Why & where do trains go dee daa?

Question

Why & where do trains go dee daa?

Answer 1

I live about 200 yards from a station(leagrave, luton) and they do it when either its the midland main line express which not stopping and going very fast as a warning, or also when there are men working/checking the line, we hear them also banging and stuff!! Plus also here i know for a fact that one train driver in particular knows that a few of his ex workmates live nearby so does it as a hello in the afternoons!!! xx

Answer 2

where's dee daa?

Answer 3

I suspect that you're talking about the driver sounding the horn on his train. This is done for any number of reasons, all of which can be found elsewhere.

Answer 4

They go choo choo , silly

Answer 5

subway trains in Toronto go dee daaa .. when the doors are about to close.

Answer 6

Lindsey B's answer is very close. But to why it's actually a Dee Daa (two tone) horn is because it is to differenciate between road vehicals that may be near by, as cars etc are only fitted (normally) with monotone horns. Drivers blow there horns for a number of reasons, people on the track, level crossings, etc.....Until recently we were supposed to blow them entering and exiting tunnels but the EU says that this is unneccessary and a form of noise pollution so we don't do it any more!

Answer 7

Trains go chooo choooo.  Ambulances go dee daa.

Answer 8

thats the sound the airtrain at the airport makes! i love it...maybe cause everytime i hear it im going somewhere...love to fly

Answer 9

Back in the days before radio communications between trains and the stations railroaders used a system of horn blasts as a means of communications.  3 long blasts meant a warning at road crossings (now a Federal law)  2 long and 3 short meant coming into the rail yard.  A series of sharp short blasts meant the train was backing up, etc. etc. etc.  This system is seldom used any more because engineers can talk directly to the yard offices by wireless phone and the caboose with its breakmen who used to depend on the signals to do their job are now a thing of the past.

Answer 10

To warn people of it`s approach, much like a car horn.

Answer 11

They go maaaaa naaaaaaa not dee daa

Answer 12

coz they have got boy racer drivers showing off to their mates

and it is maaaaaaaaaa naaaaaaaaaa

Answer 13

there are two tones..  one is the soft and the other loud,  soft tone is used in sidings etc, and supposedly after 2330, as all level crossing whistle boards are 24 hours on my region..

so if you decide to move near the railway, make sure your solicitor checks things properly for you......