Saw on the news today, installation of the new train crossing "quad gates" has begun. Once the installation is complete, the trains will no longer blow their horns at intersections within the IDL.
http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0808/546826.html
This kinda makes me sad, actually. I live downtown, and I kinda like hearing the trains....
Wonder what happens when the homeless start getting hit by trains.
Seriously though when does my area of Tulsa get this same treatment. I can't wait!!!!
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Wonder what happens when the homeless start getting hit by trains.
they can't get hit because they will all be shipped to admiral and yale.
Only if the train is eastbound.
It will be interesting to see if the engineers (is that what you still call them?) can let go of the habit... After all these years of blowing their horns, I bet they honk out of habit.
Being one block away from those trains all day, I must say...I like them.
I like the horns. I like the look of them and the sound of them going by. The only time I don't like them is when I've decided to go North on Elgin at the same time a train has decided to go east right in front of me.
In a similar story, I can't wait until there's a nice pedestrian bridge crossing over the track connecting the ballpark area with the Blue Dome District.
Talk about a fun sound downtown...the sound of baseball...and commerce...and progress.
The quiet corridor is FINALLY complete:
http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=12002152
I work a couple blocks away from the tracks and the horns drove me crazy. Not the two-toots-at-every-crossing variety, but the jackasses that pulled the string and didn't let go until they'd crossed the river. Even inside the business, it was tough to hold a conversation during that kind of thing - and impossible outside.
Good, glad to see this done!
And one of 'em is already broken.
Quote from: nathanm on February 18, 2010, 02:33:28 PM
And one of 'em is already broken.
How'd we do that so fast?
Quote from: Townsend on February 18, 2010, 02:47:17 PM
How'd we do that so fast?
Drunk cheerleader from Owasso?
Quote from: swake on February 18, 2010, 03:20:20 PM
Drunk cheerleader from Owasso?
HA, never gets old.
Seriously though...one of the Tulsa World comments section trolls decide to live the dream?
Arent most of the trains that go through the corridor robotic trains?
-- as in no one at the wheel?
Quote from: patric on February 19, 2010, 05:41:14 PM
Arent most of the trains that go through the corridor robotic trains?
-- as in no one at the wheel?
I know some are, but I don't think it would reach the level of most.
I was running over the main street bridge this weekend...right over a train and it didn't make a peep. It finally happened and I never thought it would...the quiet zone is in place.
Will miss the Trains Sounds, but I would guess they will only be quiet until someone gets hurt (not that I think someone will.)
Either way what is the point of this silent zone? Guess I have lived near the trains to long to notice or care when they blow there horn.
Quote from: godboko71 on February 22, 2010, 04:18:51 PM
Guess I have lived near the trains to long to notice or care when they blow there horn.
I used to live next to a track where trains would pass by 5 or 6 times a day. It took a couple of days to get used to it, but after that I pretty much tuned them out. I was a little surprised by how easy it was to tune out despite the train perceptibly shaking the house each time the train passed.
To me, the noise of the diesel electric engines climbing even a modest grade was far more noticeable than the horn. When they were traveling the other direction, they were much quieter since the engines were at idle, aside from the whining noise the dynamic brake makes.
They are attempting to do this in Norman too. If anyone here is familiar with Norman the BNSF corridor that runs through the city, and less than a half mile from OU, is one of the busiest freight corridors in the U.S. with sometimes two trains coming through every hour. If there was a ever a place that would benefit the most from a quiet zone it's the central neighborhoods of Norman.
The tragedy in Texas where a train plowed through a parade float, happened in a "quiet zone."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324556304578122851560829868.html
Cant help but think there might be some changes to how these are implemented in the near future.
Is there a crossing issue? Been hearing the trains for a while.
The quiet zone only runs from about Cheyenne Ave to Kenosha.
Are you hearing them inside of "the zone"
Quote from: carltonplace on May 21, 2014, 12:26:32 PM
The quiet zone only runs from about Cheyenne Ave to Kenosha.
Are you hearing them inside of "the zone"
I've been hearing them clearly downtown but I've not noticed them today.