Train horn blasts for over an hour near Interbay in Seattle

Residents near the Magnolia and Interbay neighborhoods of Seattle experienced a bit of an earache on Thursday when a train horn blasted for over an hour.

Around 7 p.m., initial reports of the horn came when people posted to Twitter and Reddit to complain about the sudden noise.

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What is going on with the rail yard horn? #Interbay #railyard #seattle

— Ruth Decker Harper (@RuthDHarper) June 9, 2023

Seattle train horn has been blaring for 20 minutes straight… no end in sight…#seattle #TrainAccident #aliens #trainpocolypse #hornpocolypse pic.twitter.com/EPoeEGXDEX

— BruceTrillist (@BruceTrillist) June 9, 2023

Pull it together @CityofSeattle 45 min of this train horn blaring. #seattle pic.twitter.com/DkGgMWlINm

— Gorbin Harris (@wonathon_) June 9, 2023

KIRO 7 went out to the location and found a BNSF train, just north of the Magnolia Bridge and near the Whole Foods parking lot, blaring its horn.
After an hour, the horn suddenly stopped.

Have confirmed it’s a train

— Shawn Garrett (@ShawnGarrett) June 9, 2023

KIRO 7 reached out to BNSF who told us the horn was simply just stuck on an unoccupied train.

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