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SheltieLover

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28. Yes, 1/2 block from freight tracks.

Mon Mar 6, 2023, 08:53 PM

Mar 2023

The noise doesn't bother me, but now I'm horrified after reading all the recent news.

How can I find out whose tracks they are? I just assumed all railroads used all the tracks?

They haul ass through this rural area!

Tyia!

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Anybody else live near train tracks ? [View all] Beachnutt Mar 2023 OP

Not now, but I found a small child on the train tracks once. milestogo Mar 2023 #1

Thats scary, some of these east and west bound trains are going really fast. Beachnutt Mar 2023 #5

I was walking down the street and looked both ways at the train crossing milestogo Mar 2023 #9

Man the thought takes my breath away Beachnutt Mar 2023 #12

It was one of those moments when I really had no choice. milestogo Mar 2023 #19

Hell YES, and thank you. Beachnutt Mar 2023 #21

Thank gawd you were there, had good eyes, and reacted quickly. Silent Type Mar 2023 #34

holy sh... nt ecstatic Mar 2023 #39

I live near enough to hear the horn, feel the vibration when 400 car long train goes by BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2023 #2

Now those are long trains, Wow. Beachnutt Mar 2023 #10

maybe 200 long train double stacked with 400 total containers BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2023 #11

We live a short distance from a short line... EarthFirst Mar 2023 #3

We Have Tracks Through Town ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #4

Dang, I don't think these go quite that fast Beachnutt Mar 2023 #7

The Freights Are Slower, For Sure ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #13

Two miles away from the closest tracks. Love hearing Emile Mar 2023 #6

Some of the engines come thru here Beachnutt Mar 2023 #8

I used to live in a tiny Texas town about 1.5 blocks from the railway Trailrider1951 Mar 2023 #14

I know what you mean, I sometimes wonder that too. Beachnutt Mar 2023 #17

Yes, I live within 4 blocks of the major EW BNSF route. There are two main tracks, thru our small PortTack Mar 2023 #15

Sometimes I marvel at those big trains and Beachnutt Mar 2023 #20

Steel wheels on steel rails. 0ne person can move a rail car by hand. mobeau69 Mar 2023 #22

Take a look at barges BlueSpot Mar 2023 #49

Indeed! PortTack Mar 2023 #50

There are two buildings between my building and the tracks that cut through town Victor_c3 Mar 2023 #16

I'm smiling as I read your story... Beachnutt Mar 2023 #18

Passenger train tracks, very close Alice Kramden Mar 2023 #23

That's not good..ugh. Beachnutt Mar 2023 #24

I live right by the tracks. You're right, you get used to it after a while. The trains go by so brewens Mar 2023 #25

Good one... Beachnutt Mar 2023 #27

Not super close, but close enough to hear them all day and night. niyad Mar 2023 #26

Yes, 1/2 block from freight tracks. SheltieLover Mar 2023 #28

My home is less than 300 ft. from busy CSX double tracks sometimes with long 50mph trains. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2023 #29

GM plant right down the street so I know what you see, Beachnutt Mar 2023 #35

We can see them Bettie Mar 2023 #30

300 or 400 feet - one house between me and the tracks ribrepin Mar 2023 #31

About a half mile away. I can see the trestle from my house. When I used the bike trail that runs hlthe2b Mar 2023 #32

I live near Norfolk Southern tracks between Memphis and Chattanooga. House of Roberts Mar 2023 #33

When we moved to the greater Chicago area, our sons were... 3catwoman3 Mar 2023 #36

Within a few miles. I will say that the new Ohio video freaked me the f out ecstatic Mar 2023 #37

In my whole life MissMillie Mar 2023 #38

I live in a small city that grew from the railroad, elocs Mar 2023 #40

Yes, I live within 4 blocks of the major E/W BNSF route. There are two main tracks, thru our small PortTack Mar 2023 #41

5 blocks away. Half of a mile. Marcuse Mar 2023 #42

We live about 500 feet from Southern railroad tracks JanLip Mar 2023 #43

Too close for comfort. moondust Mar 2023 #44

Train Noise alotus51 Mar 2023 #45

5 blocks from tracks paralleling I-5 through Oregon WheelWalker Mar 2023 #46

6 blocks away from me, there's a Norfolk Southern wnylib Mar 2023 #47

When I lived in downtown Raleigh I was a half mile mnhtnbb Mar 2023 #48

About a mile from the tracks, less as the crow flies Deminpenn Mar 2023 #51

We have a small one track line a bit less than 1 KM from us. DFW Mar 2023 #52

I Wish RobinA Mar 2023 #53