And at ten MPH, but those Leslie airhorns are at about 130dB or so when the air's fully charged. And the pic goes to show oil and petro products were moved by rail, on not-so-good trackage, so these recent derailments I sincerely doubt are "accidents."
It's amazing that trains went right thru many towns. Even here there is a main line crossing the main streets. Where we now live at the very edge of town there is a track crossing what will soon be a 4-lane bypass. Many nights I hear the train horn at a crossing several miles away. Brings back old memories of the small switch yard only a block from mom and dad's house where my brother and I grew up. Pennys on the track, pulling the levers releasing the brake air lines, and even pushing full RR cars by hand was a passtime on the way to or from school. No school crossing guards and kids walked down the RR tracks. Cars and trucks on the highway, black smoky trains on the tracks. Most of us lived.
It's called "street running" when trains go down streets in cities and there is a big following for it. I'd be late for school a lot in first and second grades because I wouldn't walk under the railroad bridge when trains were going over it, I worried about trolls too, and not the internet type. I actually found a pic of the evil bridge/tunnel of darkness and despair. The pic is way before my time but it looked exactly the same.
This is an interesting pic. There is a lot going on here. I believe the City Tire Shop truck is just crossing the street and didn't get clipped by the train. It clearly is a busy street by the number of cars parked. I wonder if the street is blocked when the train is coming? Looks like a pretty long train. Thanks for sharing.
I did a little research and found a few different towns, but believe it could very well be LaGrange, KY.
