Demonstration of wayside horns installed at McCarver and Ruston Way in Tacoma, WA

[stphinkle]

Actually it is a good idea some places, especially if the train horns wake the whole neighborhood up. These digital horns concentrate the sound by the crossing (the people that need to hear it) and reduce the amount of noise elsewhere.

[railfan7]

Freaking stupid, that doesnt sound pleasant like a horn, and it is soon going to be at every crossing. :0

[ricofojas2011]

thats asound like a dying bird.

[IsaiahWEJackson]

....or maybe just get some better sounds. I'm not a big Leslie horn fan. The new GEVO horns, the K5LA, or one of the horns the old BN SD60M had would at least smooth out such a transition in railfanning.

[SantaFebuff]

BETTER IDEA: Just put skirts to direct the horn sound. Obviously this system is costing taxpayer money that doesn't need to be spent! Why pay for something already available? DOTs need to get a clue mate, they need to stop looking at what to REPLACE and at what to MODIFY! Saves money, saves time, and you don't have to listen to electronic horns.

[FK347]

As a train lover, i want the real thing :)

[trainandhawksfan17]

I thinks that's an RS3L, but it's sounds HORRIBLE and I can't tell!

[BBT609]

In Florida, on the Florida East Coast Railway, they hate Wayside Horns. They dont care if people or sleeping, they blow the horn to every crossing there is. Most towns got noise limits , but trains are exempt fro those limitations. No such things as quiet zones.

[trainzz58]

What's the point of them? It's a waste of money. The train mine as well honk the horn and save 50 grand. (I'm guessing that's how much it would be to install them...)

[Flowmaster40Series]

What a waste of money they aren't nearly as loud as a real Nathan or Leslie horn! Doesn't seem like it would worn anybody efficiently!

[AndrooUK]

Trains don't even sound their horns at crossings in some countries. I can imagine it being tiresome for local residents, unless they love trains.

[BBT609]

Stupid idea. I hate wayside horns

[PhysStud2006]

@mrksvideos I do agree with you, I think the railroad and the city have to go too much out of the way to warn motorists and pedestrians of the obvious. One would think that with the flashing lights, gates and sound, people would get the idea. Unfortunately, not everyone has common sense.

[PhysStud2006]

I dont think the majority of people care if the wayside horns sounds like a real horn. The purpose is to warn motorists and pedestrians. Problem solved. The wayside horn restricts the blast radius to the crossing, rather than have the train engineer sound the horn a quarter to half mile in advance of the crossing, thus cutting noise polution. I love trains, but I can see why residents living alongside busy railroads would take issue. The noise can be irritating.

[PunkyBear36]

Something as insignificant as volume doesn't require this much effort and attention.

[nathanls98]

I dont get it.. why are we eliminating the need for the train to blow its horn.. sounds like a waste of money to me.

[biggdaddy2001]

um it actually is quiet and how it works is sends ultrasonic sounds which turn your vehicle into a speaker it sounds like the sound is comming from ur windsheild

[RobertSeattle]

Seems like a good idea. I live in West Seattle and I hear train horns from probably 2 miles away at night. Keep the warnings localizied - duh.

[bajabusta]

i want them for my truck

[Nexis4Jersey]

I don't like this idea , i think its backward.

[Wallowa84]

They don't replace the ones at the on the locmotices. They just don't have to use them at crossings like this one.

[AgentHog]

These shouldn't replace train horns on locomotives, they are used for more then just crossings.