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EDMONDS, Wash — Jerry Hardie loves the sights and sounds from his Edmonds condo — the birds, the ferries, "it's all good sounds," he said. Except for one. Train horns from the Dayton Street crossing ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - There's been a lot of community discussion about whether Ann Arbor should take steps to establish a "quiet zone" to reduce train horn noise in the city. But what do the horns actually ...

At the urging of local politicians, Union Pacific has agreed to allow federal railroad authorities to investigate the loudness of late-night freight train horns on the Peninsula, a process that could ...

The intensity of sound (such as a train horn) that you hear will vary at night, sometimes louder and sometimes softer. The explanation is the height of the “inversion” above the ground. On a clear, ...

San Clemente residents pleading for relief from nearly 2,000 train horns per day can mark their calendar for Thursday, Sept. 3, to see if different kind of horn technology might be a little easier on ...

Did you know that trains have their own language? I didn’t, either. After trains began sounding their horns in downtown San Diego again recently, I started investigating. Most of downtown lies within ...

SMART trains will not run between Novato and Petaluma for the next two weekends as the agency tests the downtown Novato station. SMART supporters submit petition for tax renewal measure North Bay ...

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SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (KTVU) - Another three nights of SMART train testing has San Rafael residents on their last nerves. Some say they have to leave town in order to sleep. Mayor Gary Phillps, who is ...