Timeline for Why do trains in USA ring a bell and flash their headlights when entering stations?
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| Aug 16 at 14:12 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | @WeatherVane - horn use is manual on UK trains. Other situations where a driver may use the horn include when they see track workers anywhere on or near the track (they are supposed go to, or be in, a place of safety and to raise one arm above their head). | |
| Aug 16 at 13:41 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | @WeatherVane - from about 1963 onwards British trains had a yellow rectangle of specified shade and minimum size on the front, to aid visibility, to increase safety for track workers as well as passengers. This became mandatory, and in the 1980s a further requirement for a headlight of specified type was added. In approximately 2010, the yellow panel part was relaxed provided two headlights of specified type were fitted. None of these white front lights are allowed to blink. | |
| Aug 16 at 9:51 | history | edited | Johnnyjanko | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 16 at 6:00 | history | edited | Johnnyjanko | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 16 at 5:52 | comment | added | Johnnyjanko | @Mark interesting! I'm yet to see a youtube video in which a North American train passes through a grade crossing silently :-) | |
| Aug 15 at 21:09 | comment | added | Mark | A North American train only needs to sound its horn when approaching an "open" or "half-barrier" crossing. At a "full barrier" crossing (road completely obstructed by crossing gates), the horn isn't needed. | |
| Aug 15 at 19:53 | comment | added | Weather Vane | In UK, trains have lineside signs which mandate the audible horn, siren, whistle etc., but AFAIK they don't have flashing lights. They also sound their horn at times to alert a signalman to their presence, or to indicate they have completed a manoeouvre. Much of this is now automated. | |
| Aug 15 at 10:28 | history | edited | Johnnyjanko | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 15 at 6:30 | history | answered | Johnnyjanko | CC BY-SA 4.0 |