As usual, Johnny Cash probably said it best. His classic “Folsom Prison Blues” — about a guy stuck in a cell and haunted by the sound of passing trains he can no longer ride — aptly expresses the ...

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 ...

Dear Action Line: I’ve lived in Durango city limits for 12 years. I know that recently, you addressed the courthouse clock tower chime, with some liking the hourly strike and some not so much. Along ...

The age of steam is long gone, but there are few railfans who don’t have a soft spot for the old rolling kettles. So you’d ...

Train horns are one of the most iconic sounds in modern culture, conjuring images of spaghetti westerns, cross-country journeys, and manifest destiny. Accompanied by chimes, whistles, honks, and horns ...

To the editor: When I saw the headline "Federal rules could muffle train whistles," I chuckled, thinking it was silly. After reading the article I became very concerned. This was not a joke but ...

Scott Kujanson likened it to having an air horn blown next to you at a ball game. Kujanson, who manages the Moorhead Country Greenery on Fifth Street South, said if the doors are open when a train ...

Rhonda asks: I work at Fallingwater. Why does it seem like the only time you can hear the train whistle is when it is going to rain? So, we have a couple of clues: You hear a train and then it rains.

To the surprise of almost no one following the long and winding corridor regarding coastal passenger rail in the county, there won’t be any definitive answer coming soon on the cost, feasibility and ...

BRANCHBURG – For some, the sound of a train whistle in the middle of the night hearkens dreams of journeys to faraway exotic places. But for residents in the Lehigh Road neighborhood in the far ...