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From: (Dave)fajoyce@bellsouth.net <br /> You've got to be kidding about reducing the sounding range of loco horns, that's just <br />asking for mass fatalities. I live about one third of a mile from the main NS double track <br />mainline in my town, and between a half dozen crossings, and sure, it gets loud sometimes, but mainly in Winter when the foliage has dropped and the wind is blowing from the East. It's never awakened me! I also happen to be a FRA licensed Engineer for <br />the Spencer Shortline, part of the North Carolina Transportation Museum's Tourist ride. I <br />should say the entire complex of tracks at our facility are the Spencer Shortline. We connect with NS on both ends so we abide by all Federal Rules and Licensure. We also <br />have several Public crossings on the property and in the past 5 years I've been challenged <br />by at least 5 Schoolbuses that failed to stop as required by law; one semi gasoline tanker; <br />two fuel trucks, and numerous private vehicles, and I'm just one of 18 or so Engineers who probably have their own horror stories. Thank God we've never had an incident, but <br />it isn't because the public hasn't tried. We use our Bells, Horns, whistles, and we do lay on them, not for play, but for safety, and we do have some classic Nathans and Leslies <br />that can wake the dead, and we make good use of them. I have many NS friends who tell <br />me that all Engineers will have an accident, not if, but when! You can always tell the ones <br />who have from those waiting to have by the way they use their horns! As I've told my wife <br />and neighbors, the louder they are, the more serious the accident they were involved in. <br />So Poppycock to these NIMBYS, maybe a horn will save their SUV driving, cell phone talking, make-up applying butts someday!!!! <br /> <br />
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