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Ricco67, you read my message all wrong.

Pookrat, you're on the right track!

The park is not completed yet and residents are already using it.

One main concern I have is that this park is very very close to the railroad tracks. There's a playground only a few feet away from the tracks. At a glance, I dont' see them building anything to eleminate kids from running near the tracks. It's an accident waiting to happen.

However, I must say, the park is a nice addition to our residents nearby. It is beautiful and a reason for them to save the trees. Which incidentally, that's not what happened across the street from the park. They cut all the trees down to build business areas. Sigh... I have such mixed emotion every time I go by this intersection.

Hi, I'm new at this forum. Incidentally, I did a search on "Wayside Horns" and stumbled upon this forum and thread.

I live about 600 ft. from a RR tracks that runs through Cutten Rd., so I hear you! I understand your frustration.

Probably, as many of you, when I saw this house, I felt like "home" and just purchased it. Didn't think much of how close the house was to the RR. Probably it's because prior to moving, I lived in an apartment with the same distance from the RR tracks (FM1960 by Willowbrook) and was not bothered by it.

Besides, finding a home can be overwhelming. I had thousands of concerns and plans running through my head and the simple thing as the noise from a railroad was simply not in my mind. Hey, even if it was, the house, its location near work and its price sure won over the noise.

Personally, I'm not bothered by it and I sleep very soundly at night. It's family and guests that are bothered by it when they come to visit. If they're not comfortable, then, I'm not neither. One person I'm most concerned about is my sister-in-law. She has insomnia and need sleeping pills to put her to sleep. The train sound would cut her sleeping time down to only 2-3 hrs. at night.

Living in this area for over 4 yrs., you can almost learn which engineer is working on the train. Regardless of what the laws say, some engineers work on their horn more obnoxiously than others. As if they have no curteousy at all to the residents. Then, there are some that are very gentle with the horn during the night.

Btw, if you pay attention, the noise usually go through the windows of your home, not so much through the walls. I did changed all the windows to double layers glass but it didn't help as much. Simply, it's because the sound bounces and magnifies through the glass.

Anyhow, so we do agree that there's a problem. Let's find a way to solve it.

I believe that Sugar Land is smart for installing the "Wayside Horns" throughout the city. Residents claimed of good result. This is probably a more reasonable solution for us here in this side of Houston too.

If you really look at the map, there are lots of subdivisions along this RR tracks. I'm sure, we're not the only ones bothered by the train noise.

So, how do we go about requesting the county to install this Wayside Horns system along the RR intersections? After all, we pay tax, right? Let's get together and make this happened! Anyone?

Natalie