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DrippingWithNectar t1_itpydno wrote

How about dat. Lovely view. We rank 4th in the country for number of railroad track miles! "Plants aren't high, the train is nigh. Plants aren't low, you're good to go"

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Present_Creme_2282 t1_itpz5n4 wrote

New eagle? I grew up down the road from yinz.

Mon valley represnt

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delusions- t1_itq3gxd wrote

I love the sound of trains. I have no idea why.

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courageous_liquid t1_itq9cp5 wrote

Replying to Fitz2001 (#219,138)

PA was at the heart of industrialization and our steel and coal industries made us ideal candidates for rail (and before that, canal) for freight. I think we're like 6-7th-ish in roadway mileage.

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Philly_Phun t1_itqcb8s wrote

How often do the trains come? And does it happen at night?

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theguy401 OP t1_itqedkc wrote

All the time any time 8 to 10 a day

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Swi11ah t1_itqiqw0 wrote

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

have you done the trucker honk your horn gesture to them?

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dustystar78 t1_itqnbjm wrote

I lived on front street, Bridgeport Pa. The freight train that passed twice a day was absolutely deafening. I loved it. 🚂 My favorite part of the neighborhood besides the pizza shop, lol

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bald_alpaca t1_itqvden wrote

Oh wow! I was born in New Eagle / Monongahela hospital

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dc5boye t1_itqvnxl wrote

I got tracks right in my backyard, it wakes me up sometimes at night

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Prometheus505 t1_itrow99 wrote

You have an incredible view! The trains for me would be a bonus

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ocdrod t1_itru42t wrote

Replying to Philly_Phun (#220,156)

Worked for NS in this exact location. They never really had a set schedule but those tracks are used at all times of day and night. Empty trains going south to load coal and bring it back north. I live further down the line in Charleroi.

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ocdrod t1_itru97v wrote

Ah the good ol' Mon Line. Pretty much strictly coal and the locals that service the industries along there as well. Was a cool job on the rails but I don't miss it.

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dresn231 t1_itt06fp wrote

Something like that scares me just like seeing a house on a curved road. In the road example the car goes off the road during a rain/snow/ice storm that car is going straight to the house. If that train derails depending on how fast it's going, it coming right towards your house along with the cars behind it.

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theguy401 OP t1_itt24ch wrote

Replying to dresn231 (#231,314)

They are supposed to be doing 25 tops and it's a straight run past my house is what if is. And they are normally just starting out 1/4 mile away coming the other way they are on the far track

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