Who decided that the sound of a train whistle should be described as “lonesome?” I’ve been on a number of trains and in several stations, and there are plenty of people around. Yet the word “lonesome” ...

If you think you’re dreaming about ghost trains running at night along the unopened West Lake Corridor route, you might not be dreaming. On Monday, the South Shore Line began running a two-car train ...

When I was a boy there was no nicer sound than the “lonesome” sound of the steam locomotive’s “whistle” as it pulled a mile-long freight train across the Midwest farmland. But when the steam ...

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Our opinion: Yes, the trains' horns are annoying, but that's their job. Safety must come before comfort. For many people, there can be nothing more aggravating than listening to train whistles all ...