Who lives near a RR

[Medina1128]

I live near the Missouri Northern Arkansas, a short line that serves my town, Clinton, southward into Arkansas.

 

[Gryphon]

Well until Aug 1 I lived near a spur of the BNSF that the Spirit of Washington Dinner Train ran on. Now the track is mostly gone except for the spur to Boeing so only about once a week do I here a train whistle.

[Ballantrae Road]

I live just a few miles away from ther CN "Bala Spur" line. I can't see them but I hear them every day, sometimes 3 per hour, maybe more. Sure sounds nice hearing those horns. Just about anything can be seen on this line. Not sure but I think the VIA rail line to the west takes this line. I may be wrong.

 

Tom

[wrconstruction]

i live right by the gettysburg RR crossing on rt 34 in mount holly springs PA. it used to be part of the old Cumberland Valley System back in the day. they run some old crappy equiptment on it these days the horn on the loco sounds like a car horn, that you cant here over the broken exhuast. they interchange with NS here. still pretty neat

[GAPPLEG]

I live just south of the NS and CSX mainlines from Buffao NY to Cleveland OH. I work right next to them at GE. I'm surrounded by Loco's all day , because we build them here !!

[mopac57]

I live about three miles from a former Rio Grande branchline and a mile from the Kennecott Copper Corporation line between the Bingham mine and the smelter. Never seen anything move on the latter, but on the former I'll occasionally see a UP train or a Utah Railway train (apparently the Utah Railway has some kind of switching arrangement).

When I was a kid, I lived a few miles from a Missouri Pacific branchline in East Texas. Used to get cab rides from the local crew all the time. It's no exaggeration to say that sitting in the cab of a dirty ol' Jenks blue GP38-2 as it shunted woodchip hoppers had a profound effect on me.

[leighant]

Hello,

Anyone live near a railroad line?

I live near what now is BNSF between Tomball TX and Houston.

Tomball!  Back in 1992, I reconnoitered around north- northwest side of Tomball to find where (then) BN and UP (ex-MoP) crossed.  Found an interesting grade separation in the middle of a wooded area.  BOTH tracks, the "over" and the "under" were on rusty thru girders, because a stream crossed under the crossing!  A concrete culvert was lettered with the date 1919.  I shot pictures but do not have them scanned or uploaded to my webspace where I can display them here instantly.

I grew up in Houston with my bedroom a little over 100 feet from one railroad line, 500 feet from a double-track line and level crossing/ interchange, and three blocks from another line.

 

 

 

The tracks have changed a bit but I expect they will be around a while.  On a visit to my late parent's house a few months ago, I photographed re-laying of the Magnolia line (paralleling Harrisburg Blvd) with concrete ties.

Now I am 4 miles or so from the nearest track.

[conrail92]

I live about rate next too some old abandon conrail track that use to serve "mine 31" bethlem owned it. But it was abandoned 10+ years ago sadly :( sniffel. But there have been rumors that they might need to re-open it since they are taking coke out of it. And theres to much for the trucks to handle. But I do live about 10 mins froms the Norfolk Southern Mainline.

[loathar]

I live a couple miles from a CSX branch line. They really let it get run down. Not much traffic. The cool thing is it was just bought by a company called Patriot Rail. They're spending millions to upgrade everything and bring new customers on board. They mostly own old ConRail B units, but lately I've seen some old Geeps with brand new Patriot paint jobs on them. There's a BIG increase in rail traffic in the last 6 months.
http://www.patriotrail.com/

 

 

[johnnyx]

I use to live right across the street from the East Penn RR, they have a yard there at the old freight station.  Now im bout half an hour.  But i still work across the street from it!

[cordon]

We live about a mile from the BNSF single-track, track-warrant-controlled Madill Subdivision in Frisco, TX (about 25 miles north of Dallas).  My son lives about a half mile from the same track in Prosper, TX (five miles farther north), where there is a passing siding.  We are railfans as well as model RRers.  I'm HO; he's N.  We get locals, rock/gravel trains, manifest freights, and the occasional coal train.  At this time of year there's lots of corn oil heading south, and, I assume, west to CA.

