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Arlington County Wants CSX to Consider Sounding the Horn Less
Hat tip, ArlNow: Morning Notes, July 18, 2017 (County Wants CSX to Consider Fewer Train Horn Blasts)
Arlington may seek more help from CSX on train horns at Crystal City
by SCOTT McCAFFREY, Staff Writer Jul 18, 2017 Updated 6 hrs ago
Under the theory it never hurts to ask, Arlington officials are seeking help from rail giant CSX to reduce the need for trains to blow their horns in Crystal City.
At a meeting discussing Virginia Railway Express’s plan to expand and potentially relocate its Arlington stop, county officials acknowledged that they’ve already received some help from CSX, which owns the tracks and sets operating rules for all trains that use them. But they’d like to get more.
County Board member Christian Dorsey said county officials hoped to get changes to the horn policy “to make it less intrusive as well as standardized.”
CSX has provided accommodation; under a change to the rules approved a few years ago, train engineers still must sound their horns when approaching the passenger station during normal VRE operating hours, but at other times, crews are not required to sound the horn, but can do so if there are safety concerns.
by SCOTT McCAFFREY, Staff Writer Jul 18, 2017 Updated 6 hrs ago
Under the theory it never hurts to ask, Arlington officials are seeking help from rail giant CSX to reduce the need for trains to blow their horns in Crystal City.
At a meeting discussing Virginia Railway Express’s plan to expand and potentially relocate its Arlington stop, county officials acknowledged that they’ve already received some help from CSX, which owns the tracks and sets operating rules for all trains that use them. But they’d like to get more.
County Board member Christian Dorsey said county officials hoped to get changes to the horn policy “to make it less intrusive as well as standardized.”
CSX has provided accommodation; under a change to the rules approved a few years ago, train engineers still must sound their horns when approaching the passenger station during normal VRE operating hours, but at other times, crews are not required to sound the horn, but can do so if there are safety concerns.
