[RP TownTalk] Train Horns

[Alan K. Thompson]

Ann got it right - the pedestrian crossing requires a short toot (maybe two
- I don't have my notes in front of me) while the road crossing required a
lot more (before the quiet zone was created).

Best,

Alan

On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 8:45 PM, Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I don't think the pedestrian crosswalk has much to do with it....
>
> https://www.fra.dot.gov/Page/P0104
>
> "In a quiet zone, railroads have been directed to cease the routine
> sounding their horns when approaching public highway-rail grade crossings.
> Train horns may still be used in emergency situations or to comply with
> other Federal regulations or railroad operating rules."
>
> I don't know about the "other Federal regulations or railroad operating
> rules", but I do know that if I had ever been the engineer on a train that
> hit someone, I'd probably sound the horn for the rest of my life....
>
> -Sarah
>
>
>
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> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 7:13 PM, <annbwass at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Isn't that because the pedestrian crossing requires a short blast?
>>
>> Ann Wass
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland at gmail.com>
>> To: Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com>
>> Cc: Towntalk Riverdale <towntalk at riverdale-park.org>
>> Sent: Fri, Oct 23, 2015 6:04 pm
>> Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Train Horns
>>
>> What I have noticed is that they are using short beeps now instead of
>> long horns.
>>
>> -Sarah
>>
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