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<DIV>The other day up at the town center I was</DIV>
<DIV>talking to some boys and girls about 7 yrs</DIV>
<DIV>old - to about 10 yrs old - they were telling me</DIV>
<DIV>how much they loved the trains. Just then a</DIV>
<DIV>train came thru blowing its horn and it was a</DIV>
<DIV>very loud horn. They said Oh yes this train </DIV>
<DIV>has the loudest horn of all the trains. They </DIV>
<DIV>like to sit and watch the trains (but they do not</DIV>
<DIV>sit at the train station to watch) they watch </DIV>
<DIV>from out of the way points to be away from the</DIV>
<DIV>traffic.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I said one day we wont hear the horns any </DIV>
<DIV>more as they are going to put up special gates</DIV>
<DIV>for more safety for the cars - then the horns will</DIV>
<DIV>not blow any more.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>One child frowned and said Oh No - then how </DIV>
<DIV>will we know a train is coming if there are no</DIV>
<DIV>horns any more. We NEVER CROSS THE</DIV>
<DIV>TRACKS HERE WHERE ALL THE CARS ARE -</DIV>
<DIV>IT IS TOO DANGEROUS. WE CROSS FURTHER</DIV>
<DIV>UP OR DOWN THE TRACKS ALL THE TIME.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>She said We cross the tracks everyday all the time</DIV>
<DIV>but never here.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>You know, this is a family neighborhood with MANY</DIV>
<DIV>children. I think to silence the horns is very dangerous</DIV>
<DIV>--you never know when kids love the trains or the tracks or </DIV>
<DIV>have to cross back and forth multiple times in a day. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Find out how the conductor makes a decision to blow </DIV>
<DIV>more than once or twice is important - if you want to</DIV>
<DIV>regulate the horn noise - </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>BUT WE NEED SOME KIND OF HORN TO BLOW</DIV>
<DIV>FOR APPROACHING TRAINS to warn children playing</DIV>
<DIV>on or around the tracks and the homeless. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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