The Borough has received a few complaints regarding the train horns as the trains roll through town. If you have been thinking that the horns are going off a lot, here is the answer we received from NJ Transit officials:
Currently throughout the state, NJ TRANSIT operates in accordance within Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) requirements that all trains sound their horns when approaching grade crossings and stations to warn motorists and pedestrians a train is coming. The FRA has very specific requirements as to when, where, how long, and how loud a train must sound its horn. According to FRA rules, train horns must sound two long blows, one short blow, and one long when approaching a grade crossing. The horn’s sound must be within 96 and 110 decibels at a distance of 100 feet forward of the locomotive in its direction of travel. The engineer must sound the horn between 15 seconds to 20 seconds before the locomotive reaches the crossing.