Question: I’m curious about why trains use a Morse code signal when approaching crossings. Answer: For anyone confused by that question, next time you’re waiting at a railroad crossing listen to the ...

Lesley Mottla, a startup executive in Boston, had just crossed the train tracks on a pedestrian walkway at Beverly Depot on Oct. 22, 2019, when she turned around to see a commuter rail train hit and ...

Dozens of piercing train horns reverberate through Emeryville daily, but respite is coming around the bend. The city is on track to unveil a new “quiet zone” by next summer, where newly installed ...

Due to signal testing along a railroad corridor that spans from Miami to West Palm Beach, Brightline train horns will sound overnight and in quiet zones through 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16. On Sunday the ...

Elaine Kellerman of Parkville cringes when she hears people describe the sound coming from a train’s horn as “noise.” “To me, the whistles of the train, they are like the song of the train,” she said.

The family of an Emerson College professor struck and killed by a commuter rail train in Beverly nearly three years ago filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging the MBTA and Keolis Commuter Services ...

Some train signals and crossing gates haven't been working properly in Portland.