Just tonight this woman walked up to my dads house telling him what and why she showed up to his home. I understand that she lives just up the street from his place real near the 23rd street grade crossing. she was asking neighbors to sign a petition to stop Trains from blowing their horns into town. I am for the safety of others who need these horns to warn drivers the a train is a coming.
As far as I am concerned with this,I do not and will not sign any Petition. I will give that person a word or two. Of corse you all know what will happen when or if the RR’s where to be forced to silence their horns across this country. I am very angry that some people will stoop to this level to try something this dumb.
And for one thing,I do not and will not sign any Petition to ban any trains from stop blowing their horns,PERIOD. Id like to tell people like that,You don’t like the sound of the horns,then get the hell out of town.
Allan.
I could not agree more! Recenlty CSX was forced to do the same thing in Kingston, NY, which has numerouse grade crossings. This measure will lead to many more accidents. Horns should only be silenced if the right of way is grade separated AND fully fenced off.
Maybe the railroad should instruct the engineers to whistle more just because…not to toot my own horn but sometimes when stupid people like that thumb you, you need to respond with a finger…
Hang in there. A small town in Virginia near where I grew up forbade ALL horns within its civic limits–until the N&W commissioned a study that proved (insofar as such proof is possible) that the no-horn, bell-only policy meant at least one extra driver death per decade.
Ask your “neighbors” if there’s anybody they’d be willng to sacrifice to do away with the tootling? [8)]
hmm…quality of life vs. life. tough choice!
For a good part of the 19th century, most of the 20th century, and all of the 21st, rails have been in place–if you don’t want to hear a horn, don’t buy a place near a railroad. I guess common sense has been outsourced as well.
Her petition might as well be an admission of her own stupidity.
A coworker of my wife’s invited us over to show off his brand new house–you have to cross a mainline on the road to his house, and the new subdivision crosses the same main to get to the rear of the subdivision–and he complains to me about the noise–my reply–didn’t you talk to your realtor?
The devil is in the details, everyone.
Reminds me of the people that buy houses next to O’Hare Airport then complain about the airplanes over their houses! 
Her petition is wasted energy.
I stand with arms akimbo and laugh at her stupidity.
Take that petition away and use your energy for moving AWAY from the track so you wont have to hear the whistle lady.
You hoggers blow em loud as you go crossings everywhere you see em.
These folks need to hear your whistle and fear it because death is rolling down the track.
Look, Listen and LIVE.
I wonder if these same petitioners would be willing to go door to door with a bond measure to pay for grade separations. My guess is that they couldn’t be bothered to do so.
The railroad better watch out!
The next thing you know, the crackpot will be suing the RR for 11.7 million (or something like that) for psycological pain and suffering caused by the horn blasts.
And she will probably find an equally crackpot jury willing to believe her…
Here’s a copy of a letter I wrote which was published in the local paper’s Op-Ed section in response to a letter complaining that train horns were detrimental to the tourist industry in one of our seaside towns here…
Trains whistles or whining: Which is louder?
I can only presume that Mr. XXXXXX (Letters, March 30) was part of a secret government-forced relocation program. That could be the only way that such an astute observer could have been moved next to the railroad tracks without noticing them. Since he was apparently moved there forcibly, through no action of his own, the Oceanside City Council should do what it needs to do to protect him from this menace.
Locomotive engineers have only a horn to warn pedestrians and motorists of their approach. And stopping a 100-ton locomotive, with steel wheels riding on two steel rails, is simply a matter of physics; in other words, they don’t stop on a dime. The horns are there to protect life, and there is just a little matter of federal regulations regarding the use of horns as trains approach crossings. I’d say better a tourist gets disturbed than run over … bad for business.
I never cease to wonder about those who move near railroad tracks or airports and then complain about the noise. Seems that some folks spend more time researching their next meal than they do their next house.
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Nice Harmon
There reasonably priced windows that can provide the necessary sound isolation coupled with in-window air-conditioners if the household doesn’t wi***o install expensive central air conditioning. It is a problem that the local householder can solve himself without endangering others’ lives. That is an important part of the answer.
If someone needs an acoustical consultant there is the National Association of Acoustical Consultants website to check out and they have members all over the USA. Canada and Great Britain have similar associations.
People who buy a house near an existing airport have similar but worse problems and they also cope using this answer. Also schools built near airports.
Stand your ground. If they get the horns silenced the next thing they’ll be after is to have trains stop running period.
Hope you told her if she does not like it then move. You could have asked also why she bought a home so near to a RR crossing[:I][:p][8)]
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Originally posted by BNSF railfan.
I recently saw that Brockville, Ontario is rescinding their whistle ban after a teenager was struck by a train on the second track (she apparently crossed behind the first train, unaware that the second was coming).
Well when people start dieing then the people will do something to bring the horn back.
I heard somewhere that they made a quiet zone a few years back and it was quiet then but the railroad engineers are starting to honk at the crossings.
To all of you out there,I couldn’t agree more. If you don’t like the noise of the Trains when they blow thier horns at the crossings,Then why and the hell did you move there in the first place. Like duu. Man I tell you what,People are so stupid anymore. I would rather hear the Train horns than see someone die. Like common since would tell you this. These so-called “Quiet zones” are a huge mistake. I know this may sound cold but,If the complainers want to complain,fine. Just don’t expect me to call for help when I see (someone) being draged down the Tracks to their death since their the ones who wanted this stupid new law about quieting of the train horns. But,I WILL feel sorry for the Trains crew who this just happen too. Too all the Train crews out there. Keep on blowing your horns. Remember! SAFTY FIRST! IS ALWAYS A MUST!
Allan.
One of these people who want the railroads to stop sounding horns at grade crossings will be the first to file a law suit when one of their relatives are hit by a train due to their not being able to hear the train coming…GUARANTEED.
Just recently saw this in action as some friends who live near the usual takeoff pattern at our airport replaced the windows in their condo with double-pane, gas-filled models. They weren’t even thinking about the noise reduction aspects but were pleasantly surprised by the significant reduction in exterior noise. That comes in very handy in the evenings.