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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 10:35 AM

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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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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 10:33 AM

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Posted by mrdebolske on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 9:19 AM

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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Posted by jeffhergert on Monday, November 3, 2014 10:28 PM

There are times in the "quiet zones" where rules may require a train to sound the horn.  A quiet zone isn't absolute.

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Posted by mudchicken on Monday, November 3, 2014 6:32 PM

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 passionMischief) are posted. The locomotive engineer most likely had good cause to whistle.

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Posted by BaltACD on Monday, November 3, 2014 6:18 PM

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?

 

 

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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Silenced automobile crossings
Posted by mrdebolske on Monday, November 3, 2014 4:54 PM

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?

 

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