The age of steam is long gone, but there are few railfans who don’t have a soft spot for the old rolling kettles. So you’d ...

Madison area residents are now sleeping more soundly at night, thanks to a new law passed Oct. 1 banning the blowing of train whistles in the city of Madison. Although Wisconsin & Southern Railroad ...

Rhonda asks: I work at Fallingwater. Why does it seem like the only time you can hear the train whistle is when it is going to rain? So, we have a couple of clues: You hear a train and then it rains.

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (KTVU) - In expanding SMART (Sonoma Marin Rapid Transit) Train Service to Larkspur, the line has whistled up some controversy over sleepless nights as it repeatedly tests train ...

The sound of friendship – in the form of a railroad steam whistle – can be heard in La Habra at noon Mondays through Saturdays. Mark Sturdevant, president and CEO of the La Habra Area Chamber of ...

Some Durango-area residents say the train whistle is louder this summer compared with previous years, but the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad says the historic sound is unchanged. Durango ...

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YAKIMA — For the next four months at least, that lonesome whistle won’t blow when a train rolls through downtown. An experimental quiet zone includes five railroad crossings where trains traditionally ...