Pierre Schaeffer’s composition Etudes aux chemins de fer is constructed entirely from sounds found at a train station. The piece is like a musical collage, featuring train whistles and the sound ...

I’m used to hearing trains, you don’t grow up in Fort Madison without becoming used to the trains. The clack, the click, that ...

Exactly how loud is the T? An expert said a sound level meter’s reading at one infamous station was “outrageous.” ...