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Spanish: ñam: ñam ñam: glu glu glu, glup: glup: Swedish: nam-nam: nam nam: glugg glugg, klunk klunk: gulp: Tamil: கருக்கு முறுக்கு (karukk murukk) (mainly used to indicate crunching) Thai: งั่บ (ngap), ง่ำ (ngam) ง่ำ ง่ำ (ngam ngam) อึ้ก (uek), เอื้อก (ueak ...
Noise levels can be reduced by installing noise barriers next to the track. [2] Traditional clickety-clack sounds occur as a result of gaps in the rail to allow for thermal expansion. On most railways, the gaps are opposite each other and if the carriages are about the same length as the rails, an even clickety clack sound is generated.
Spectrogram of the train sound. The Sea Train is the name given to a sound recorded on March 5, 1997, on the Equatorial Pacific Ocean autonomous hydrophone array. The sound rises to a quasi-steady frequency. According to the NOAA, the origin of the sound is most likely generated by a very large iceberg grounded in the Ross Sea, near Cape Adare. [10
When a train has made a full brake application due to adverse event, or has lost its train air due to a defective valve (a "kicker"), or a broken air line or train separation. The train crew will normally declare that they are "in emergency" over the train radio, thus warning other trains and the dispatcher that there is a problem.
The Renfe Class 102 or S-102 [note 1] (nicknamed "Pato" in Spanish, because of its nose that looks like the beak of a duck) is a push-pull high-speed train used for the AVE service and operated in Spain by the state-run railway company Renfe, and based on Bombardier Transportation's power car technology.
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A warning of a train stopped on the line ahead by an incident or accident—the train crew are usually responsible for placing the detonators; A warning of ongoing engineering works ahead; When a signaller or other railway employee requires to stop approaching trains in an emergency; On a high-speed line, detonators may need to be placed on ...
Residents worry for their quality of life, and they don’t trust a study that suggests the new railroads and train traffic won’t cause any increase in noise.