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2. Train horn - Wikipedia

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   The Nathan model M5 pictured is a 5 chime horn. A train horn is an air horn used as an audible warning device on diesel and electric-powered trains. Its primary purpose is to alert persons and animals to an oncoming train, especially when approaching a level crossing. They are often extremely loud, allowing them to be heard from great distances.

3. Nathan Manufacturing - Wikipedia

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   Nathan Manufacturing, Inc. is a division of Micro Precision Group which manufactures Airchime, Ltd. train horns mainly for North America. It is one of two major train horn manufacturers in the United States, with Leslie Controls, Inc. being the other. A K5LA (K-5LA) Horn on top of a Coaster San Diego Cabcar #2310.

4. Leslie Controls - Wikipedia

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   Leslie bought the patent and trademark rights to the Tyfon. In 1935 Leslie made the Leslie-Tyfon air horns for the first Burlington Zephyr locomotives. Leslie-Tyfon horns became the standard on most American railroads. [5] Leslie's horns were the most popular locomotive horns, and the standard for GM Electro-Motive Division models. Later ...

5. List of locomotive builders - Wikipedia

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   Hitachi Rail – diesel and electric locomotives, carriages [73] Hunslet Engine Company – diesel locomotives, narrow-gauge steam locomotives; part of Wabtec [74] Rhino Industries – narrow-gauge diesel/steam locomotives, new build, maintenance [75] Severn Lamb – narrow gauge diesel/steam/steam outline locomotives, carriages, and track ...

6. Hancock air whistle - Wikipedia

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   Also, diesel locomotives were an emerging technology, and most early models were equipped with single-note 'honkers'. These horns were anything but appealing to the general public. Therefore, Hancock developed their line of air whistles in an attempt to romanticize the diesel locomotives. Production of these air whistles spanned from the late ...

7. Will quiet zones silence Brightline train horns here? Not for ...

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   The Federal Railroad Administration requires local governments to take a number of steps before they can apply for train horn quiet zones. ... that horns sound for 15-20 seconds as trains pass ...