Hackaday

Why Electric Trains Sound The Way They Do

If you’re a seasoned international rail traveler you will no doubt have become used to the various sounds of electric locomotives and multiple units as they start up. If you know anything about ...
WVXU

Camp Washington's strange train sounds are well known. But what exactly are they?

We're back in Camp Washington for WVXU's Round the Corner series, where we're reporting on the neighborhood's mysterious — and beloved — train noises. There's a high, elusive sound you'll hear ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Summer Sounds: Trains

Listener Kelly Morgan remembers slow-moving freight trains stopping traffic in Battle Creek, Mich., for our series Summer Sounds. Summer Sounds: Trains MICHELE NORRIS, Host: Now, another sound of ...
The Boston Globe

Here’s where we found perhaps the screechiest MBTA train. It was ear-splitting.

Everyone knows the MBTA can be loud. Ever wonder exactly how loud? Try pin-your-ears-back rock concert loud. Or jackhammer, or chain saw loud. That’s what the Globe discovered at several of the T’s ...