Where would i go to make a complaint about a railroad track being built neat my house?

Question

we currently have a railroad track behind our house but they are putting another one which is going to be unbelivably noisy and very loud which with just one now it causes our house to rattle at times

Answer 1

if they are already building it . your to late as the ok has already been given<

Answer 2

You have no choice but to (a) learn to live with it, or (b) move away.

I understand it's really quiet in Tierra del Fuego.

Answer 3

You are powerless.

Where do you think the phrase "getting railroaded" came from?  If it is already approved by the concerned regulatory entities, moving is your only recourse.

Answer 4

You have absolutely no chance of stopping this.

You knew the railroad was there when you moved in, and it was probably there 100 years before your house was even built.

Answer 5

The sounds that a train makes are a sweet song to me!

Move or learn to live with it

Answer 6

If you have a problem with the noise from the railroad, you shouldn't have moved next to the tracks.  It's like people that move close to the airport and then bellyache about the noise of the airplanes.  

Answer 7

well y'all knew the track was there when you moved in right? and you're not used to the noise and rattling yet? if they are aready building it i think you're a bit to late to stop it now .. sorry.

it seems that a lot of people buy a house next to a railroad track because it's a cheaper purchase in some cases ... but then complain about the noise and stuff from the trains .. i don't get that at all really.

i live near a railroad track in my town and i actually don't mind the noise they make .. guess i'm used to that having lived close to the tracks all my life. i'd say if it's that big of a deal .. you might consider moving somewheres else where it's more quiet?

Answer 8

The railroad was there long before you moved in and they own the property.

Nothing you can do, look in the yellow pages under "realtors"

We constantly get calls from people that buy property knowing full well there has been a railroad there for a hundred years and then suddenly decide they dont like the train sounds.

We used to have a lady we called "Crazy Nancy" that would climb up on the engine at any hour of the night in her nightgown and ask us to move.

Kind of difficult not to laugh but I really sort of felt bad for her, she was probably at least in her 60s.

I doubt this helps much but two lines will not be likely to appreciably add to the noise, in fact it may actually help as the trains can go through smoother without as much stopping and starting.

Answer 9

In the UK the council would arrange for sound proofing like double glazed windows plant trees to screen the sound but on the plus side sell you property to the thousands who love to live by railways if you have enough passing to make it interesting

Answer 10

Too Late as others have pointed out, though you can obviously contact your city council member(s).  If it is a MAIN line, there HAD to have been Environmental Impact meetings within the community before hand.

I'm laughing (sorry) along with many others at the habit of people to move NEXT to an existing rail-line, airport, port, etc and THEN complaining.

The San Carlos Airport has been in place for 70 years... but lately residents of a new condo complex are complaining about the noise, and have filed complaints with the FAA to restrict the airport to operating hours between 10am and 6pm.

The cities of Menlo Park and Atherton have filed suit to BLOCK the construction of the California High-Speed Rail System... the train tracks have been THERE since 1909, their little communities wouldn't EXIST without the train. BUT, they blocked the upgrades to the trackage for CalTrain in 1999, refuse work to be done between 8pm and 8am, and are NOW trying to block the first major infrastructure upgrade in California since the 60's !!

MOVE YOU Poor People !!

Answer 11

Go to your local council, government or department of transport.