The train’s speed was “excessive” The operator did not sound the horn, a federal and state regulation, before approaching the crossing The emergency brakes were not applied in a timely manner.
Even streets that promise "no train horn" -- quiet zones that have ... UTA and Union Pacific must instruct our operators to sound horns every time we cross these areas," UTA/UP stated.
train horns are currently required by the Federal Railroad Administration to sound at volumes of 96 to 100 decibels, which is roughly equivalent to a power tool or a honking car. The aim is to be ...
For many people like Moises Lopez living near the railroad tracks, the sound of the train crossing arms coming ... Lopez and others have been forced to hear the horns at all hours of the night ...
A GO train passing by her retirement community home sounded its horn at 3 a.m. and then again at 5 a.m. That's because Metrolinx reinstated train whistles at the railway crossing just outside her ...