Abstract |
In order to document the noise exposure in the vicinity of a variety of rail yards, noise measurements were obtained at each of the yards. The measurements were conducted over a period of one to two days at each of three locations at each yard. Measurement locations were selected so that the noise of rail yard activities would dominate the noise environment at one or more of the locations for each yard. The remaining locations were selected where the noise of mainline operations, and/or the noise of other noise sources within the community combines with the noise of rail yard activities; the noise measurements at these locations provide information on the difficulty of segregating the noise of rail yard activities from other noise sources at a community measurement location. |