Dunno if this is actually radio related, but thought this community might know something about it.

I was walking down a stretch of railroad that I haven’t explored before when I happened across this metal sign nailed down to the tracks.

It’s pointing toward the nearest railroad crossing and says “790Hz”. Is this a radio frequency one could listen on and hear when the train is passing by? Or something else? I don’t know anything about trains

  • The_Walkening [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    2 days ago

    If it’s not something about signaling, it might be a resonance frequency - I could imagine sympathetic vibrations becoming problematic for the trackbed in spots due to the composition of the ground in some way, similar to earthquakes being able to liquefy soil.