A single long wooo is a “—” signal and alerts the crew to apply brakes. Three short horns would be seen as “o o o,” meaning that when stopped, the train has to back up.

Boston and the surrounding area will be alive with the sound of train and bus horns Thursday afternoon as the MBTA participates in the #SoundTheHorn campaign.The campaign has been organized to ...

The city of Wauwatosa says the railroad quiet zone has failed to silence train horns.

See and hear a freight train making a routine early-morning pass through the Old West Side neighborhood at 4:57 a.m.

RAIL RUCKUS: By law, train engineers must sound their horn – two long, one short, one long – 15 to 20 seconds before, but not more than one-quarter mile ahead of, any at-grade crossing.

Brightline is upgrading its existing corridor from Miami to West Palm Beach. Train horns will sound overnight and in quiet zones from Jan. 10 to Jan.16.