Local City of Del Mar To Get Reduced Train Noise at Local Train Intersections!

Horns installed at crossing will be used instead of horns on trains themselves. The City of Del Mar and the local transit district are taking steps to reduce the amount of train noise at the coastal city's only railroad crossing. North County Transit director unanimously approved a demonstration project Thursday that would add two pole mounted warning horns at Del Mar's Coast Boulevard railroad crossing.

Once the new horns are in and working they will automatically begin honking when a train approaches and stop once it has passed. Approaching trains begin blasting their horns one-quarter of a mile from the crossing even in the wee hours of the morning. Though the pole mounted horns are just about as loud as those mounted on trains officials said they keep the noise more tightly focused on the crossing itself and less in nearby neighborhoods.

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