Some Durango-area residents say the train whistle is louder this summer compared with previous years, but the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad says the historic sound is unchanged. Durango ...

Elaine Kellerman of Parkville cringes when she hears people describe the sound coming from a train’s horn as “noise.” “To me, the whistles of the train, they are like the song of the train,” she said.