Will railroad be a problem???

[schultz24]

I am currently looking for a house in the Milwood neighborhood. The house we are looking at is right by the railroad. Does anyone live right next to the railroad tracks in Austin? Is there a schedule that the tain uses? Any information would be helpful.

[nisha]

I'm not in Austin, but I do live right next to the railroad tracks! I don't know what kind of trains you're talking about or what line, but we live 1/2 a block off the BNSF line that runs through our town, and let me tell you, it is a BUSY line!!! (aprox. 1 or more trains every 1/2 hour)
What I can tell you: You'll get used to the noise, make sure every thing hanging on your wall is secure, (no loose nails) and stick little felt circles behind picture frames to keep them from rattling and hitting the walls every time a train goes through. It didn't take more than a few weeks to be able to sleep without hearing the train whistles, around here, they don't "keep it down" because it's nighttime, I think they get a kick out of blowing them more because of it! :nono:

[rdy2rac with]

I've also lived near tracks (about 100 feet from our back fence line).

You really do get used to them. It was funny we even got ot know the sounds. The line behind us was a slight incline & we would play games laying in bed guessing which train it was & in what direction it was going. Definite sound difference from a southbound (downhill) passenger train to an northbound (uphill) loaded coal train.

[tommysgirl18]

I've also lived near tracks (about 100 feet from our back fence line).

You really do get used to them. It was funny we even got ot know the sounds. The line behind us was a slight incline & we would play games laying in bed guessing which train it was & in what direction it was going. Definite sound difference from a southbound (downhill) passenger train to an northbound (uphill) loaded coal train.

I have to say ditto to that.

You could always tell when you had a "newbie" that had never been around train tracks that closely before, because at night time every time one went by they would wake up. But like Kate said, you get used to it after a while. And the shaking of the house kind of rocks you to sleep.

[meliz]

Ohhh... but on WHICH SIDE of the tracks are you thinking of living??? har har

When I was a kid we also lived across the road from RR tracks (before they ripped up all the tracks in the province, :bullshit: )... when we first moved in, I remember that it was like a train going through the house in the middle of the night... the house shook, and the horn! Holy crap! Scared the living daylights out of me. But we got used to it very quickly... and really it got to be that we never, ever noticed them. Now, whenever people came to stay with us, they would always comment on the trains, and we always warned them that they would be awoken in the night in abject terror.:) Do you have small kids? That might make me nervous... but other than that... I'd say don't worry about the tracks.