Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

The idiots have begun their complaining....

Train noise ticks off Tualatin-Tigard residents

I hope these quiet zones never come to fruition. There was even talk of wayside horns a while back. Once they get in line for their meal ticket five to ten years from now, they'll have all gotten used to it. This project has been in the pipes since 1996 and under construction since 2006. People need to wake up and get with the program. If you don't like the noise of trains, then don't buy a house next to the tracks! Tualatin residents are so snooty and it's not even a super nice part of town. Their attitude drives me crazy.

Basically, the wayside horn seems just as loud as a train horn, but more annoying...

its soo stupid when they start compalining, its like moving by a manure plant and complaining about the smell!

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD YOU LIVE BY THE TRACKS YOU DEAL WITH THE F KING HORN
yes the nose bugges me
not the train horn
but these DAMN ppl that grip about a rail line that was there well before there house

NO QUIET ZONES

The train horn is just as loud as a wayside horn. The only thing is that the train horn sound a heck of a lot better!

Like TRAINMANKIGHT says, if you live by the tracks, you deal with the horn.

If people don't like the noise, then don't live by the tracks.

mwp12290 wrote:The train horn is just as loud as a wayside horn. The only thing is that the train horn sound a heck of a lot better!

Like TRAINMANKIGHT says, if you live by the tracks, you deal with the horn.

If people don't like the noise, then don't live by the tracks.

It just really ticks me off
i used to live next toa 50 trainaday main line theyd blow that horn like a 100 times i didnt mind not even at 1 am
that location now is a quiet zone and only gets 38 total trains now

Tri-Met has done the right thing and has pretty much told people to deal with it. Tri-Met, along with the cities of Beaverton, Tigard, Tualatin, and Wilsonville held public forums before construction began to gauge public reaction and address concerns. Nobody brought up horn noise as an issue so at this point those who live by the tracks are SOL and their window to get anything done about it has closed. Go Tri-Met!

Well...things are getting interesting here. TriMet, the owner of the WES service is appealing to the FRA for horn exemption. The only hitch? They don't own that line; more evidence of TriMet sticking their nose where it doesn't concern them. The line and trains are operated by the Portland & Western and as far as I know, TriMet has no say on whether or not it should become a quiet zone or not. The relationship between the P&W and TriMet has been a tempestuous one to say the least. When WES was first in the planning stages, TriMet went the GWR, the P&W's parent company and asked them to abandon the line so they could make it exclusively commuter rail. The GWR told them under no uncertain terms to go shove it. Ever since then, it's been ugly.

Regardless, the P&W has come forward and told the FRA they do not support the quiet zone requirement and since they own that line outright and operate the WES trains, I'm hoping it will carry more 'oomph' with it. Go P&W!!! No quiet zones!

Interesting twist there...

I favor quiet zones near residences.

Advance warning sign (RXR) then crossbuck sign at the crossing with lights, bells and gates, and now three locomotive lights bearing down,
is not enough?
What else is needed - a written invitation NOT to cross?

Wayside horns are ridiculous.
If I could, I would hack into the wayside horn system and when a train comes the speakers would emit:
"Train is coming. Do not cross the track you dumb s---."