Some Durango-area residents say the train whistle is louder this summer compared with previous years, but the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad says the historic sound is unchanged. Durango ...

In Northern England, the hills used to be home to steam trains. The trains have long faded into history, but the sound of their whistle is making a brief return. Artist [Steve Messam] has created ...

The federal government plans to introduce new train whistle-blowing regulations Wednesday requiring locomotives to sound warnings at all railroad crossings except ...

Almost 400 students at Watts High School celebrated its centennial by making at attempt at a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. They decided to all blow on wooden train whistles at the same ...

Several cities have recently worked to pass ordinances to prohibit train whistles from sounding within their city limits. Safety matters aside, I hope all such ordinances fail. I don't care when they ...

FOLKSTON, Ga. -- If the sound of a train whistle sounds like the perfect, soothing lullaby to fall asleep to, then there's a new place in Folkston you'll probably enjoy. "People come here from all ...

The sound of train whistles blended with laughter, music, and family fun Saturday as residents and visitors gathered for the ...

A Du Page County judge Wednesday continued to ensure the sound sleep of suburbanites who live near railroad crossings, but only after criticizing state government for not solving an August rash of ...

THE OAKDALE CIVIC Association held a meeting last week and drew more than 100 angry people. The target of their ire: the Long Island Rail Road and its new double-decker train whistles. “It’s a shrill, ...