Is it normal that i am starting to develop a serious hatred for trains?

I like trains.

dont tell sheldon

My grandma used to live really close to a train when I was 5 years old and I liked it. I don't remember if it ever woke me up. Now my dad lives really close to one and when I sleep over at his house, the train never wakes me up.

I live a block away from a train and I like the sound of it, I always have. I like how in the rail yards late at night you can hear the cars being linked together and it sounds like thunder. And I still get a little excited when I see the engine(s) or if I see the train come out of a tunnel.

I LIKE TRAINS. *do do do do do do*

A train went by as I read this post. Two horns for every intersection it goes through. They have to. The slower they are, the longer they sound. It interupts conversation and shakes the house.

But one good thing about them, you can scream at the top of your lungs when they go by and no one will hear you. Oh, and you can throw loud parties and no one can complain about noise. The train will always be louder.

I lived close to the train tracks about a year back as well. After about two weeks I found that I wouldn't even notice when a train was going by anymore!

Although the whole "your dad being obsessed with them" thing would most likely grind my gears as well.

Fuck trains. No, seriously! I lived near a train track a while ago, and I couldn't have moved out of there fast enough!!! I hate being woken up by those loud-ass trains!

Apart from the last two years of my life, I haven't lived more than fifty feet from the track. The last place I lived, I was less than twenty feet. From my bedroom window, I could see what newspapers the passengers were reading. When the occasional steam train went past in summer, the bedroom would fill with diesel smoke. Heavy freight was carried twice per hour from about midnight to about 6am. Monthly renovation work was carried out at 4am Sunday morning and was very, very noisy indeed. Where I grew up, it wasn't just one line but four, two east-west and two north-south (I was at the confluence of two seperate lines).

I can't tell you how much I miss them. I always slept through the noise (given that I've known it from birth, I guess I'm trained to ignore it). They were a part of my life. I guess for you, the problem is that you moved into that world having not been used to it. Until I read your post, I didn't realise just how much I missed it.

Freaking trains man!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yUo1Ghx3QyI

That would annoy the shit out of me. You're a better person than me, I'd have punched someone or something by now :-S

Don't hate the train for honking, hate the conductor lmao xD
How long has the dilemma with your dad been going on? He sounds like a weirdo with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

Wow awesome, I didnt have time to read your story but I like trains too!

maybe... but your photo is lovely