At around midnight last night, a grain or ethanol train came through town. Because the weather is nicer, we were sleeping with the windows open. We live about 6 blocks from 2 crossings on the BNSF. When the train came through, I was surprised that the engineer was able to modulate(?) his horn, so that it was relatively quiet coming through a residential area. The two crossings are laid out so that there are pretty good sight lines for the engineer to see that there was no traffic at that hour. Is there a volume setting on the horns of modern 6-axle locomotives, or was the engineer a darned good trumpet play in high school?
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Could his air horn sing a plantiff tune
As sweet as one Nick Lucas crooned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZMHJX4b9bU
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