About 1/8 of a mile from them and the horns are freaking loud when I have the windows open, especially at night. There are some conductors or engineers, whomever blows the horn, that loves to lay on it the entire way through town at night.
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How close do you live to the nearest train track(s)?
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Oomph, I've definitely noticed variation in how they choose to blow the horns from day to day near me. But that's rough, especially since you're probably in a relatively quiet area otherwise!
got train tracks a few hundred yards behind our house, a fire station similar distance to the left, an airport mile or so max and a hospital half a mile in front of us.
Despite that the only one where the noise is ever noticeable is the hospital at night when helicopters fly casualties in - their flight path is right over our house and I've never been able to tune that noise out.
Old house had a motorway few hundred yards behind it - again something I tuned out pretty quickly. Did eventually discover that on a quiet morning lying in bed you could work out if it was raining outside just by the noise of the traffic on the motorway - seemed to dampen it down versus its normal level
Despite that the only one where the noise is ever noticeable is the hospital at night when helicopters fly casualties in - their flight path is right over our house and I've never been able to tune that noise out.
Old house had a motorway few hundred yards behind it - again something I tuned out pretty quickly. Did eventually discover that on a quiet morning lying in bed you could work out if it was raining outside just by the noise of the traffic on the motorway - seemed to dampen it down versus its normal level
Yeah, and other horn blowers who travel through town are more conservative with it and only do it as they approach intersections. That was the case last night. I had the windows open to let the cool air in and the first train to go through after I went to bed wasn't too bad. He (or she) didn't sound it obnoxiously the whole way through.Oomph, I've definitely noticed variation in how they choose to blow the horns from day to day near me. But that's rough, especially since you're probably in a relatively quiet area otherwise!
Thanks, I always forget that Arlo Guthrie didn't write that song.
When I saw "Inside Llewyn Davis" I wondered if the lead character was at least partially based on S.G.
between 1/4th and 1/3rd of a mile for me. Walking distance to the closest light rail station, however, there is a separate line next to it for freight.
Interestingly enough, I'm less than 15 miles from the end of the Union Pacific line. And more interesting than that, where I grew up is next to the other end of that line, in Omaha/Council Bluffs.
Either way, those of you in the Boston/Plymouth/Carver area or in Staffordshire have tracks closer to you than you believe, as you are on the Island of Sodor!
BL.
Interestingly enough, I'm less than 15 miles from the end of the Union Pacific line. And more interesting than that, where I grew up is next to the other end of that line, in Omaha/Council Bluffs.
Either way, those of you in the Boston/Plymouth/Carver area or in Staffordshire have tracks closer to you than you believe, as you are on the Island of Sodor!
BL.
I live about 1/4 km away from main tracks to west coast. Constant train traffic during day, about 1 train per hour. Between 6 pm - 6 am at least 3-4 trains. Large trains that usually consist of 200-300 rail-cars. Trains must sound horns at all intersections, does not matter day or night as it is law. Do not hear them at all as I have lived this close to the tracks for close to 20 years and it grows on you.
I live a few blocks from where the train used to roll through, back when my grandmother was a little girl and her dad was an engineer. The tracks have been gone for decades, but there must be so many memories that once rattled through. All that's left now is a diagonal sort-of clearing and embankment skipping through bits of town. Currently the nearest train would be at least ten miles away on a spur that's used once every one or two years.
Where I used to work at the newspaper a few years ago, trains would rumble through just a block and a half away. Those things are freaky that close. It was a multi-story brick building and you could feel it through the floor on the second story.
Where I used to work at the newspaper a few years ago, trains would rumble through just a block and a half away. Those things are freaky that close. It was a multi-story brick building and you could feel it through the floor on the second story.
I live the wrong side of the tracks!
But in reality, about 2-3 miles to the station. About the same to the tracks I guess. Never hear any trains.
But in reality, about 2-3 miles to the station. About the same to the tracks I guess. Never hear any trains.
I live about 1/2 mile away from an old railroad line that used to run through our nearest town (which remains unincorporated till this day). It's so interesting to ride around parts of our area and see the line in the trees and the fields where the tracks used to be. Interestingly enough, Apple and Google Maps still show the old rail line. My mother's Godmother actually died on the road we live on on the tracks. It's a weird part of my life that is nonexistent and not something I would share with others (because it's nothing really) but it's something that is, at the same time, a part of my life! I hope that makes sense. I also wish the tracks were still there; I think I would have been quite interested in trains if I were exposed to them as a kid.
I don't think there's anywhere in Atlanta that's more than a mile from some tracks.
I can see a set of tracks from our house, so just a couple-hundred feet at most. But those tracks are now inactive after a new power plant was built, and those tracks only served coal trains.
Closest active track is maybe a mile away at most. But the great thing about Atlanta is that 99% of road/train crossings are bridges, so there are very few horns or traffic stoppages.
I can see a set of tracks from our house, so just a couple-hundred feet at most. But those tracks are now inactive after a new power plant was built, and those tracks only served coal trains.
Closest active track is maybe a mile away at most. But the great thing about Atlanta is that 99% of road/train crossings are bridges, so there are very few horns or traffic stoppages.
The track is about 500m away and the railway station is near the closest point.
There is a hill between here and the track, so I never hear the trains.
There is a hill between here and the track, so I never hear the trains.
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I don't live near any trains but I'm only a couple of miles away from Logan Airport and I often hear the planes coming and going. Some days its louder then others.
I'm not under the direct flight path like some people I know - those folks can't hear anything when the planes come in for a landing.
I'm not under the direct flight path like some people I know - those folks can't hear anything when the planes come in for a landing.
