Heard that sucker last night at 1134 pm as I was lying in bed. Though I live several miles from PTC, it comes through pretty loud & clear at least a couple of times a day. Know what? I love it! Think we could all do with a dose of nostalgia every now and then. And BTW, it IS a safety issue!

Yep Gym, I know the feeling. Grew up in a small town with 4 tracks through the heart of town. The Reading and the Pennsylvania each with a north and south bound track. The town had 4 crossings, and in those days no gates, so there were plenty of whistles around the clock. And those were steam engine days to boot. Diesels didn't appear until my early teens. Anyway I usually went to sleep to the clackety clack of the wheels on the rail joints. Funny thing is as a young bachelor I rented an apartment near a US highway and the damned truck traffic would keep me awake for most of the night. Well that and other bachelor activities.

I am from Enola, PA, home to the Enola yards, a three mile long, 79 track freight classification yard. The railroad built Enola, in more ways than one: a lot of the old buildings had the tongue and groove wooden boxcar sides incorporated into the structures. For one reason or another, in all of my travels, I almost always end up living where I can hear trains.

It's not easy being the carbonunit

Believe we may have touched on Enola a long time ago. While wearing the bell bottoms and stationed at Bainbridge, MD I used to catch a ride as far as Enola with an uncle who was a conductor, and a couple of other train crew guys, from Sunbury. Don't remember if he was with the Reading or Pennsy. His run was from Enola to Renovo. The old thumb got me the rest of the way to MD.

go visit Folkston, GA. Folks come from all over to see them--it's a known prime viewing place due to sheer numbers. When visiting the swamp, stayed at a B&B there where there were several couples staying there for that very reason.