Many moons ago, I lived about 20 feet from a Union Pacific railroad track. Gotta give credit to the engineers. They really tried to quietly sneak by every morning at 2:00 AM. As quietly as you can sneak a freight train anyways.
I kind of wonder if that’s a better or worse experience than living right next to a major highway.
I live across from level1 trauma center with an active helipad, and across from a busy freight rail line where trains are required to sound their whistle as they traverse the level crossing underneath the skytrain (like a subway but elevated like the Ell) station, as tractor trucks pulling off the highway need to cross under and over to get to the industrial recycling plant.
At any one time we could hear road traffic, subways whooshing to a stop, a helicopter, ambulances, police escorts, fire trucks, and a 100db train whistle about 200 feet away. The guy driving the 3am train is a continual dick as he stands on the bleeding for like 10 seconds.
Sounds rough. But we got triple-pane windows and now all but the whistle is gone. And the highway is Canadian so it’s no big deal.
10 years ago I lived by both at the same time and can tell you the train is quieter unless the conductor has to blow the horn to alert traffic the train is passing. The train ran along the back of our apartment and was about 3 apartments away so maybe 75 to 100 feet from track. The freeway is about a quarter mile (several times further than the train) and semi-trucks are still louder than trains.
Many moons ago, I lived about 20 feet from a Union Pacific railroad track. Gotta give credit to the engineers. They really tried to quietly sneak by every morning at 2:00 AM. As quietly as you can sneak a freight train anyways.
I kind of wonder if that’s a better or worse experience than living right next to a major highway.
I’ve lived by a pretty busy highway that also had a railroad track running along it. Shit was noisy
I can win this.
I live across from level1 trauma center with an active helipad, and across from a busy freight rail line where trains are required to sound their whistle as they traverse the level crossing underneath the skytrain (like a subway but elevated like the Ell) station, as tractor trucks pulling off the highway need to cross under and over to get to the industrial recycling plant.
At any one time we could hear road traffic, subways whooshing to a stop, a helicopter, ambulances, police escorts, fire trucks, and a 100db train whistle about 200 feet away. The guy driving the 3am train is a continual dick as he stands on the bleeding for like 10 seconds.
Sounds rough. But we got triple-pane windows and now all but the whistle is gone. And the highway is Canadian so it’s no big deal.
So forget the last paragraph. Do I win? ;-)
Buried the lede for a humble brag.
I live in a HOUSE in Canada.
Whoa Mr. Money Bags.
10 years ago I lived by both at the same time and can tell you the train is quieter unless the conductor has to blow the horn to alert traffic the train is passing. The train ran along the back of our apartment and was about 3 apartments away so maybe 75 to 100 feet from track. The freeway is about a quarter mile (several times further than the train) and semi-trucks are still louder than trains.
Living next to a highway is so much worse.
I lived next to all the points just before a main railway station. A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WENT LIKE THIS.