I thought I heard the train whistle blowing chug,chug

You are very fortunate Anna.

@LadyDuck I can imagine it was a nightmare to live so close to the railroad station. I would not want to vacation so close to a railroad station because of the noise.

@Marcyaz Yes, I am glad that we do not hear the trains, I remember a year we had a railroad station close to the hotel where we were vacationing. It was a nightmare.

Rusty, it sounds like you don't mind hearing the whistle blowing from the train. Great I bet your grandfather's had some neat stories from their days on the railroad.

@rusty2rusty Sorry to hear your grandfather passed away from leukemia a few years ago and your other grandfather when you were quite young. Did you ever hear any of their stories about the railroad you could share with us?

@rusty2rusty That is a good memory to have of your grandfather at the back of the train and to look to see if you could see him.

I had no idea India had one of the largest railway networks. Were you ever able to become an engineer or or ticket taker on the train.

@thesids Ah even thought you didn't pursue becoming a train engineer you did get to ride in the engine house and even though it was hot inside it was memorable to you. All the wonderful sights must have been amazing. I envy you that trip as it would have been something I would have enjoyed also.

@Marcyaz Nah that remained a dream. I never studied sciences so it was out of question as here, you need to be an Engineer Graduate to apply as a Driver of an Engine. And even I was quite bad at Mathematics so even did not stand a chance to get through the entrance examinations for the ticket examiner aboard a train. However, one of my maternal uncles was a driver for some years and it was a chance that I got into the Engine for about a 300 Kilometer stretch during one of his days. I felt happy that I did not take it up as a profession. There was too little space to move around and to add to my woes, it was terribly hot inside. But yes, despite this, that 300 K, long journey was one of the best I ever had - the scenic views and the fright of looking straight down the Bridges on rivers with almost flooded rivers was worth it.

I don't know about that but it would be annoying to have to hear fire engines and police sirens, ambulances screaming their sirens, to bad you can't move to another neighborhood where you don't have all that noise. I guess if you heard a train whistle it wouldn't be so bad compared to what you are hearing now.

@inertia4 Inertia, at least you can close windows and have your air conditioning going to block out some of that noise of the train and its whistle.

@Marcyaz If I had the money I would move tomorrow. But right now I have to deal with what I have. So I keep my windows closed most of the time. And since it's hot out I have the air condition on, so that masks some of the noise outside.

Well that is quite different being light rail rather than commercial freight. I used to love taking the lightrail when I was living in California.

@Marcyaz It still dings tho when it comes into the station and you can hear the whizz of it which I quite like Marcy.

@TiarasOceanView Wonderful but i never heard that as I did not live anywhere near the lightrail so it was a bus than the lightrail and home was vise versa.

I am sure if it was closer it would be hard to sleep without being disturbed by the noise which can be annoying. I did not hear the whistle blow early this morning but I know I will be hearing it again soon.

@simone10 This time of year there seem to be more trains than usual I guess because of carrying more freight this time of year.

@Marcyaz Yes, it would definitely disturb sleep. Maybe one would get used to it after a while but I don't know if I could. It seems like everytime I go outside, I hear the train so ours must be a very busy one.

Some people do get used to the noise but other people for one reason or another don't. I was stuck waiting for trains to pass last year and sometimes it seemed like there was no end in sight.

Rose, closer to the ground well I know that feeling.

Sounds like you had a wonderful experience on the Amtrak, good you are miles away from a railway station.

Dash, a block away now that is really close and them blowing their whistles even though they aren't supposed to in the city would be very annoying.

@Marcyaz It really is. I think I am pretty immune to it now, but it still is kind of obnoxious. At least I don't have a house that is right up against the train track. That would be even worse.

Being that close and hearing trains all night long would drive a person crazy. At least it would me. Thankfully I am not that close to the trains but occasionally I will hear a train whistle around 4:30 in the morning right now but later this year it will also be in the daytime. Two weeks, yahoooeee.

@Marcyaz You know, it's weird but you kind of get used to it after a while. You'd never think that you'd be able to become accustomed to the rumble of huge freight trains like that, huh?

@yukimori You sure wouldn't think so but I guess like anything else you can become used to anything.

Davis, that is not bad as you do not hear the trains that much so it probably doesn't bother you much.

@Marcyaz I actually rather enjoy the sound of the train whistle as I'm going to sleep.

Kimberly, I have heard that if you live right next to the train tracks it can shake rattle and roll items right off the walls. I am glad to hear you like the trains and the horn as everything has a time and a place for someone.