The engineer is not blowing the whistle for the fun of it. The following regulation has penalties of up to $3000 for failure to comply.
ยง 214.339 Audible warning from trains.
Each railroad shall require that the locomotive whistle be sounded, and the locomotive bell be rung, by trains approaching roadway workers on or about the track.
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Cool shot, and the previous comment is correct, it is requirement for crews to alert MOW crews.
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Which is why I stated that he was anything but quiet, as the rest of the work crew was ahead of him
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