From: Scott en Aztlán 
Newsgroups: alt.appalachian misc.consumers misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Do you live near a train track?
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:12:41 -0700

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:14:30 -0400, 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 used to live less than one block from the Mterolink/BNSF tracks. I
lived in that house for two years, and the noise never bothered me.
Like you, after a while I didn't even notice when the trains went by.

These days I live about a mile from those same tracks, although I'm
now a little farther to the east and thus closer to a grade crossing.
It's amazing how far the sound of train horns will carry - I can hear
them loud and clear if my windows are open. It's noticeable, but not
particularly bothersome - if I'm asleep, they won't wake me up.