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This is where we live. Notice the train tracks right behind our home? We've gotten used to the periodic rumbles of CalTrain, even the heavy shaking of the freight trains that use the tracks after the last commuter run is done in the late evening. We're lucky in that were not near any gated crossings, so we only occasionally hear trains sound their horns and/or bell.
Not so tonight. About half an hour ago a freight train sounded everything, followed by about a minute of the shrieking sound of a few hundred tons of train hitting its brakes. From eighty feet or so away, that's loud. Train is now idling out there. This says one thing to me: right-of-way incursion, and somebody got hit.
Of course, between that and being back on a high dose of Prednisone, I'm now wide awake.
Not so tonight. About half an hour ago a freight train sounded everything, followed by about a minute of the shrieking sound of a few hundred tons of train hitting its brakes. From eighty feet or so away, that's loud. Train is now idling out there. This says one thing to me: right-of-way incursion, and somebody got hit.
Of course, between that and being back on a high dose of Prednisone, I'm now wide awake.
