Monday, October 10, 2011

Doppler shift, freight trains

There are tons of rail fans uploading to YouTube, and many of their videos let you listen to a nice Doppler shift. Here is one we listened to in lecture today -- one among zillions that you could listen to.



Listen to the trains blow their horn, in the first 45 sec. or so, then a bell ringing at 5:20 and and an excellent horn at 7:15.