LRG Posted October 25, 2010 Share #1 Posted October 25, 2010 The MTA is replacing 300 kaput horns on new $1.3 million subway cars running on the lettered lines, NYC Transit said. Gunk from dirty tunnels was causing the horns to warble more than earlier models, sources said. "It sounds like a shrill elephant," one transit worker said. After workers cleaned them, the horns weren't adhering properly to trains, so transit officials are sending all 300 back to the contractor in South Carolina for replacements. Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/horn_swap_for_mta_shrill_ride_nzbNtlWmi67TOzFks4Ib2O#ixzz13MY7rRHR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cross Harbor RR Posted October 25, 2010 Share #2 Posted October 25, 2010 Throw in the horns from the work trains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share #3 Posted October 25, 2010 Throw in the horns from the work trains. Oh hells yea! But until then, there's gonna be a plethora of R160s sitting in the yards OOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metsfan Posted October 26, 2010 Share #4 Posted October 26, 2010 It would be hilarious ifthey fitted a to one of the cars like mid-train... scare the crap out of people... :cool: - A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapid Transit TO Posted October 26, 2010 Share #5 Posted October 26, 2010 About time they did something with those horns! The horn is probably the most important safety feature the train has for people along the tracks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ MC Posted October 27, 2010 Share #6 Posted October 27, 2010 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metsfan Posted October 28, 2010 Share #7 Posted October 28, 2010 Those are classic, however i think you might get some hearing loss hahaha. I can hear that horn on the CSX locos that go over grade crossings 10 miles away! - A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Law Posted October 28, 2010 Share #8 Posted October 28, 2010 I think it in the tunnels it will echo for a while, would be funny if the trains had horns similar to the one on the geometry train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metsfan Posted October 30, 2010 Share #9 Posted October 30, 2010 I think it in the tunnels it will echo for a while, would be funny if the trains had horns similar to the one on the geometry train. Oh if it was forward facing, you cold hear it all over the various tunnels from one train. Side firing the sound usually propagates out the entrance & street level vents. - A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted October 30, 2010 Share #10 Posted October 30, 2010 Id like to see a Genesis horn on these :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRTFlushing7 Posted October 31, 2010 Share #11 Posted October 31, 2010 Just use those cheap airhorns..my opinion..it will scare the crap out of ppl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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