The engineer on this Santa Margarita local just taps the horn through Paso Robles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlJaE3LRWYI
Are UP crews trained to use the horn lightly through residential areas?
Or is the crew just being considerate on their own? Just wondering.
I Googled horn rules online. Seems to me the crew is doing everything 100% by the rules:
- Per the CFR, crew can deviate from the LONG-LONG-SHORT-LONG pattern:
"This pattern may be varied as necessary where crossings are spaced closely together."
- Rule does not stipulate the durations of long and short blasts. [
metrr.com]