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Post by kelly316 on Jun 3, 2015 14:37:20 GMT
how much does it bother you/awaken you? I found a house that I love, but a train track backs up to the neighborhood. I would like to hear others thoughts on this.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jun 3, 2015 14:39:14 GMT
I don't any more, but I used to live a block away from one of the Chicago Metra trains. I got so used to it I wouldn't even hear it at all... when my BF first came over to my house, he asked 'doesn't the train bother you?' and I said 'what train?' because I seriously didn't even notice it.
It might be different if it was a freight line, and it would depend on how many trains / how long they are.
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Post by grinningcat on Jun 3, 2015 14:39:37 GMT
There's a major train route about a block and a half from my house. I rarely hear it. More often I hear the bell of the commuter train than I do the actual train. The highway about the same distance in the other direction isn't all that noisy either.
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Post by smartypants71 on Jun 3, 2015 14:40:00 GMT
I live very near a train track. I LOVE it! It is very calming to me, and I only hear it at night. Also, I live in a no horn area, so that helps. I'm not sure if I could handle it if the horn blew. Those suckers are loud!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2015 14:40:29 GMT
There is a train that runs somewhere through my neighbourhood. When we first moved here I was 12 I could hear the train at night and kept telling my parents, wondering how far away the tracks were, and for years they swore there was no train in our neighbourhood. (We live in a city, so the tracks actually run right through the city, a few blocks from our house). I called it the Night Train and everyone thought I was crazy until they heard it one night, too!
I say that depending on how close you are, what's between the tracks and your house, and how often the train runs, you may not even notice it at all.
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Post by eebud on Jun 3, 2015 14:42:41 GMT
My first house was in a neighborhood that was next to a train track. My house was far enough away that I usually didn't hear the trains except on the weekends. One thing that was a HUGE hassle was the primary route for me to leave my house to get to almost every place I went, I had to cross the track. This crossing was also close to where the trains would hook up the cars, etc. Every Saturday, if I didn't plan my leaving right, I was sometimes stopped at the track for close to an hour. The train would move VERY slow in one direction and then many times, just as it would get tot he point where it was going to clear the road, it would stop and back all the way up and do it again. I swore I would never live close to a track again that handled cargo trains even if I couldn't hear them. On the other hand, if it was a track that handled passenger trains, I would be ok with it as long as I couldn't hear them. Those move through quickly and don't leave you stuck.
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Post by gar on Jun 3, 2015 14:44:59 GMT
I grew up near one and now I live near an air force base but I wasn't/am not bothered by the sounds at all. They certainly haven't ever stopped me sleeping or interrupted my sleep.
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Post by gramasue on Jun 3, 2015 14:45:17 GMT
I grew up in a house that was a few blocks away from a train track. Every day, it went through at around 2 p.m. and would blow its whistle. I loved that sound! My Mom used to tell me that she would know it was time to get me up from my nap. Obviously, I was very young. The sound of a train whistle is very nostalgic to me. I don't recall that we could actually hear the rumble of the train itself, so I guess it would depend on how close the tracks are to the house you are looking at. Maybe ask the neigbours what times the train goes through and then go and hang out for a while [yes, lurk in the neighbourhood! LOL] and see if it bothers you.
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Post by bwife on Jun 3, 2015 14:45:26 GMT
You might notice it at 1st, but then you will get used to it. We used to live about 4 blocks from a train, heard it at 1st, then I was used to it, Never noticed when it came blowing through town. Now we live about 1/2 mile from one. The ONLY time I notice it now is at night, it does not wake me, But if I am laying in bed and we get one where the they are just laying on the horn, You here those. They dont happen too often, but we do get them. For some reason a few conductors think they need to start blowing the horn 1 mile before the crossing, during the crossing and after the crossing. it is SUPER annoying!
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Post by mikklynn on Jun 3, 2015 14:45:46 GMT
We don't live by a train track, but when we visit our son in Montana, the hotel is adjacent to very busy tracks. We actually find the rumble soothing. That said, they do NOT blow their horns in this location.
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Post by lollapealooza on Jun 3, 2015 14:46:02 GMT
We lived near a train track when I was a child. I'm 72 now, and I still love the sound of the train passing. I recently bought a condo with a train track literally in the back yard. I love when it wakens me at night - everything feels so snug and cozy and right with the world. And I love it during the day, any time it goes past. Makes me think of other places and other people. It was one of the major selling points of this property. I'm so happy here.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2015 14:46:34 GMT
There is a lightly used train track that is about 1/2 mile from our house. It rarely runs during the day, but it does run at night. It doesn't bother me. It's not close enough that we can really hear the train itself, but we can hear the horn in the distance.. I actually like it. Not sure I'd like being much closer, though.
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Post by pjaye on Jun 3, 2015 14:46:43 GMT
I think how it impacts anyone else is totally irrelevant, everyone has different levels of noise tolerance. The only way to judge is to be there when the train goes past and hear for yourself how loud it is and how much it bothers you.
I had a friend who brought an apartment on a tram line, she joked to me before she brought it that it was "loud" but she expected to get used to it...she never did and had it up for sale again within 12 months. When I was there I didn't think it was too loud at all, and it probably wouldn't have bothered me.
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Post by gloryjoy on Jun 3, 2015 14:50:19 GMT
We have train tracks about 4 blocks from our house and you get used to it.
They never wake me up. I hear them if I'm awake, but once asleep I am not awakened by them. But I do know that some of them are light on the horn when they go thru here, and some are not!
