Talk:Train horn

UK/British Rail Horns
Shouldn't this article include information on Train Horns in the United Kingdom? Such as manufacturers, why British Rail decided to use a horn capable of producing two different tones and the signals they use. Xeon63 (talk) 17:43, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

-- You are welcome to do so, provided you have sufficient knowledge on the subject at hand. Harvey Henkelmann (talk) 17:39, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I have added a UK section. Please expand it if you can. Biscuittin (talk) 10:09, 12 July 2010 (UTC)


 * -- Unfortunately I don't really know much about this, It's why I suggested it to be added in the first place. There is a little bit of information on the Train whistle page but it's not really informative, more a piece of trivia.

in non-railroad use
I have reverted your edit and this has resulted in the removal of the following text:

"One rule of thumb may be that if the horn (or horns) are mounted prominently on the vehicle, the owner is a responsible collector, whilst those of the faddish vehicle customizer are generally hidden from immediate view on the vehicle in question. "

The citation does not support the text. There are no mentions of rules of thumb, responsible collectors or faddish vehicle customizers. As the citation does not support the text, it is OR and therefore unsuitable for Wikipedia.

Perhaps it would be easier to find a citation that supports the fact that hidden installs are available for road vehicles.

Sennen Goroshi ! (talk) 07:36, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Harvey, please contribute to this talk page the next time you are considering a disruptive edit. Sennen Goroshi ! (talk) 09:07, 26 December 2011 (UTC)  (my comments were removed by another editor, I have undone that removal) Sennen Goroshi !  (talk) 17:28, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Perhaps what I should do is remove all my contributions to the article instead :)

Harvey Henkelmann (talk) 16:40, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

I don't want to get into an dispute over this, I can understand that you have spent time/effort editing this article.

However, I will remove blatant original research and other similar claims that are not backed up with reliable and relevant sources.

I will also revert any attempt to remove pieces of text that help this article.

Why don't you take a short break from editing this article and spend some time finding sources to back up your claims? that might be a far better way to spend your time, as opposed to having a petty, time-wasting dispute. Sennen Goroshi ! (talk) 17:21, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Sound level
There is very spare information on the sound level. There is a current "hype" about a bicycle namend "Hornster" with a mounted air horn, a triple Airchime KH3A. It is said to produce incredible 178 decibels (without any specification of the weighting function). This would be seven orders of magnitude above the max. 106 briefly of downscaled air horns mentioned in the section "United Kingdom", and therefore close to the limit of acoustic waves. Is there any reliable information about the sound level (measured 1 metre in front of the muzzle) of a typical (not downscaled) air horn?--SiriusB (talk) 14:37, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Poland
In Poland train horns are widely used, especially in city centers. The exact specification of signals sounded is in § 12 of this document: https://www.plk-sa.pl/files/public/user_upload/pdf/Akty_prawne_i_przepisy/Instrukcje/Wydruk/Ie-1_od_11.12.2016.pdf Interestingly, no effort has been made to eliminate sound pollution in the past 30 years.