I had an instance where I was at a campground close to railroad tracks. It was the middle of the night and a Union Pacific came through. I fell asleep shortly after. I also stayed in a hotel for a few days close to a railroad crossing where both, Coaster, Amtrak and BNSF pass through and had no issue. People whine too much.
It doesn't even phase me. I have one track outside my window and the train goes by 4 times per day, about 8 hours apart. If I'm sleeping, it never wakes me up unless I'm already about to wake up.
Train horns are actually meant to blow a nice chord, not random noise. Get used to it. Train horns are a beautiful sound. And, they are EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!!!
I hear them in the background when at my jobsite. I really enjoy them. Mostly the K5LA, and P3. Few times I heard the nathan P5 and first generation k5hl.
Its required by the FRA that trains blow their horns four times while approaching crossings that are broken in quiet zones. Long long short long. thats the pattern that is usually commong
i will blow the horn so loud that the residences will wake the f*** up and i will say F*** u, it's you , homeowners' fault for the deaths of many people at this crossing.
@@randomdude440 I love train horns as much as the next person. However, some places it just makes sense to have quiet zones, as long as there is the proper protective equipment. Plus, creating the law you are talking about goes against everything our country stands for. Not allowing a law to be changed if people complain is VERY much against our government system as a democracy, people need to be able to have power in their government.
@@drwho135 lol okay just ignore my argument completely. I guess some people aren’t open to other opinions. You saw 6 words you didn’t agree with, and decided that’s all you needed to read
@@southwestfan7060 I ignored nothing. I did not offer an opinion on the rest of your statements. I commented on a single piece of it. If you feel the need to try and adjust the narrative to negate my statement, feel free. Have a nice day.
@GN I know exactly what they’re used for. If the proper safety measures are there so cars and pedestrians can’t cross the tracks, why not have a quiet zone in a busy city near houses. And yes… everyone gets to chose where they live no matter what /s. In this video alone the people HAD to move there bc their house was damaged… not their choice
@Lazys The Dank Engineer please ignore these underage morons. This quiet zone debate is about as relevant as their stupid opinion regarding a safety device introduced by reasonable people.
1:35 "this is my daughter's room where she's sleeping & faces the tracks" christ that poor child has a snowflake of a mommy. The tracks came before you all did in this segment, you chose the area! Either get used to it or shoo!
(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ "oh my gosh I moved next to train tracks and the trains are so loud" ♥ I used to live next to a railroad station in Fullerton. I loved it. It always helped me sleep at night. The vibration roar of the trains. It was strangely calming like white noise.
I feel like people don’t understand how important train horns are. They’re for the crews safety and your safety. Would you rather have no sleep or no life? Come on people. If you live near the tracks, expect to hear horns in the middle of the night. Just deal with it people
if you don't want to hear the train horns don't live there train horns are history and just plain amazing i would love to live there also people who get hit by trains are idiots because 1. you can hear the rumble,2. lights multiple big lights and ditch lights,3 there freaking huge, 4 going trough crossings when they are down, (semi drivers are not all idiots sometimes they get stuck) your Toyota prius will not get stuck on the tracks
Some people might not be able to leave though... You may say that you would like it, but if it was you being woken up every hour in the middle of the night for days on end, I know my opinion would certainly change. And without a doubt, if you are hit by a train you are 100% at fault. Even if the lights fail or if it's an unprotected crossing, see tracks think train.
Some engineers blow it regardless of whether it's a quiet zone or not to be safe. The noise is meant to be loud so people know it's coming before the train is on the crossing itself
It’s happening as many people have been killed as they were not eligible to hear the horns and were killed walking, and driving. That’s why conductors shall reserve their right to blow horns, regardless of what it may cause. If you cannot sleep, then you may always get earplugs. If you can still hear it then there is technology to block out the sound from your ears.
Lot of people die at busy intersections too. A lot of people die of all kinds of things. It doesn’t balance itself out because of a few deaths a year. It’s not an even correlation. Train horns are a major disturbance of peace, and its chronic. People’s livelihood are more important than unnecessary noise and disturbance of peace
I don’t like it that some railroad crossings are quiet zones. The trains need to sound there horns at all of them. I know some people petition to make them quiet zones but it’s better when they sound their horns going through them.
Theres nothing wrong with railroad quiet zones, people have a right to quiet when theyre trying to sleep. Housing can be hard to find and maybe the housing by the tracks is the only housing available. Im a truck driver and if i have to adhere to a "no jake brake" sign because of a noise ordinance, even though the jake brake helps stop the truck, why shouldn't trains have to follow a similar ordinance with the horn. As long as the tracks are walled off there's nothing unsafe about a quiet zone and anyone hit and killed in them, its their own fault!
@@SouthJerseyRailProductions I’ve slept in hotels near train tracks in horn zones. Didn’t have a single issue. I even camped near some railroad tracks at one point and only got woken up once by a UP and then fell back asleep a few minutes later
Not a single person commenting here evidently bothered to watch the story. These people did not voluntarily move next to railroad tracks. They were displaced from their homes.
This can also wake these neighbors up who's living in their apartments and houses from their bedtime that they're living closer to the trains that are going by with all that horn blast and keeping them up all night.
@@buzzygaming7667 Oh no I don't live closer to the trains, I live far distance away from them so yeah I'm fine from where I'm at I can hear the train horns loud and clear all the way from over there to over here at my house. 🏠👂 🚅🔊🔊🔉🔊
Guess this is the home of the Karen’s. They’ll know what the purpose of the horns are if the railroad crossings fail, or if their car breaks down on the tracks. I think horns sound soothing, and they actually help me sleep at night.
My uncle lives by tracks and I’ve asked him how often the trains come by and he can’t give an answer because it’s just part of his life and doesn’t even notice it. And 4 grade crossings are near his house
let blow the horn i dont care bout Quiet Zone if ya dont like train horn then move somewhere else i m goin to close to a train track when im grow up by my house i love trains
Why do people complain only at trains? They never complain about cars and Never complain about airplanes. Those people who complain only about trains are Karens/Kens. Like come on if you hate train horns then stay there. you will get used to them.
Cry cry cry... I buy a house next to railroad tracks and then cry about the noise... Move next to an air port then cry about that noise too...perhaps you should drive around a few blocks before buying your house or getting an appointment... Just a thought.
my learning is, come to the location in several times, my home is 2500feet from crossing before I buy it , I think 2000 feet is fine, but unfortunately, the train makes first blowing from my point , shortcut about 200 feet,
I live by a train track and I start school early and the train comes at 3AM and it blows it’s horn loud but I Love train so I’m not going to comeplaine
Even in no horn zones at least 1-3 small toots of the horn would probably do so. Reason I say that is because some of us still can't wait a few minutes for a train to pass by because they go around the gates and get smacked harder than they ever felt.
Hope they come to my town and then buy my home which is only 100 feets from the railway, and then enjoy 100db high-frequency good sound in their mind, forever.
@@amjkodaz horns dont save lives, that's a silly train fan thing. In reality people get themselves killed by pulling stupid moves, only time a train will kill someone involuntarily is by derailment or signal malfunction. Horns dont do crap but cause a nuisance.
Well here’s the thing, if there’s no horn, then there’s a higher chance of dumbasses dying because they don’t hear a train coming at full speed and can’t stop
I love seeing all the Karens who come out of the woodwork to complain about the horns when they voluntarily decided to buy homes and condos adjacent to the crossings. They should have thought about this before moving in. And the first lady who acted like she deserved an immediate explanation for why the horns were being blown, is ridiculous. The railroads are under zero obligation to disclose information about their operations to noisy residents.
