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As some of you know, I live in the small town of Langenburg, Saskatchewan of about 1000 people. You may also have heard me say that on the CP line that goes through the trains are restricted to 10mph. Many people are rightfully upset that the trains go so slow and have been in contact with CP trying to do something about it. Like the others, I hope that they upgrade the tracks and bring the speeds up soon. But this time, they've gone WAAAAAY to far and in fact I really can't say that I'm proud to live in Langenburg! The town council wants the trains to stop blowing their horns! Yes, just stop! They actually had the nerve to contact CP and Transport Canada to ask if this would be possible! How very intelligent it must have made them look! The response was that such a thing would not be possible unless level crossings with gates were installed. We have three crossings in town (the tracks cut the town in half) and with less than 10 trains a day that go as slow as they do putting gates would be a waste of time and money. This story made the front page of our local paper and in it our mayor, intelligent fellow that he is (I'm using sarcasm there), is quoted as saying that "train whistles don't do anything except wake you up at 3:00 in the morning." The editor of the newspaper is a railfan and has model trains. I wish he'd write an editorial in saying how fooli***his really is.
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