A friend: They just bought a house, a one story house, and in back yard theres a 8 foot wall, before they bought the house, they couldnt see on the other side of the wall, they bought it friday, and Today was the first time a train went by! its only 15 feet away from the wall! It stuck above the 8 foot wall, its so loud, in the house you cant even hear the people talking, it was so shocking to see a train, kinda in your back yard! What can they do? Can they get better winodws?
2007-03-25 18:22:37 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Rail
If you looked, and saw what there was, You'd never think a train would be 15 feet on the other side, theres no way to get over on other side, and it was muddy on their side at the time. It's not the horn, its the train its self. I'd love it! I like when the wheels squeek, I work with trains, so i am used to it.
2007-03-25 19:23:15 · update #1
Up grading for sound proofing is the only option, it would seem to me, although it would be expensive. Real Estate law differs from state to state so there may be recourse there to back out of the deal. Of course it would mean giving up the home. But, "caveat emptor" (buyer beware) may apply universally, so I would guess it's a coin toss as to whether they can solve the dilemma now via legal means.
The good news is, since there isn't a grade crossing nearby (I assume) the whistle won't be adding to the sonic problems. If it's any consolation, you do get used to it. It hasn't been that long ago that we were staying at our away from home terminals in shabby trailers on company property, listening to cars bang around as they were switched around the clock and trains on the main line rumbling through. However, trying to keep dishes in place in the cupboard and pictures hanging straight on the wall may prove to be a challenge as well.
I wish them luck.
2007-03-25 19:43:33 · answer #1 · answered by Samurai Hoghead 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No surprise, they just moved there.
In a week or two they won't even notice it. It takes me about 2-3 days before I start sleeping through trains going by... and I'm a railfan!...
Train wheels make noise at the bottom, i.e. at rail height. That 8 foot wall should be blocking the sound pretty well. My hunch is it's going around the 8 foot wall, or bouncing off another wall on the other side of the tracks.
That'll teach 'em to care about who their backyard neighbor is next time. Well coulda been worse, coulda been a pickle factory...
2007-03-25 20:36:00 · answer #2 · answered by Wolf Harper 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would love it because I live about a block away from the tracks and sometimes I mute the TV just to hear the train go by.
As for the sound of the train when I am sleeping I never hear it, just to used to it.
I know this is going to sound crazy but I would like to be the first person to have a house that goes over the track, kind of like the McDonald's in Oklahoma over Interstate 44.
2007-03-26 03:32:10 · answer #3 · answered by railfanalways 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are special windows that are made to keep out sound. In reality your friends will probably get used to the train. I have some friends who live about 100 ft from the train tracks. They said that the first few times the train went by it scared the crap out of them. They've been there for a few years now and they say they're so used to it that they don't really notice it anymore.
2007-03-25 18:33:48 · answer #4 · answered by QandA 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The whistle on a locomotive isn't completely a secure practices a gadget, besides the shown fact that that's its widespread use. yet, it is likewise a communications gadget, with diverse prescribed indicators. consequently, to boot to what has already been noted, this is going to be loud adequate to hold a adequate distance as a sign gadget. Trains are over one and one one million/2 miles long in many cases. So, the whistle would desire to have the skill to hold a minimum of that some distance, as nicely as against any triumphing winds. And, specific, gates and lighting fixtures would desire to be adequate. yet, you recognize what? Pedestrian and grade crossing injuries, injuries and dying toll rises each and each 300 and sixty 5 days, gates and lighting fixtures not withstanding. there grew to become into some Gov't dis-preparation relative to risk-free practices documents. They modern-day figures demonstrating the numbers are trending downward. What they don't assist you recognize is that a pair years in the past they replaced the factors of what constitutes a "reportable" twist of fate. persons that have been as quickly as pronounced below the old paradigm have vanished. Presto! on the spot risk-free practices progression. So, to as quickly as returned sound like a broken checklist, whistles do not continuously artwork. Grade crossing risk-free practices does not continuously artwork. if your ears and eyes do artwork, use them. they are going to keep your life and limbs. And, a sprint basic experience is going an prolonged way. so some distance as sleep deprivation, nicely, if it's going to make you sense any extra advantageous, the crews on those trains could particularly be drowsing as nicely... i'm informed imbibing a liberal quantity of Tequila till now bedtime works nicely for sleep. you purely would desire to not awaken on your individual mattress...
2016-11-23 16:03:11 · answer #5 · answered by pisa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people need to look over the local surrounding before they buy a house.You never know what's on the other side of that wall. How can you buy a house and not do that??
2007-03-25 18:37:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like train spotter heaven.
2007-03-25 22:27:02 · answer #7 · answered by Steamysteam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm surprised they never looked at a map or a plan, or something like google earth or microsoft location finder.
2007-03-25 22:08:45 · answer #8 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yea, they can get better windows, or just enjoy the train.
i'd love to have a train go by my house like that, i love the sound, it's soothing to me.
2007-03-25 18:30:28 · answer #9 · answered by DungeonMaster 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