mrdebolske These are all good reasons. But, last night, at 2 AM, crossing arms down, lights flashing, bells ringing, not a car in sight, the freight engineer saw fit to do the whole routine with his horn. Maybe he's just practicing.
These are all good reasons. But, last night, at 2 AM, crossing arms down, lights flashing, bells ringing, not a car in sight, the freight engineer saw fit to do the whole routine with his horn. Maybe he's just practicing.
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There are times in the "quiet zones" where rules may require a train to sound the horn. A quiet zone isn't absolute.
Jeff
I know the corridor well (I very well may have been one of the team that placed most of the crossings in question.). The excessive number of trespassers and stupid motorists has always been a problem. The whistle boards for the no-train-horn-rule (which I hate with a passion) are posted. The locomotive engineer most likely had good cause to whistle.
mrdebolske I live near the Los Angeles to San Diego main line. In my area, most of the automobile crossings have posted signs indicating "no train horns", and usually the trains go silently through the crossings. However, almost nightly, a train will travel the corridor, and sound the traditional two longs, a short, and a long at the crossings, apparently disregarding the current protocols in place. Is there a good reason for this, or is the engineer just not paying attention to his orders?
I live near the Los Angeles to San Diego main line. In my area, most of the automobile crossings have posted signs indicating "no train horns", and usually the trains go silently through the crossings. However, almost nightly, a train will travel the corridor, and sound the traditional two longs, a short, and a long at the crossings, apparently disregarding the current protocols in place. Is there a good reason for this, or is the engineer just not paying attention to his orders?
Most likely the engineer is observing some driver that isn't paying attention to the appropriate traffic control signs for the crossings.
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