A single long wooo is a “—” signal and alerts the crew to apply brakes. Three short horns would be seen as “o o o,” meaning that when stopped, the train has to back up. There are more ...

Dozens of piercing train horns reverberate through Emeryville ... where newly installed pedestrian gates and traffic signals mean conductors won’t be required by the state and federal government ...

Answer: For anyone confused by that question, next time you’re waiting at a railroad crossing listen to the train’s horn. It’s a long-long-short-long signal. That corresponds with the letter ...

But success would mean that some communities where train horns have gone unsounded would now hear horns. Take Beverly Depot as an example. If Brown sways a judge to his side, a commuter rail train ...

ORANGE – The goal of establishing Quiet Zones to silence freight- and passenger-train whistles ... of a Quiet Zone, meaning trains do not have to sound their horns unless there is an emergency.