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When I was a kid, I lived in a house that had one home between us and the tressel. It's one of those things you get used to over time. The passing of the train at night would stir me from my sleep and I'd wake up briefly, but I'd fall back to sleep immediately.
No, no. I wouldn't do it again. The train crossing can be brutal. It does seem like the engineer is deliberately laying on the horn at 2am. I am stunned out of sleep sometimes, depending on what time I go to bed.
I live four doors down from a freight train crossing. When we first moved here, I'd say the first couple weeks, we couldn't believe it. The horn woke us up in the middle of the night every night. We've lived here a year now and it does not wake us up ever. I guess it's just something we've gotten use to. It goes by several times a day and doesn't bother us.
Some of the most costly housing in Chicago are adacent to the elevated tracks.
In most suburban areas proximity to Metra is a good thing. Being adjacent is not.
There is nary a place in the greater suburban Chicagoland area where at some times of the day or night, you can't hear a comuter or freight train passing through the area.
Generally speaking, people buy homes adjacent to tracks because they cannot not afford the same home in a better location. When it comes time to resell, many of them forget that they are probably going to have to discount X % off similar homes in a better location. This combined with many buyers who will not consider such homes, make them tougher to sell.
Check out the CNR plans for the the EJE tracks to be fully informed.
LOL! I'm thinking of the I Love Lucy episode when they were in the motel room next to the railroad tracs and every time the train passed, their beds moved to opposite sides of the room.
Persoanlly, I would avoid buying a house close to tracks mainly because of resale value.
Anyone here live close to train tracks? (Did I even word that correctly... LOL??)
I'm looking at some homes that have a train route maybe 2 blocks away.
Almost sure it is a freight train too.
Do you stay away from these homes or give them a chance?
For those that bought with train in the area, do you even notice it anymore?
thanx
In some towns, train tracks are a usual thing; and IMO that has to be taken into consideration. When I lived in North Jersey (aged 2-27) train tracks were a way of life, you couldn't get away from them. They were a block away from our house (freight line) then another block from that was the split for the commuter train. At one time they all used the freight track, eventually they closed the one station so we only had freight every now and then.
Did I hear it at night? Sure, even with the windows closed. The older I got the more it bothered me at night.
If you do decide to consider a house by the tracks, try to get the train schedule so you know what you're in for. Also go at different times of the day.
Depending on what type of town it is, the closer to the tracks, the less the house should cost but in a commuter town, that might be the opposite.
I'm about 800 or so feet from a freight crossing (I am terrible at judging distances, but it's about a 4 minute walk) and I don't even notice it. Took about 2 days and I was oblivious. I'd pick a freight vs. commuter any day though - the freight maybe runs 2x a day, sometimes 3x. I grew up not far from a commuter and it was hourly from 5am to midnight. Noticed it a lot more.
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