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Train Horns Part 2.
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Well, what have you got to say about 'horn play' between engineers? <br /> <br />Up until now, you 'pro horn' guys have been assuming the moral high ground, that the horns are only blown for safety, and that the trackside people who complain about excessive noise are only self centered jerks with no respect for safety. <br /> <br />Engineers are people too, what about when one of them becomes self centered and jerk like? <br /> <br />This morning I was out for a walk, and the local dual track crosses a grade crossing about a half mile from my house. <br /> <br />The dual track chokes down to a single about a half mile beyond the grade crossing, so often when there are "meets" the out bound train is held short, prior to the grade crossing, to keep the street open while they wait for the inbound train coming in on the single track (makes good sense) <br /> <br />HOWEVER during my little walk today, I noticed such a staged wait in progress, and realizing that an inbound must be enroute, decided to wait, and do a little train watching. <br /> <br />As the inbound arrived, there wasn't a single car in sight at the gate protected crossing, the only pedestrian even remotely near was me, standing 100' from the tracks on a parking lot, and still the inbound honked his horn as per a normal passing, kept honking the horn as the train passed through the crossing,...and was still producing intermittant blasts as the lead unit passed the staged unit in wait, standing motionless on the opposed track. <br /> <br />Not only that, but the train in wait was returning blasts, as if playing a 125 decible game of dueling banjos <br /> <br />Made me wonder what kinda kids the railroads are hiring these days. <br /> <br />I imagine it doesn't take too many incidents like that to get the trackside residents grumbling about a petition...
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