Train horns are one of the most iconic sounds in modern culture, conjuring images of spaghetti westerns, cross-country journeys, and manifest destiny. Accompanied by chimes, whistles, honks ...

If you play out the sound of a train horn right now, it's probably quite loud, right? This is because the sound you're hearing is moving outwards from the source in a kind of spherical shape.

Jim Kastama has lived with the train noise in Puyallup for more than 60 years. Now, he’s leading the charge to get rid of it. Railroad tracks carrying freight and passenger trains run through ...