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  2. Train whistle - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Train horn - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Steam whistle - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Calliope (music) - Wikipedia

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    A calliope (see below for pronunciation) is a North American musical instrument that produces sound by sending a gas, originally steam or, more recently, compressed air, through large whistles—originally locomotive whistles. A calliope is typically very loud. Even some small calliopes are audible for miles. There is no way to vary tone or volume.

  6. Ophicleide (organ stop) - Wikipedia

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    The Grand Ophicleide in the Boardwalk Hall Organ, Atlantic City, New Jersey, is recognized as the loudest organ stop in the world, voiced on 100" wind pressure (0.25 bar). [1] Its tone is described by Guinness World Records as having "a pure trumpet note of ear-splitting volume, more than six times the volume of the loudest locomotive whistle."

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    The theory of the world’s “longest rail ride” originated when the Laos-China railway opened for business, linking Kunming and Vientiane – a missing link in the rails between Europe and ...

  8. Different Trains - Wikipedia

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    The American train whistles are long perfect intervals of ninths and fifths, while the European train whistles are mostly short triadic shrieks. [4] The third movement, After the War, features the Holocaust survivors talking about the years immediately following World War II, along with recordings of Davis and Virginia. There is a return to the ...

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