Rouge Plant Noon Whistle? Or Something Else?

**EstateSale** · October-24-17, 04:06 PM

Not exactly in Detroit proper, and hardly the most burning question, but...

I have occasion to be in Dearborn every now and then at the noon hour. Often, I will hear a deep whistle sounding at the stroke of 12:00. I thought it might be the Rouge Complex signalling for lunch or somesuch, but that seems a little far away. I'm usually in the area of Michigan Ave and Outer Drive when I hear it. Does the City of Dearborn have a "noon whistle" I don't know about? I've searched the internet pretty thoroughly on the topic to no avail. I'm certain it isn't the steam locomotive whistles from Greenfield Village.

So...what the heck am I hearing?

**jackie5275** · October-26-17, 12:01 PM

Possibly the Amtrak train that goes through Dearborn around noon.

**EstateSale** · October-26-17, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by jackie5275

Possibly the Amtrak train that goes through Dearborn around noon.

Definitely not Amtrak. I'm usually right next to the tracks when that train goes by, and as a railroad buff I'm familiar with the various horns and whistles. What I'm hearing is more distant and sustained, perhaps 5-10 seconds in duration. It's got to be a factory whistle or municipal time signal, I'm just not sure whose.