About ten miles to the west we have the UP Choctaw Sub, which crosses the BNSF Madill at the shared bridge over the Red River just north of Denison, TX.

About ten miles to the south we have the KCS running east and west.

And then there's Fort Worth - too many to count there. 

 

 

[Anonymous]

I live only a few miles from the Oldest railroad tunnel in operation today.  It is the Providence & Worcester line.  That tunnel is in Lisbon, Ct off of route 12.  I never railfan the P&W line though

[myred02]

I live about 5 blocks away from what used to be the U.S. Army's line through Hopkinsville, KY until they tore it up and built a new interchange track south of town that branches off the origional. It was ex-U.S. Army, exx- Illinois Central Gulf, exxx Illinois Central, exxxx- Tennessee Central.

Now, the closest RR to me is the CSX Henderson Subdivision that runs from Evansville, IN to Nashville, TN. I guess it's about 3 miles from my house. On cold, windless nights, it sounds as if the train is less than a block away.

Like Antonio, no complaints here.

-Brandon

[DDevore]

Yes I do as a matter of fact, about 2 blocks away.  The BNSF and Montana Rail Link in Belgrade Montana.  I grew up a block away from the CNW in Illinois.  My new location is a whole lot better for railfanning.  Later,  DDEVORE

[pcarrell]

I live right next to a CSX double track main out of Indianapolis, Indiana

[K&ARailfan]

I live about 3/4 of a mile from the CSX W&A Sub just north of Atlanta, GA. This used to be the old L&N main line. We get about 50 trains per day, as this is the main north - south corridor between Atlanta and Cartersville, GA. At Cartersville, the line splits, with the W&A Sub going north to Chattanooga, TN, and the Etowah Sub going north to Knoxville, TN. CSX leases the W&A from the State of Georgia, who has owned the track since the Civil War. CSX owns the Etowah Sub outright. We get quite a steady stream of run-through power daily. Union Pacific diesels show up on about every third train. We also get BNSF, NS, and a lot of leased power. Sometimes we're priviledged to see CN, CP, and KCS units roll through. This line does not have Amtrak service. I do remember growing up, watching the L&N passenger trains. I've seen a lot of changes through the years, as the L&N became the Family Lines, Seaboard System, and finally CSX. How lucky I've been to grow up around one of the largest railroads in the nation.

I live 3/4 of a mile from the Etowah (hence the username K&ARailfan)! I live 1 mile outside of Rydal and I hear every train that passes through (roughly 30). I orignally lived along side a busy RTA & Conrail Quad main in Cleveland, OH.

[Anonymous]

CP has a branch line that runs right behind my house, maybe 20 feet off my back fence! Woot! Usually it runs once or twice a day on weekdays while I'm at work. The consist is usually only a single small engine and a couple of box cars.

There's also a larger mainline about 15 minutes away from my house. I think CN and VIA share the line, and GO Transit which operates on it never has the right of way! My LHS is right on the line. Usually when I go there on Saturday mornings I'll see at least one large freight with 2 or 3 diesels pulling car frames or finished cars, sometimes lumber, sometimes covered hoppers and tankers.

Trevor[:)]

[northern_blues]

Our town is on the GO train commuter line, service to and from downtown Toronto. I live about 400 yards from the station, which has been nicely restored.

[Anonymous]

I live near passenger railroads, Amtrak and New Jersey Transit. There are a bunch of freight lines too, I don't know who owns the tracks and such though.

[Anonymous]

I live about 3/4 of a mile from the CSX W&A Sub just north of Atlanta, GA. This used to be the old L&N main line. We get about 50 trains per day, as this is the main north - south corridor between Atlanta and Cartersville, GA. At Cartersville, the line splits, with the W&A Sub going north to Chattanooga, TN, and the Etowah Sub going north to Knoxville, TN. CSX leases the W&A from the State of Georgia, who has owned the track since the Civil War. CSX owns the Etowah Sub outright. We get quite a steady stream of run-through power daily. Union Pacific diesels show up on about every third train. We also get BNSF, NS, and a lot of leased power. Sometimes we're priviledged to see CN, CP, and KCS units roll through. This line does not have Amtrak service. I do remember growing up, watching the L&N passenger trains. I've seen a lot of changes through the years, as the L&N became the Family Lines, Seaboard System, and finally CSX. How lucky I've been to grow up around one of the largest railroads in the nation.

