Model trains…

[1990RangerinSK]

There’s a full size train on the other side of the road from the house. I can just about hit the tracks with a rock from the front porch. Unfortunately I don’t get to play with it

That's how close mine is, too. Except I don't throw rocks at the tracks. And, no, I don't get to play with it, either. But I get to watch it any time I want.

 

[DILLARD000]

I sit in the back yard, or on the front steps, or in the den, or in the living room and watch 'em. Where I watch from depends on where I am on the property.

Grew up in house, a couple hundred yards from RRTracks; as a kid I was fascinated by trains & still am to a smaller degree.
But suspect parents gratefully slept better on those quiet nights the LocalSwitchEngine was NOT making a 2am run; though they never complained.

 

[1990RangerinSK]

Grew up in house, a couple hundred yards from RRTracks; as a kid I was fascinated by trains & still am to a smaller degree.
But suspect parents gratefully slept better on those quiet nights the local switcher was NOT making a 2am run; though they never complained.

As I mentioned earlier, I'm even closer to the tracks (200 feet). And, there's a crossing a block east of me, and another one three or four blocks west. In the summer when I have windows opened, or when I'm outside, the trains are LOUD. But, once I'm asleep, I don't hear them, AT ALL, even with windows open in the summer.

When I was about 14 years old, my grandfather and I took a trip by train. Ever since, I've had a bit of a love affair with them. I haven't ridden one since, but I've loved watching them.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

I used to live very close as well. And i also got used to the trains at night, they didnt wake me either.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I'm about 200 feet away.

I grew up across the road from it.

 

[Roert42]

I live in a condo for years that had my bedroom window less then 100yrds from the tracks, there was a bridge there too.


could not hold a conversation in the living room while a train was passing, but somehow the sound of the train rolling over the joint on the bridge lulled me to sleep.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

The tressle by my parents is above the house so there isn't really a ton of noise.

 

[Roert42]

live under the L train eh. I hear it’s a popular vacation spot.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Train here is pretty noisy if you’re outside but if you’re inside with everything closed, you don’t even notice it. The longer we’ve lived here the less I notice it even outside

 

[sgtsandman]

It was like that when I lived in Coraopolis, PA. It got to the point that I didn’t notice it unless I was trying to hear the TV or talk on the phone over it.