All Aboard....!!!

Grab a cuppa and enjoy the ride!

                                                               

 Who doesn't love steam  trains????? I remember taking them to visit relatives back in the late '40's and early '50's.

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Train whistles are used to communicate to other railroad workers on a train or to railroad workers in the yard. Different combinations of long and short whistles each have their own meaning. They are used to pass instructions, as a safety signal, and to warn of impending movements of a train. Despite the advent of modern radio communication, most of these whistle signals are still used today:

• One short: Stop or stopping; apply the brakes
• One long: Approaching railroad station or junction (if moving), or apply air brakes and equalize pressure (if standing)
• Two short: A general answer signal or acknowledgement; identical to the "roger" or "10-4" radio terms
• One short, one long: Inspect the train
• One long, one short: Visibility obscured
• Two long: Train is about to proceed forward; release the brakes
• One long, two short: Additional section follows signaling train
• Two long, one short or two short, one long: Train is approaching a meeting or waiting point
• Two long, one short, one long: Train is approaching a grade level crossing (i.e. a road crossing). This is a widely used safety signal used to warn motorists and is blown at every grade level crossing, except where local noise ordinances prohibit it. Known in railroad rulebooks as rule '14L'
• Three short: Train is about to proceed in reverse (if standing), or train is about to stop at the next station (if moving)
• Three long: Train cars have come unhooked; train has come apart
• One long, three short: Flagman, go protect the rear of the train
• One short, three long: Flagman, go protect the front of the train
• Four short: Request for signals
• Four long: Flagman, return to the train from the west or north
• Five long: Flagman, return to the train from the east or south
• Four short, one long: Fire alarm; fire on the train
• Multiple short: Danger, get off the tracks! Used to warn pedestrians or livestock who are on the tracks in front of the approaching train.