The Reason Why Trains Honk So Much

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

Planned Wolverine Village sparks discussion on train horns and residents’ sleep

Many University of Michigan students and Ann Arbor residents understand the feeling of train whistles waking them up in the ...
The Durango Herald

The train whistle, Durango’s signature sound, is iconic to some, earsplitting to others

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 ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Why is that train sounding its horn? Train language may be able to help you decode it

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 ...
AOL

Horns, bells, whistles: How Delaware welcomed the new year with raucous street parties

“Thousands of horns and bells and whistles, and thousands more of voices burst into great chorus of sound as the clocks of Wilmington chimed at midnight,” the Wilmington Evening Journal reported on ...