I grew up in a town that had several train companies (is that what they were called?) that traveled through varying times of day. My family lived maybe a mile from a track and one could hear the trains at night if windows were open. It "does" depend on the atmosphere conditions etc. PLUS at night sounds travel more because it's also quiet. In the town we moved here from we lived about 6 or so miles from an Interstate. Windows open at night you could hear, though faintly, the traffic sounds from there. Probably mostly semi-trucks that time of night/day. Never in the day-light hours. Also lived about 10 miles from a race-track and you could hear the roar of those too....if outside, not in the house. Again---sound travels at night differently than the daytime. Trains don't bother me as it brings back childhood memories. What would bother me is if you had several tracks to cross to get to shopping, schools or hospitals----which we had to do, so tried to time it accordingly.
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