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Old 12-30-2008, 08:27 PM
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I can say that for the first time in five years, trains pass by our house, and we don’t hear them. We can still hear the Clickety Clack of the wheels, but that God Awful blasting of the horns is gone.
Halleluiah!!!


JLK
I wondered where the train noise went. I live far enough away from the tracks to enjoy the occasional whistle in the distance. However, I am happy to give up that little bit of nostalgia so you and others living closer can now enjoy some relative piece and quiet. I say relative because the clickety clack together with those big diesels aren't exactly quiet.
BTW, I think some of those engineers were sadistic. They would blow that horn continuously for miles. I tried to figure out if there was a pattern but it seems each engineer did as he liked and that was to annoy as many people as he could.