did people think about the railroad crossing before buying a house close to the tracks? if the houses were there before the tracks then i can see why they would complain. if the tracks were there first they should've thought about it before buying the house
they have wayside horns in branson, mo near the landing too. when i first heard them i thought it was a train with a wierd horn. now i know there just speakers
Yes, in fact this is the only crossing in De Kalb of the 7 with a old bell. 4 of the crossings including this one have wayside horns, the others are one-way streets which the gates go all the way across the road.
0:06: Yes, mix the real horn with the Wayside Horns. That'll make a good concerto in Sydney.
lordbemylight 1 year ago
Wow. They must be trying to empty the town with those horns.
Bus7777 2 years ago
It also sounds more like the horn on an HO-scale model train locomotive with one of those DCC sound chips instead of a real train's horn
wilek209 2 years ago 4
did people think about the railroad crossing before buying a house close to the tracks? if the houses were there before the tracks then i can see why they would complain. if the tracks were there first they should've thought about it before buying the house
airminnesota 3 years ago 5
The trains were there waaaaay before the houses.
EJE665 3 years ago 2
they have wayside horns in branson, mo near the landing too. when i first heard them i thought it was a train with a wierd horn. now i know there just speakers
rsppap 3 years ago
Yeah, they are tied in with the crossing system and keep doing crossing sequences until the train arrived. They are very pointless and stupid.
EJE665 3 years ago
@EJE665 no they're not at least it sounds like a real horn & doesn't make it look like a train that doesn't blow the horn @ a normal crossings
CSX2665 1 year ago
Yep, plus it doesn't take much to know that isn't the train.
EJE665 3 years ago
That and since they are a part of the signal and have the same volume, people will start ignoring them just as they do with other quiet zones.
mt90945557 3 years ago
I HATE WAYSIDE HORNS. They are so annoying!!
Train horns>Gayside horns
mt90945557 3 years ago
I think the only M-bells in the area are this one, one crossing in Malta, one crossing near Elburn, and one just west of Global Three in Flagg.
EJE665 3 years ago
Yes, in fact this is the only crossing in De Kalb of the 7 with a old bell. 4 of the crossings including this one have wayside horns, the others are one-way streets which the gates go all the way across the road.
EJE665 3 years ago
So am I, but I'm glad they did!
EJE665 3 years ago
No kidding ;)
tfoster09 3 years ago
Surprised they kept the old M-bell.
Andrewsaxamophone 3 years ago
Most railroad crossings with Wayside Horns have the newer electronic bells
wiley207 3 years ago
Also that line has replaced pertty much every crossing with a GST2 E-bell, or WCH E-bell.
Andrewsaxamophone 3 years ago