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I am very noise sensitive and used to live near trains and I never got used to the noise. When I lived by them it was very close. I am now looking at a rental home and it is 2 miles from train tracks. Do you think I will hear these more then just in the far distance?
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If it's a really long stretch of tracks without a crossing, I don't think you'll hear anything. If there is a road crossing, you may hear the train warning horn, especially if the wind is blowing from the tracks to your home.
Go to the house you are considering after you see a train getting near the area, stop you car, get out and give it a listen. You can also check with some of the folks already living there
I live almost exactly one mile from a busy railroad and railroad crossing. I can hear the train whistle if I'm paying attention, but most of the time I don't notice it. The times I do hear it, I find that it's just far enough away to be charming.
At two miles away I would think you'd be okay, but it will depend on how sensitive you are.
It also depends on topography. You'll hear the whistle if you're on a hill and it's down in a valley. It will be a distant sound, but we can't make a determination on how sensitive you'll be to it.
We live a mile from a train track system and the only time we hear the noise is at night in the cool winter and when the weather is dense, then the sound travels at a higher rate at the ground level.
So OP I'd go late in the evening to your apt area, say around 10pm, and if a train is coming at that time period then listen inside your car with the windows rolled up. That'll give you an idea what your up against for noise.
Thank you for your replies and suggestions. I am also going to knock on the neighbors door and ask them or if I see
someone walking. It would be good if I could time when a train is going on those tracks but not sure if that will be possible. It is not a train people ride so there is not a schedule. I think the best idea is to ask a neighbor.
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DH would sleep through it, even if we lived up close.
On some nights, I can hear trains five miles away. Heck, the NYC subway stirred me awake when visiting the area!
Ask him and he would say no problem at all; ask me and I would tell a different story.
I think a lot depends upon both current weather. the local landscape.
I grew up on the bluffs behind the west bank of the Susquehanna River; on the other side was a gravel pit that acted as a sort of natural ampitheater, and the end of a passing siding was directly in front of it. When a train had to start up on a slight upgrade, the sound of the Diesels would carry to our house, a mile and a half away and quite a bit beyond.
But I guess there might be something peculiar -- either the level and nature of the noise or the weather -- that affects how far a particular sound carries from day-to-day. There is a highway crossing about two miles south of where I live. Once in a while I can hear the horns blow for that crossing, but usually not.
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