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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

When it comes to train horns, it seems the quantity, not the quality, is what annoys residents most. Treasure Coast residents who live next to the railroad tracks from Sebastian to Tequesta say they ...

Why can't we have a quiet zone late at night? We have crossing arms on North Street-McFaddin-Calder-Broadway yet still trains blow horns all morning long. It's very hard trying to go to work after you ...

Federal rail officials have temporarily suspended the railway “Quiet Zone” through downtown San Diego. As a result, residents will hear more train horns at crossings between Laurel Street and Fifth ...

The intensity of sound will vary at night, sometimes louder and sometimes softer. It has to do with the height and strength of a temperature inversion just above the ground. On clear, calm nights, it ...