From: Perenty 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Do you live near a train track?
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:50:28 -0400

homeowner@aol.com whined:
> On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:14:30 -0400, in misc.consumers.house Robert Payne
>  wrote:
> 
> 
>>I recently moved into a town that has two train tracks that run
>>through it. At various times in the day and night you can hear
>>commuter and freight trains come by (I live about 1,500 feet from
>>the tracks.) and the engineers always blows the horn!
>>
>>At first I was surprised that nobody complained, but after about a
>>week or so, I got used to the noise, and I kind of enjoy it now!
>>
>>I asked a neighbor just yesterday, “If there was a 24-hour period
>>that NO trains would come through do you think you would
>>notice?” She replied “Yes” but does anyone really know? 
>>
>>Does anyone else live in a town, near the tracks? Any interesting
>>train and/or noise related comments or stories? I am only asking
>>because I have never lived anywhere near trains prior to this move.
>>
>>
>>Bob Payne
> 
> 
> 
> Yeah it's horrible, I hate it.  AT least they don't normally run on Sunday.  The
> first train of the day wakes up the baby EVERY morning.   We asked the train
> dispatcher how many trains run each day BEFORE with bought the house.. well the
> exaggerated a bit.. there are a lot more trains then they told us but they do
> stop running  at 8pm and don't start again until 7am.  The tracks are one block
> away.

Whiny, whiny, whiny