[Anonymous]

I live near the Sante Fe railroad in St. Louis... Sometimes they have other engines from differnt railroads..but I think they might just be coming in from different locations.

[Anonymous]

50 feet from the Timber Rock Ry. (BNSF tracks, leased to WATCO under this name).[:D]

Robert

[Anonymous]

My wife & I live near the UP & BNSF, and I love to see the loco's that I also have on our layout. I have the opportunity to see them when they arrive from the Columbia River Gorge. One time I saw a UP switcher lashed-up to an SP GP40 that had been (CAUGHT & TAGGED) how sad but I loved the view.
TrainsRMe & Mrs TrainsRMe :)

[Anonymous]

Really fun to read about so many people living so close to various tracks! We're about 500 feet from CSX here, and only a few blocks from where Conrail (formerly PRR) intersected with CSX (formerly L & N) in Terre Haute, Indiana. Now, it's all CSX, and the intersection's high maintenance double slip switch has been replaced by switches only. We also have less frequent Canadian Pacific. So, lots and lots of trains all day and all night, and it's true, you get used to the horns sounding like they're inside your house! Twenty years ago, it was possible to get "railroaded" 6 times as you drove across this town! Terre Haute is rich in RR history.

[jhoff310]

I live about a half a block away from the CSX Toledo sub ( detriot/ Cincy line). My old house was about 100' feet away from the tracks. Now all I have to do is look out any window in my house and see the trains go by. I still get excited when I hear a horn or get stopped by a train.
Jeff

[fievel]

[:)] I live 3/4 mile from CSX (B&O), and 5 miles from the Norfolk Southern
West Virginia Secondary (Conrail,Penn Central,NYC).
I am truly blessed,but I sure do envy all those non-railfans who live
along the right of way![8D]

[aussiesteve]

When I was a kid my grandparents lived near a railway line in Victoria. When visiting we would hear the level crossing bells,go racing up the driveway to watch, if the train was going down the hill we would go racing back down the driveway thru the backyard and chook sheds to the back fence and watch the train across the paddocks.[:)][:)]

The house has gone[:(], replaced with a veterinary surgury, the chook sheds are gone [:(], the paddocks are now covered by suburbia [:(!][V], but the trains still run [:D], including until recently a steam hauled passenger train in normal revenue service, with a Victorian Railways R class Hudson leading. [:D][:D][:D]

[georgev]

Back in the mid-80s I lived about 200 feet from the double-tracked GTW line that runs through the suburbs northwest of Detroit. Had clear view of the line from one bedroom window. Mostly GPxxs , double or triple headed. Lot's of high cube boxes, tri-level auto racks and the occasional unit train of coal. And cabooses, which I really miss!

I really thought living next to the railroad was going to be so cool. The first night we were in the house, after working hard all day moving the furniture in, we were woken from a sound sleep like the house was coming down around us. Thunderous noise, the windows rattling - like the end of the world. About that time the light from the locomotive came through the window. It was 5 locomotives pulling a loaded coal train northbound (uphill), throttles wide open and moving at a walking pace. Shook the house a good ten minutes.

Fortunately that didn't happen too often! We got used to the horns in the night even with the windows open. Whenever I heard the train blowing for the nearby crossing I would run to the window to see what was going by. It was pretty neat, but we moved out for a bigger house and more importantly a bigger basement.

gv

[Anonymous]

Forgive my english, I was in a hurry. Although the lines by my house are owned by
UP(was SP untill merger) & BNSF, it's not unusual to see CSX, Conrail, & NS
diesels in my area