I live a half a block from a short line. It used to be the Santa Fe. I get to see trains about daily from my front porch. The problem is that it is mostly late at night.
What about you all?
It’s about a seven minute walk to the nearest train station from my place, then it curves away to the north. Of course, this is Queensland Rail I’m talking about.
I live in a neighbourhood approximately 200 yards from CN and CP tracks—I don’t seem to have much luck with my schedule and train schedules----now, if I’m at friend’s studio near Beachville his driveway crosses the CN main----[:-,]
Well depends…To the CF&E about a block.To the NS about 1 mile.
Unfortunatly I am about 6 miles from the nearest rail line. It’s a commutor line (metro North) in Peeskill. CSX and CN only run freights there at night. I can hear their horns when they have to blow for a crossing and can hear the locos late at night when it is very quiet outside. I do get to watch trains by crossing over the hudson river to the westshore line of CSX and can sometimes see 4 or 5 trains in an hour.
I live a half mile from a retired sante fe line that was active in the mid 1900s . You can still see the raised line in some parts of town.
Half mile from the Ex-IC now CN, about 2 miles from the IC&E and 3 miles from the BNSF mainline. I rarely get a chance to catch a train in day light hours though with my work schedule. Sometimes I catch them during the day in the work truck but rarely ever a chance to get a good picture.
Right now I’m living both the closest ever that I have to railroad track (~500 feet), and the furthest I have from ACTIVE railroad track (about 2 miles to the light rail, about 5 miles to the nearest freight)
About 5 Kilometres from the BNSF line where it crosses the border at Peace Arch, and 6 Kilometres from the BCR line that goes to the Roberts Bank Superport. But at night it sometimes sounds like they are blowin just across the field. It’s a nice sound to fall asleep to.[^]
My main house is just a little over 1/2 mile from the Dent Branch of the UP out of Denver. Unfortunately there is about one train a month on it. The UP main from Cheyenne to Denver is about 5 miles east, and the BNSF coming into Denver from Nebraska is about 7 miles east. There are often 20+ trains a day including Amtrak. I can only hear the train horns when they blow grade crossings.
My mountain property is about 2 miles away from the old Colorado Midland Ute Pass summit. There hasn’t been a train there for almost 100 years now.
My “vacation” property is 4 blocks from the old MP Larned Branch. They took out the track about 10 years ago.
Lots of houses - lots of former tracks - no trains to see.
About 30 miles to the CSX line
About 1600 feet in a straight line to the NECR. I’m right between 2 grade crossings. I hear every train - most days that’s 4 trains - the Amtrak Vermonter SB in the morning, NB in the evening - exactly 10 hours apart to the minute if both are on time. I’m 10 minutes South of Montpelier Junction (interchange of NECR & WACR) and an Amtrak stop. The evening Amtrak train can be heard in the Valley blowing for the Northfield crossings at our house (2+ miles) and we can hear it blowing for the next 2 NB crossings also. The horns echo off of the hills - a lovely sound.
We also hear the SB and NB freight on the NECR. There is currently one train in each direction each day (unless they are annulled). Their times are somewhat random, sometimes the SB goes thru before midnight, sometimes much later. The NB is pretty much an afternoon train - but no set time.
During the summer there were many NECR track gangs working - both with a train, or just a couple of hi-rails and on a few occasions a hi-rail crane truck to do the lifting.
Gil
I live about a mile from the mainline of the P & W railroad, (Portland & Western) during weekdays our commuter rail runs on that same mainline,
About 1/2 Blk from the Black Dog Power Plant in Burnsville,MN. Mostly Coal Drags (Snore)
Jimmy
About a mile to the UP (ex MoPac) line running south out of Omaha to Falls City. About 1.5 miles away it parallels the BNSF (ex CB&Q) line running from Omaha to the connection with the Chicago-Denver main about 5 miles south of me.
I live in a fairly new neighborhood and could see the trains everyday, now that all the houses are nearly up, I can hear em and occassionally catch a glimpse.
Ricky
I live around the back. Just about a mile from the Railroad track… The Finger Lakes Scenic Railway that is. Right here in the heart of the Finger Lakes. I can sometimes hear them from my deck if it is very quiet. Gives me another good reason to shop here in town! [swg]
Oh, and we used to have an “Alice’s Restaurant” here too. [:-^]
It’s about a mile, maybe two to the Wisconsin and Southern yard and Union Pacific interchange here. Enough so that when I hear a horn, I know I won’t get there in time.
Grew up within a couple hundred yards of a SR branch. Today I’m about two miles from the CSX (old Nashville, Chattanooga, and St Louis) line from Nashville to Atlanta. Just far enough for the horns to echo lowly at nighttime. Plenty of action along that line. My son actually watches the signals to see of a train is coming and from which direction whenever we drive along it.
Most of my childhood I lived more than 5 miles from the nearest railroad (C&O in southeast MI.) But now I’m about 1 mile from the B&O’s Old Main Line between Baltimore and Point-o-Rocks, MD. CSX still runs an average of one train per hour over it.
About 3.5 mi west of the UP’s LA&SL. Used to get some nice grade crossing horns - but the city recently biult an overpass…
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)