letter dated earlier this year that pedestrian crossings at train stations should not be included in rules allowing municipalities to implement train horn bans, according ...

Train horns are one of the most iconic sounds in modern culture, conjuring images of spaghetti westerns, cross-country journeys, and manifest destiny. Accompanied by chimes, whistles, honks, and horns ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dear Action Line: I’ve lived in Durango city limits for 12 years. I know that recently, you addressed the courthouse clock tower chime, with some liking the hourly strike and some not so much. Along ...

Former MBTA commuter rail engineer Mark Layman struck and killed a teenager who was walking along the railroad tracks in Beverly in 1999, a tragedy that haunts Layman to this day. Twenty years later, ...

Bridgette Bol/DAILY. Buy this photo. Many University of Michigan students and Ann Arbor residents understand the feeling of train whistles waking them up in the middle of the night. More than a simple ...

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