Rail Safety Week

So I'm reading about this Rail Safety Week thing that's happening on 12th of August in Auckland, and Mainline Steam's Ja1275 will be running a special train, sounds like it will just be doing one loop around the city, so i might go check it out and see if i can get enough shots to make a video.

This has reminded me about how trains in New Zealand don't sound there horn at level crossings or when they do they are just little squeaks, i wonder if the Rail Safety Week will make a change to that? Like the crossing at Horopito where i heard the Northern Explorer hit a car, sure people should always stop and look before crossing a railway line but when i was there a few weeks after this accident the Northern Explorer came silently through with no horn at all to warn motorist and this is a level crossing with no bells or barriers.

South-bound Northern Explorer speeds through Horopito's level crossing without sounding its horn.