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Trains aren't (all) loud. I just rode an Amtrak yesterday. It was surprisingly quiet.

• Symbiote 8y ago
  Tight curves tend to be loud, as is old track, or track that isn't welded into very long lengths. Locomotives are quieter than having motors on each carriage. In much of Europe that makes trains quiet, except metro trains with tight curve. People excluded, I think non -metro trains are usually quieter than cars. I've only used one train in the US, which ran on jointed (not welded) track so made the 'clickety clack' noise, but presumably that varies and the North East is better.