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.
Category Archives: Trains
Railroaded – Imperial Oil Building 225 car rail yard near South East Edmonton
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.
Meeting with Councilor Sohi Summarized
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 …
The 12:14am train last night — you suck!
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, …
Well that one was noisy…
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…
Rail and Reason
I was contacted this morning by the Rail and Reason blog — they appear to be linking to other blogs that are having similiar issues with noisy train in their communities. Go check them out… they have some interesting links into noise and health issues as well as loads of information on acceptable noise and …
Good morning train
Shaking hard enough that I’m almost worried about the windows…
Busy trains here in Tamarack today
Busier than normal day so far, at least six ‘shaker’ trains so far today, not counting the ones from last night.
CN Rail… thanks for the wake up call
Train just rumbled through a couple minutes ago, waking everyone — shook the house enough to pop my son’s door open! That hasn’t happened in a bit, hope we’re not entering another busy season for the train here in Tamarack subdivision.
Teach me, it will!
So yesterday I was thinking that I hadn’t heard any trains for a few days, hadn’t felt the house shake either. And of course I didn’t knock on wood or anything. Last night was brutal, the train that woke me sometime around 4:00 am was a screeching, noisy beast. And today there’s been three memorable …