Re: [Syd] Why do trains sound horn when leaving platform?

[usenet.spam@gunzel.net (Michael)]

canetram59 <canetram59@hotmail.com> wrote in article <3a80ff14@grissom>:

>Its a safety requirement to sound the horn before moving off. It is
>supposed to alert those on the platform and near the track that the
>train is about to move. The guard should already be aware the train is
>about to move as he has blown his whistle and waved a green flag or rung
>a bell in the driver's cabin to say passengers are aboard and it is time
>to depart. Regards

I'm sure there are a few button pushers out there who wouldn't know what a 
train was, let alone if it was moving or not (-:

M.

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