Portal:Trains/Selected picture/Week 48, 2007

Argentine locomotive horn

The horn and numberboards of a locomotive belonging to Ferrosur Roca in Argentina.

Horns like this are most commonly used for internal communication between train staff, i.e. during shunting operations, and for warning purposes to members of the public who are near or on the rail line, for example on a level crossing.

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