Q: Our house is near some train tracks, where a commuter line runs during the week, but rarely runs on weekends. It is pretty loud when it goes past, but not unbearable. We are about to sell our home, ...

I read “White Noise” in San Francisco, miles from home. I was living in the golden state for an all-too brief time, so far from rural Ohio where I was raised and where I would return to raise my child ...

In the 2022 Netflix film White Noise, a train carrying toxic chemicals gets into an accident and is derailed, unleashing fumes that create an “airborne toxic event.” This chemical spill requires ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said America could soon see high-speed trains after his administration moved to deregulate certain railway noise pollution standards. The Transportation Department ...

The Trump administration is helping clear the way for high-speed rail by easing noise-emission rules, although the reality of a superspeed train is still years away. Transportation Secretary Sean ...

The dynamic range and frequency response required to make sound measurements on passing trains in a variety of environments. The methodologies used to analyze the measured data. The considerations ...

SAN DIEGO — San Diegans may hear more loud train noises through downtown, as the area’s Quiet Zone designation was temporarily suspended by federal officials. Officials with the Federal Railroad ...