Train horns may still be used in emergencies, or to comply with other federal regulations or railroad operating rules. Flatau said only communities, not individuals, can request having quiet zones ...

But Franchi says she never agreed to live with train horns, blasting every 30 to 40 minutes throughout the day. Even at 2:30 in the morning.

Wherever feasible, train horns must be sounded in a standardized pattern of two long, one short and one long. The horn must continue to sound until the lead locomotive or train car occupies ...

For weeks a California man has been intermittently blaring a train horn and house alarm as part of his supposed feud with the Los Angeles Police Department.

For several months, the neighborhood has been subjected to the piercing sound of air horns, described by residents as resembling a Union Pacific freight train.

After noise complaints and years-long efforts, train horns are now silenced at railway crossings in Jupiter and Palm Beach ...