Edmonds neighbors sound alarm over train horn noise

A device designed to make crossings quieter along the city’s waterfront hasn’t worked since December.

EDMONDS, Wash — Jerry Hardie loves the sights and sounds from his Edmonds condo — the birds, the ferries, “it’s all good sounds,” he said. 

Except for one. 

Train horns from the Dayton Street crossing below blast all day and into the night.

“It’s pretty annoying,” said Hardie.

There have been rumblings about the train noise issue in Edmonds for many years.

About five years ago, the city declared the waterfront a “quiet zone” and installed what are called “wayside crossing systems” at two

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