this is why i am a train fan. whistle off in the distance and heading at full speed .

[AllaN01Bear]

[Vogon_Glory]

1. Good one!

Thanks for posting.

[wcmagumba]

2. Me too, old or new just love em...Lately, I've been watching travel videos on trains and ships...

on youtube...I never got to travel a lot so enjoy these and other travel shows...

[ItsjustMe]

3. Virtual Railfan

https://www.youtube.com/c/VirtualRailfan/videos

[MuseRider]

4. We have tracks across the road

from our house. There is a house directly across from us and the tracks are behind her house but mostly it is all trees and pasture land. The trains come through frequently and have to blow those horns on either side of our house as the tracks cross the roads. I almost don't hear them sometimes but others they seem really loud but I do love them. I have no real reason to love them, I just do.

[Cracklin Charlie]

5. Have you heard the song

“Both Ends of the Train”?

It’s kind of bluegrass, by a group called Blue Highway. Really fine song, with a high, lonesome sound.

My dad worked for the railroad. I think of him every time I hear a train whistle.

[Totally Tunsie]

6. I love trains, both for watching and traveling.

It's my preferred mode of travel between Providence, RI, and NYC, especially. When my boys were small, my aunt from lower CT would hop on the train to RI for wonderful visits. All my memories of trains are good ones - even when getting "stuck" for hours in a very crowded train after Christmas break and heading back to school.

Late at night when the night is quiet, I can hear the whistle of the last trains coming into the town. It's always so plaintive.

[dameatball]

7. Growing up, we were the third house from the tracks, maybe 100-150 yards or so. The sounds of

an approaching train, the click-clack as it passes, both were peaceful sounds. Of course I never knew any better.

[Ptah]

8. Me too! Big Boy in Tucson!

[Hoyt]

9. Lived close to a train track for 20 years. Loved the sound.

After 10 years they put in an automatic crossing, so no more whistles.

[AllaN01Bear]

10. quiet zones

oh l hate them and they can add up to disaster. people complain , trains are too noisy and i cant handle the sound. they have been telling us to stay a way for over 100 years . hem