[Alberta's Child]

One of the advantages of the four-quadrant gates you describe is that under Federal Railroad Administration regulations, they are one of the key elements of a grade crossing where the trains aren’t required to sound their horns. Towns with a lot of late-night train activity are pushing them because they don’t like the horn noise.

[AnAmericanMother]

That was how it was sold here.

Now, admittedly, the blow post for the south crossing was DIRECTLY outside our bedroom window, so you could say I had a dog in that fight. But after a few weeks, we slept right through it - even in mild weather with the windows open!

Took awhile to get used to NOT hearing the horn after they installed the new crossing!