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I live, and am sitting, less than 500 feet from several trains right now. I can hear one rolling on the tracks. I can hear the ding-dong noise they play befor
by cagenut 7y ago
I live, and am sitting, less than 500 feet from several trains right now. I can hear one rolling on the tracks. I can hear the ding-dong noise they play before they close the doors on another.
It is noooothing compared to the honking of any driver who feels like anything in the universe costing them more than one half of a second deserves an airhorn blast. Its nowhere near as annoying as the beep-beep-beep of trucks backing up. Its much fainter than the blasting ambulance and fire truck sirens necessary to pierce the bubble of car drivers attention. Its also much less than the idling engine noise of the delivery vans.
- EForEndeavour 7y agoAgreed. Train noises can be soothing at a distance -- except, of course, any horn blasts. Road traffic is way more stressful, thanks to honking, revving, beeping, and occasional skidding. Also, road sounds remind me of the stresses of driving in traffic, whereas the train rides I've taken in my life have been a lot more peaceful.
- closeparen 7y agoHonking from the (closer!) freeway barely registers. Horn blasts from the level crossing resonate in my chest. When a train zooms by it’s at least over quickly. When it lumbers out of the station and the whole sequence is delivered directly to my window, I just have to pause my conversation/TV show for a minute or two. It was worth the substantial rent discount at the time I lived there, but pretty extreme as noise goes.