Different Wayside Hornsounds

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Different Wayside Hornsounds

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This is something I've come to notice when looking about at Wayside systems. It all started when I found a small video on one of the new Wayside horn systems put into place on the Amtrak Springfield Line (New Haven - Hartford - Springfield) in Meriden, CT at Cooper Street. I went to that crossing in May of this year only to find that it was disconnected and that all trains are treating this crossing as a normal setup. However, thanks to a tipoff courtesy of Youtuber Amtrak Productions, I was pointed in the direction of the next crossing down in Wallingford.
Pent Highway Crossing:

Another example would be here in Edmonds, WA:

The title says it all. This is clearly a different system than what can be found on most other railroads. The tuning sounds closer to a K5LA horn and through a bit of scavenging, the real difference is in the volume of the sound being projected. This K5LA type wayside is slightly quieter at a volume of 110 decibels while the typical type of wayside horn you hear uses a recording that is 130 decibels.

Through some more input on my own video, I was informed of a third type of recording that seems to only be found in Sugarland, TX

Entertainingly, I've heard that recording before in Trainz https://youtu.be/iCt_1HZOU6k?t=668
And of course, the better-known wayside horn that way employed when San Clemente on the Surf Line was turned into a quiet zone:


Considering there is already becoming a variety in what type of wayside horn sound can be implemented into that device, are there or have there been any other examples of Wayside horns with a different sound choice compared to the common Wayside 130 db sound?
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