A new change in LaPorte officially makes the city a quiet zone. Trains are prohibited from sounding their horns, except in emergency situations. City leaders say that this has been a long-awaited ...

In 2019, Appleton created a quiet zone for the Canadian National main line that runs diagonally through the city.

In recent discussions surrounding train crossings, there has been a proposal to create quiet zones, where warning devices such as train horns would be eliminated. While the idea of reducing noise ...

Longtime residents of San Francisco noticed something missing from the city's emergency response to Thursday's tsunami warning after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake off the Northern California coast: the ...

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — The City of Riviera Beach says it's working to implement a quiet zone along a 2.5-mile section of the Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway and Brightline corridor. All rail ...

Long Beach is looking for ways to create a safer and quieter environment for residents who live along railroad tracks. The City Council approved a feasibility study to see if it could be possible to ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (WSBT) — The South Shore Line has announced that Michigan City’s Quiet Zone Public Authority Application was approved. Work has been completed to improve safety on 38 crossings.

When a fire breaks out in Oyster Bay overnight, volunteer firefighters are alerted to the blaze. A text is sent. A radio relays the information. Then a loud fire horn blares through the hamlet. The ...

Horns are one of the oldest and most important safety tools in rail travel. They communicate instantly across long distances, ...

Sugar Land is set to spend about $800,000 to ban train engineers from blowing the whistle at 10 railroad crossings in the city. A formal agreement between the city and Union Pacific Rail Road is ...