(WHTM) – Whether it’s during the day or the dead of night, trains can be heard blowing their horns, but why? According to the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration, “Under ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — From East to South Nashville, neighbors were in for a rude awakening early Thursday morning, saying a train continuously blew its horn for more than an hour. The noise woke ...

Did you know that trains have their own language? I didn’t, either. After trains began sounding their horns in downtown San Diego again recently, I started investigating. Most of downtown lies within ...

BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (KWCH) - With the exception of an emergency, the sound of a train horn blowing will be one you’ll soon hear far less often in Belle Plaine. It’s now a federally regulated “quiet ...

As a full-time resident of Indian River County since 2006, retiring here after a 37-year career in the railroad industry, I have been a keen observer of virtually all the events after Florida East ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Horns are echoing once again through Beaumont’s West End, and city officials are now hoping to restore the quiet zones that once kept the noise at bay. Quiet zones are areas where ...

WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. — Life along Country Lane, a rural road in a community on the outskirts of Bellingham, is quiet and peaceful -- except for one thing -- the recurring blast of train horns as they ...

Big Boy, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, arrived at the Durham Museum Friday evening.