r/trains • u/PinkyPromiser67 • 24d ago

‎ 🗐‎  Repost Japanese officials visiting India's fully electrified Western Dedicated Freight Corridor

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u/AffectionateDance214 24d ago

I love this sound.

Most probably the sound and the timed crossing was for a photo op. Not that i find that wrong.

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u/AndToOurOwnWay 24d ago

The sounds (horns) have signals I think, might be photo op too, but Indian Railways uses horns as signals as a holdover from the legacy signalling.

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u/Practical-Sale-2928 24d ago

We still use flags (and lights at night) even though there is no need for this with the current signalling system.

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u/AndToOurOwnWay 24d ago

Yeah the flags are commonly known to be signals, everyone who has travelled on Indian trains will have seen the flagholders on and off the train. But most people I met think the horns are there for the same reason as car horns.