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Train horns are sounded where a whistle post (marked with the letter "S" for siffler – "to whistle") is present. If the whistle post is labelled "J" (meaning jour – "day"), the horn is only to be sounded between 07:00 and 20:00. Horns must also be sounded when passing an oncoming train, and shortly before reaching the last car of the train.
One of two (front and rear) whistles on steam locomotive 60163 Tornado. A train whistle or air whistle (originally referred to as a train trumpet or air trumpet) is an audible signaling device on a steam or gas locomotive, used to warn that the train is approaching, and to communicate with rail workers.
The Holden Co. Ltd. was the Canadian Distributor of Airchime Mfg. Co's locomotive air horns and steam whistles and did not manufacture any horns or whistles, a very common misconception. Captain Charles Benter , who followed John Philip Sousa as Marine Corps Band conductor, played a role in developing what is called "the most melodic horn in ...
Train whistle; W. Warp whistle; Template:Whistles; Wolf-whistling This page was last edited on 25 March 2013, at 20:43 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The variable pitch steam whistle at the New York Wire Company in York, Pennsylvania, was entered in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2002 as the loudest steam whistle on record at 124.1dBA from a set distance [clarify] used by Guinness. [84] The York whistle was also measured at 134.1 decibels from a distance of 23-feet. [12]
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I live next to the Mississippi river and numerous train lines. Often at night I will hear a barge sound their whistle in response to a train sounding its whistle at a crossing. Once the train unexpectedly hears a reply from the ship's whistle, it seems like both of them panic and begin sounding their whistles repeatedly. The exchange between ...