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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by smalling_60626</i> <br /><br />I sure don't want trains to turn into rolling carillons. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />well, of course i was just teasing....BUT, think about the positive applications... <br /> <br />We could program the ringtones on the horns of the "shackle- boxcar" death trains with Chopins "Funeral (death) march"...how cool would that be? [:D] <br /> <br />The real point I was trying to make was that the railroads HAVE played some part in making the 'listening experiance' less pleasant over the years, as horns have become louder, and more penetrating.....meaning the argument of "why didn't they think about that when the were buying their house next to the tracks?",...is NOT a 100% valid argument. <br /> <br />Your suggestion regarding the GG1 horn is actually right up the avenue if the point I was hinting at. <br /> <br />no doubt the science behind locomotive horn making has devised a sound that is extra irritating, with the intent that the sound be more attention getting.. Perhaps they should now look for ways to make the horns carry less far? <br /> <br />because the line I was mentioning earlier, has 4 grade crossings in the vicinity..the closest being 1/2 mile away (crossing "A"), the next being about a quarter mile further (crossing "B"), the next being another quarter mile (crossing "C"), and the 4th being about 1/8th mile beyond that (crossing "D"). <br /> <br />And, I can remember from my youth you could faintly hear B all the time, and only hear C when conditions were ideal. <br /> <br />Now, you can hear D faintly all the time, C is very noticeable, B even more so, and A is almost irritating even to this train fan during periods of high traffic. <br /> <br />the peculair thing about all that is, I am 40 years older now, and slightly hard of hearing....so i can only imagine how loud it must seem to a person with hearing as good as mine once was..... <br /> <br />Claiming the railroads are completely blameless is an erroneous assumption. They have a hand in this..
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