Who do you complain to about train noise? They blow their horns at all hours of the night.?

Question

We have no train crossing near us but they lay on their horns continuosly through the night.

Answer 1

the police...they're disturbing the peace

Answer 2

You're not near a crossing - but you are near a track, I take it?

Was the track there when you moved in? If so - you chose to live there, and your home would have been priced accordingly (lower than NOT near a track). You surely must have realized there would be noise. Trains don't operate silently.

Caveat Emptor - sorry.

*PS*  Honestly, I doubt there's anything you can do - train operators do not "lean on their horns" for no reason, usually. There is no noise ordinance covering trains in most counties.

You can try contacting your county offices and/or the railways - in the first instance, just ask if there is any reason signal activity has increased & give days, dates, times etc so they can identify the engines involved.

IF there is unnecessary activity, they may address the issue.

Answer 3

Even though there are no crossings, there could be a number of reasons they're blowing their horn. And plus the tracks were most likely there before you moved in to your house, so there really isn't anything you can do. Engineers HAVE to comply with the rules or it means their *** and their supervisors ***.

Answer 4

Well it ain't the railways fault.  They have to blow there horns because they are telling the condutor signals, telling the tower which way they are going and coming from, and warning level crossings that they're coming.  Maybe you just need to move to somewhere else.

Answer 5

good luck. they blow the horn to warn that they are on their way through. in case crossing signals are not working, etc

Answer 6

What will complaining do? They won't stop trains just for you. The way I see it, you have two options:

1. Get over it.

2. Move

Complaining won't make it go away.

Answer 7

call  your realtor...you need to move.

Answer 8

Petition your town.  The Federal government has created a way towns can apply for a "quiet zone".  Otherwise Federal law requires they blow the horn.

Here's the FRA's official page on the rules change.

http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/1318

Here's Union Pacific's page on the subject

http://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/horn.shtml

Answer 9

Safety regulations require a train to sound it's horn when approaching a crossing or any other time when it needs to warn others of it's approach. I'm afraid there is little you can do about it.

Answer 10

Engineers blow the whistle signals as prescribed by rule for a number of reasons, not necessarily when approaching a grade crossing.

There may be another requirement being addressed.  Contact a railroad supervisor but be prepared for the contact to produce nothing.

Answer 11

Those engineers are required by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to blow the whistles for a number of reasons.  If he/she fails to do so, both the railroad company as well as the individual engineer is subject to steep fines.  Also, I will bet everything I own that those railroad tracks were there way before the houses were, so that was something you needed to take into consideration before you moved there.  My advise?  Invest in some earplugs.

Answer 12

The FRA requires train to blow there horns 1500', 1000', 500' and at the crossing. It federal law.

Answer 13

ummm nothing. trains are required to blow their horns 24/7!!! sorry, you just gotta move!!!

Answer 14

I'll swap with you.