Do you have train tracks in your area?
By snowy
@snowy22315 (169894)
United States
August 15, 2018 4:31pm CST
We have train tracks around here but none of them are that close. I would say the closest ones are about a mile away. In fact a mile away in several directions you will find train tracks. I hear trains at night lots of times if the window is open..but I am wondering what track they are coming from. I can't really tell by the sound. My son lives next to a metro rail station and he hears trains entering and leaving the station all the time. He can even hear the conductor..calling out the station. I have been there and heard that as well. Do you get distracted by trains in your area?
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
15 Aug 18
Yes we have quite a lot of train tracks around my area. It's a pain going down some streets as you have to wait a long time until the train passes.
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@snowy22315 (169894)
• United States
15 Aug 18
@Freelanzer In the small town near here..there is a train that goes through about 3pm everyday. Heaven help you if you have to wait for it..because it is about 15 minutes. It is a mainline CSX train I think.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Aug 18
The only time I did not hear trains was when I lived in Florida by the beach.
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@snowy22315 (169894)
• United States
15 Aug 18
Oh then you probably heard the ocean. Where I used to live we had no close by trains.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Aug 18
@snowy22315 Yes if the window was open you could hear it.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
16 Aug 18
Our railway here is 30 minutes by bike from where I live. I can hardly hear the sound.
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@snowy22315 (169894)
• United States
16 Aug 18
I dont hear anything duribgbthe day just at night when its quiet
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@snowy22315 (169894)
• United States
16 Aug 18
@caopaopao I think if you live very close to the tracks your house can even shake a little due to the vibration.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
16 Aug 18
@snowy22315 My husband used to rent a house next to the railway station when he started to work. Every day he sleeps with the roar of the train. Then when he moved downtown. He didn't even get used to the quiet environment at first.
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@snowy22315 (169894)
• United States
16 Aug 18
Whenever, I hear them I am always wondering what track they are on. Some of them are used more than others. Most of them honestly, I have never seen a train on them.
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@LadyDuck (457971)
• Switzerland
16 Aug 18
@snowy22315 I know where the tracks are and where is the closest railway station. Not close enough to get annoyed by the noise.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Aug 18
There is an Amtrak line a few miles away.
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@snowy22315 (169894)
• United States
15 Aug 18
One day when I was doing a focus group in Richmond..in an area they call Shockoe Bottom AKA "The Bottom" an Amtrak train passed within 10 yards of the building I swear. I could look inside the train. Not really sure that was the best place to put an office building!
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
16 Aug 18
we have what they call a "dinner train"..it's mainly for tourists.
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@snowy22315 (169894)
• United States
16 Aug 18
Yes, that seems to be a popular thing. That and tourist trains to see the sites.
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I bet it'd be noisy though if you are near@snowy22315 (169894)
• United States
16 Aug 18
I never hear them other than at night sometimes.
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@snowy22315 (169894)
• United States
20 Aug 18
@lady1993 i just don't hear any during the day.
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@lady1993 (27225)
• Philippines
20 Aug 18
@snowy22315 oh do they run only at night?
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@Aquitaine24 (11653)
• San Jose, California
16 Aug 18
Yes,we have the Light rail and Caltrain nearby
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Aug 18
We have trains all over but you get used to them. I use to live across the street from train tracks and after a week or so unless someone mentioned a train going by I never paid attention or heard them! LOL
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@snowy22315 (169894)
• United States
16 Aug 18
One house i lived in as a kid thebtracks were just on the other sidebof the highway. Sis once lived above train tracks.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
15 Aug 18
We have a lot of trains here and we only hear them if the windows are open as well, we can hear the whistle. Yesterday we were coming through town and the rails were down and lights flashing for the train. We sat for 10 min and then realized that there was NO train. we all had to back up in the street to go around the tracks.
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@snowy22315 (169894)
• United States
15 Aug 18
Hmm, that must have been strange. One time we were taking some back roads home and came upon a train track..we were almost on top of the tracks before we saw the gate coming down. We ended up being pretty close to that train..
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
16 Aug 18
@snowy22315 That would be pretty scary, they should have gates like ours, they go down without the train. lol
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@snowy22315 (169894)
• United States
16 Aug 18
I dont hear vehicles herevtoo often just the people who live in this development.
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@snowy22315 (169894)
• United States
15 Aug 18
It is quiet here..but you do sometimes hear trains. My son just tunes the trains out at his place.
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@anamika161088 (11868)
• India
16 Aug 18
Not in nearby area. Thankfully no distractions from. Triangle which was there where I used to live earlier
