The last few weeks have been relatively peaceful but starting yesterday the trains have started getting busier again. As I write this my desk monitor is shaking crazily for the second time this morning.
Wonder if there is any rhyme or reason to these periods of alternating quiet and then busy, busy trains.
For more details on the link I posted in my last entry about a fight to stop a rail yard from being built just a few kilometers south of Tamarack check out the new Railroaded blog.
As promised here’s the rundown. Short Version: Nothing is changing. Trains will stay. They will continue to be noisy. Maple will still be built as planned. Council would like to do something about the train noise and vibration, but they have no authority over CN. Long Version: As I mentioned earlier I thought the meeting …
This train seems determined to win a competition for noisiest. Non stop horn blowing and shaking. Well it is 7am, time to get up and watch some cartoons.
If you planned to check out Tamarack over the next few weeks… don’t. They are repaving the streets in Tamarack and it is a huge hassle to get anywhere. A drive that normally takes 5-10 minutes to drop the kids off at a dayhome ended up being 30 minutes of back and forth. Basically both …
Had an interesting meeting with Councilor Sohi and city planning and bylaw officials. Learned some stuff I didn’t know and hopefully was able to provide them with some new information. Going to let things percolate for a couple days and then I’ll post a summary of the meeting I do have a question for any …
Just received an invite to meet with Councilor Sohi and the Edmonton Planning Dept. I think this is more of a ‘how do we avoid issues in the future’ than a ‘how to fix existing problems’ kind of meeting but if you have anything you think might be relevant to bring up please let me …
Right now and as far into the foreseeable future as I can tell from the subdivision plans Tamarack only has two exits out of the subdivision. When Maple is built, it too will only have two exits, sharing them with Tamarack. Today illustrated a big problem with it. The areas around both exits are still …
Worst train I’ve ever felt came through last night. The shaking was crazy — if I’d been on the edge of the bed I’d probably have fallen off! Of course it did wake the kids, which is always fun in the middle of the night. Don’t know if the driver was just going too fast, …
Nice wakeup call at 5:45am this morning. About five minutes of blasting on the horn and then the grinding of wheels as the train roarer through the subdivision. Been a while since I’ve seriously considering calling a Realtor but this morning is one of those…