Lenexa has allocated $350,000 for two horns that should reduce train noise for the more than 1,200 residences and businesses within a half-mile of the Old Town Lenexa railroad crossings.
Wayside horns, already being used in Merriam, mimic train horns but are mounted at the railroad crossing instead of on the locomotive. When the train approaches, the system automatically activates and projects the sound down the roadway toward the motorists who need to hear it. Far less sound goes down the tracks and into the neighborhoods.
The wayside horn system will cover the Plfumm Road and Noland Road crossings on the BNSF Railway tracks, which run adjacent to Santa Fe Trail Drive through Old Town.
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