Train horns serve as safety signals, using specific patterns to communicate with staff and pedestrians. Know why trains honk ...

E is a rotary engine, constructed on the plan of ... by means of a lever under the control of the driver. P is a steam whistle, Q a steam gage, and R the platform for firemen.

A cloud of smoke and the distant toot of a whistle signalled the end of a 14-year steam engine restoration project on the ...

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido--With a puff of black smoke and the toot of a whistle, SL Fuyu-no-Shitsugen Train (The winter wetland steam engine) of Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) is full steam ahead ...