My Michigan buddy sent this video a few days ago, notice as the train’s horn passes how the pitch of the sound changes. This is a great example of the Doppler Shift in action. This location is one that I frequented as a trainspotter.
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I had to look up Doppler Shift. Thanks. We grew up alongside a railway line
If you want to spot trains, this is the place to be! We have mainline tracks running through Regina like you would not believe. 😌
Oooohhh I would love to go spotting there! The more tracks the better. I just had a look at CN’s website, they do pass through Regina. They also use the rails in the video that takes the trains from Chicago east to Toronto via a tunnel under the Saint Clair River which divides the US and Canada at Sarnia, Ontario and Port Huron, Michigan. Both places I know well!
https://www.cn.ca/en/our-services/maps-and-network/
I didn’t mind sitting at trains when I was working 😂 but some of them here are rediculously long. I would sit stuck at a train in the morning while texting my boss and office mate while waiting. The installers would sit at the office and wonder if we had all taken the day off.
The solution is to get a different job on your side of the tracks of course! Some of them can be two miles long, maybe more. The trains would sometimes stop blocking the road in town back home, what a damn mess that makes. The train company can be fined if they block it too long. Good!
They do not fine them here. It is just part of life.
Oh, I guess Michiganders are less patient.
I think it’s a man thing, John. 😂. Actually I used to hate being stuck in traffic or standing in line, but it got so that was the only time I could do nothing, zip, zero. So it was my time for a break. ☺️
I’ve never heard traffic described this way!
It’s a woman thing. Kind of our little secret. 🤭