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jun 3, 2015 14:59:46 GMT
I guess overall I agree with pjaye; it doesn't really matter what any of us think, it's a personal thing for you. And as eebud said, check into how many trains run, and if you have to cross the tracks to get to work, say, drive through the neighborhood during those times of day to see how bad it really is. There is a MAJOR freight line that cuts the town I live in half, basically... they added a second track and are doubling the number of freight trains that go through from about 40 to somewhere upwards of 75. Per day. And there are two stoplights right next to the crossing. If you live on the 'wrong' side of the tracks and have to cross them for your commute, you could have to wait more than 20 minutes just to cross the tracks. There is now a huge multi-year project (5-10 years, I think) in the works to turn that at-grade railroad crossing into an overpass, but I would hate to be any of those homeowners while it's being worked on. It's always a good idea to check out the neighborhood at different times of the day, just to be sure of things like noise, traffic, etc.
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Post by gonewalkabout on Jun 3, 2015 15:04:10 GMT
When I was growing up, we lived for a time in a house with a freight train track right nearby. We became so used to it, it didn't bother us at all.
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Post by jemali on Jun 3, 2015 15:10:45 GMT
My dh grew up in a neighborhood near train tracks. It got to be that they hardly even heard them. And then we went to my aunt's house who lived near the airport. Aunt's family barely noticed planes flying over, but DH said "What was that noise?"
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Post by Really Red on Jun 3, 2015 15:10:59 GMT
I live about 5 miles away from the train - we get maybe 10 or so a day. I LOVE it! I hear it less in the summer (tree growth, I'm guessing) and it just makes me happy. I rarely hear it inside my house, however. I'm at work now and the track is 1000 feet away. It just makes me happy when I hear it.
The trains don't have crossings around here.
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Post by eebud on Jun 3, 2015 15:13:57 GMT
I would start by finding out who owns the tracks and what kind of trains run on it. You can probably find out about how often but whatever they tell you, that can change. Also, if it is freight trains, some times of the year might have more trains running than other times of the year.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2015 15:18:21 GMT
It took a few weeks, but we didn't notice it after some time. It's weird what the brain can tune out when you get used to it.
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Post by giatocj on Jun 3, 2015 15:24:00 GMT
I now live in the house I grew up in, which is very near train tracks. I am so used to them at this point that I honestly don't even hear the trains. I'm sure you will notice them at first, but you'll grow accustomed to them.
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Post by blueswede on Jun 3, 2015 15:26:24 GMT
I live within a block of the train tracks. The houses were built really well so we can barely hear them pass by.
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Post by checkwheelsdown on Jun 3, 2015 16:05:37 GMT
It's interesting to see that so many of us don't mind/love train sounds. I was expecting the opposite and thought I'd be the weird one! I grew up hearing commuter and freight trains rumbling by the next town over. Now I live off a golf course that has a freight line running on the perimeter of the property. As others have said, it's a comforting and soothing noise (for me even with the horn blaring) that fades into the background once you're used to it. Of course you should determine whether you can stand the sound prior to purchasing the house and PPs have given good advice on that. Good luck to you!
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Post by ilikepink on Jun 3, 2015 16:18:10 GMT
I also grew up hearing a freight train, mostly at night. When I did notice the noise, it was soothing. We moved closer to a commuter line, and same thing - you adjust. Now where I live there are several lines that cross through town. While they are not noisy, it is inconvenient, but it's all good!
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Post by theroadlesstraveledp on Jun 3, 2015 16:20:09 GMT
There is a train that runs somewhere through my neighbourhood. When we first moved here I was 12 I could hear the train at night and kept telling my parents, wondering how far away the tracks were, and for years they swore there was no train in our neighbourhood. (We live in a city, so the tracks actually run right through the city, a few blocks from our house). I called it the Night Train and everyone thought I was crazy until they heard it one night, too! I say that depending on how close you are, what's between the tracks and your house, and how often the train runs, you may not even notice it at all. The last part. It doesn't bother me anymore. The trains run pretty regularly and we live about 2 miles from a Metrolink station. Sometimes the freight trains can be loud and will take longer to move. There are other routes to take in and of of the track as well though. Now if you live close enough to where the train makes the house shake then I think that might be a problem.
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Post by Zee on Jun 3, 2015 16:50:57 GMT
I don't anymore, but I lived a block from the train tracks for seven years and it never bothered me, not even in the middle of the night. Everyone lived near the train in that town--it was tiny. I guess we were all ok with it
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Post by zztop11 on Jun 3, 2015 18:44:50 GMT
I live near them and do not hear them at night. They only come through a couple times a day. I absolutely love the sound. It makes me feel secure and like I'm living in the olden days. It's a very comforting sound to me.
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Post by shannoots on Jun 3, 2015 18:55:05 GMT
We used to live right by a train track, like right up a hill from it. It was a freight line. We noticed it when we first moved in but got used to it pretty quickly. It never bothered us. Oh and our kids were all babies/toddlers and it never woke them or bothered them either.
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Post by miominmio on Jun 3, 2015 19:01:08 GMT
We rented close to a railway track while our home was built. After a few weeks I didn't even hear the trains anymore.
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Post by blue tulip on Jun 3, 2015 19:05:48 GMT
freshman year of college I lived in a dorm adjacent to a very well-used train track, both amtrack and freight cars. I came from the near-silence of the country. it took a couple weeks, but eventually my roommate and I didn't even notice (she moved from my hometown as well). even with the whistles, it became a kind of background noise.
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