Case Study: Railroad and Train Noise Barrier Solution

THE CHALLENGE

In a good-neighbor effort to shield nearby residents from noise emanating from their switching yard, our Customer enlisted Sound Fighter® Systems (SFS) to engineer and produce a sound wall to mitigate the unwanted noise emanating from one of their switching yards adjacent to a residential subdivision.

Their Objectives Were Two-Fold:

1. Install a sound-absorptive noise barrier sufficiently tall to effectively minimize unwanted noise to nearby residents.
2. Install a sound-absorptive noise barrier that would be visually acceptable to the local community.

THE SOLUTION

Under the guidance of their Acoustical Engineer, Josh Wilson with McCormick-Taylor, the Customer decided to install an 18 ft tall barrier, and selected Sound Fighter® System to design and build it using their sound-absorptive noise barrier system.

Additionally, Sound Fighter® was able to incorporate an aesthetically-pleasing red brick beam design for every section, enabling the noise barrier to receive enthusiastic community approval.

Download PDF of Feature Project – SEPTA

OWNER — SEPTA
SOUND BARRIER — Sound Fighter® Systems’ LSE® Sound-Absorptive Noise Barrier