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Train Horns and Whistles - Too Quiet?
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I think it is rediculous that people complain about train horns. I've lived beside railway tracks all my life. (CN and CP mainlines on either side of my house.) Because I have heard them all my life, then it doesn't bother me at all. I can understand the plea of people who live literally right beside the tracks-- close enough to rattle chinaware, etc. But most people should be able to get used to it. I have friends who moved to a house near the tracks. (Their old house was far from any railroad.) At first it woke them up every night when it passed through with the horns blaring. But after about 12 months, they slept right through it. As others have mentioned, people usually don't listen to the horns and bells, ignore the flashing lights, and drive around the gates. But if an unlucky motorist or pedestrian had these warnings, then it obviously isn't the railroad's fault. Its better to have the warning then not. Is a human life more important then an irritated homeowner? <br /> <br />~ðrågóñsläµér <br />
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