Comments for Rail and Reason http://railandreason.com Towards promoting reasonable limits to railway noise and reducing environmental impact. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Railway Noise and Vibration: What is Reasonable? by Jen http://railandreason.com/2012/02/21/railway-noise-and-vibration-what-is-reasonable/#comment-1676 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:18:59 +0000 http://railandreason.com/?p=1374#comment-1676 This is so true, our neighbourhood was relatively quiet a few years back (no complaints) and then CP decided to put a train switch directly behind my fence so now I have trains that idle for HOURS and HOURS directly in my back yard where my kids play. They never took into consideration the health of our neighbourhood and when confronted and asked why they put it there and not 4 houses over in a spot that has no houses and where it is not directly polluting families they said it’s too bad they won’t even concider moving it (they sure are not considerate). CP has never even considered OUR health before they made CHANGES that directly affect us. Yes the train was here before the house was built, but CP has just made changes to suit them and not to suit everyone. We are not asking for a big change we are only asking that the trains that idle for hours and hours at a time many times a day be moved over a few houses down so they are not directly polluting us and they will not accommodate that simple and human request. Shame on you CP

]]> Comment on FAQ: Contacting Canada’s Two Largest Railways With Your Railway Noise and Vibration Problem by trainjane http://railandreason.com/2011/12/15/faq-contacting-canadas-two-largest-railways-with-your-railway-noise-and-vibration-problem/#comment-1675 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:06:09 +0000 http://railandreason.com/?p=1123#comment-1675 Better yet, let’s just fix the regulations…

]]> Comment on FAQ: Contacting Canada’s Two Largest Railways With Your Railway Noise and Vibration Problem by trainjane http://railandreason.com/2011/12/15/faq-contacting-canadas-two-largest-railways-with-your-railway-noise-and-vibration-problem/#comment-1674 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:03:28 +0000 http://railandreason.com/?p=1123#comment-1674 Hello Gary, we understand your frustration…however, we strongly recommend against any sort of blockade or similar action which involves trespassing on the railway’s land. That could well lead to the railway taking action against you instead…as for the Federal Court of Appeal issue in New Westminster, we understand that it is ongoing, and that the only thing being “bought” is time, due to the complexity of the issue.

]]> Comment on FAQ: Contacting Canada’s Two Largest Railways With Your Railway Noise and Vibration Problem by trainjane http://railandreason.com/2011/12/15/faq-contacting-canadas-two-largest-railways-with-your-railway-noise-and-vibration-problem/#comment-1673 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:52:39 +0000 http://railandreason.com/?p=1123#comment-1673 Hello Mr. Willsie, it’s Trainjane…we’ve published a post entitled
“Railway Noise and Vibration: What is Reasonable?” that answers this.

]]> Comment on Noise and Health by Denise http://railandreason.com/noise-and-health/#comment-1660 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:11:58 +0000 http://railandreason.wordpress.com/#comment-1660 In the past 45 minutes there has been SIX trains go past.. ALL of them rattling windows, the floor bouncing, walls creaking, light fixtures rattling – and 2 blown light bulbs.

]]> Comment on The Social Impact of Railways by Denise http://railandreason.com/2012/01/19/the-social-impact-of-railways/#comment-1659 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:57:43 +0000 http://railandreason.com/?p=1179#comment-1659 Mr. Willsie’s remarks are worthless in my opinion, as I posted before : Yes the railroad was here when I bought my house, HOWEVER rail traffic has tripled, approximately, and is expected to double again in the next year, the weight of rail cars has increased, the length of trains has increased, time schedules have changed to accomodate increased traffic and so has the speed of the trains,

Because of bottle necks east and west of the city. This means both trains have to clear this bottle neck, one entering, one leaving, which means speed limits are being ignored, noise and vibration, property damage, sleep deprivation has increased and slamming on the brakes which means slamming cars together, the sound waves coming from these multiple explosions rattles and breaks windows, imagine what it is doing to people’s ear drums —

Mr. Willsie, stop ignoring posts like mine and carrying on a pretense that nothing has changed in decades with rail operations, you have no credibility because you ignore the facts completely.

FOUR train have passed my house in the last half an hour – when I moved in there were approx 6-10 a day, now its every half an hour/every fifteen minutes —

THIS is not the same railroad operation that was here when I bought my house

QUOTE: If you do not like living beside the railway you should move. The railway cannot move.”
Jeff Willsie
President
Ontario Southland Railway End Quote

If you want to buy my house for the price I paid for it prior to the traffic, weight of rail car and train length increase I will gladly sell it to you — just send me a certified cheque and its all yours, mind you given the noise and vibration problems we now have you will be paying approx $50,000.00 over the market price of it today but hey, WTH take one for the “team” you champion Mr. Willsie

We even got a property tax adjustment on our homes given that the CN has destroyed the value in them because no one wants to live in what amounts to an earthquake zone now

]]> Comment on Noise and Health by Denise http://railandreason.com/noise-and-health/#comment-1627 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:59:00 +0000 http://railandreason.wordpress.com/#comment-1627 12:54 PM train just went past ringing its bell, again no one outside at all, no one in sight for 2 blocks – CN will give the same excuse “someone was too close to the tracks”. What really makes me mad is the CN and rail crews dont care that they are harassing babies and children, waking them up from naps, seriously harming their health and well being. With the number of times they slam on the brakes through here too and slam cars together 24 hours a day these innocent babies and children may as well be living in a war zone. Its harming their hearing, and research shows this kind of environment can cause ADHD, startle response, failure to thrive in babies, hearing loss, learning disabilities, anxiety. High blood pressure, hearing loss, cardiac disease, sleep deprivation, imparied cognitive functions, depression, and social problems among adults. This should be treated as a criminal offense IMO

]]> Comment on Noise and Health by Denise http://railandreason.com/noise-and-health/#comment-1626 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:26:29 +0000 http://railandreason.wordpress.com/#comment-1626 12:21 pm Babies napping, but still deliberate harassment after residents were circulating petitions to support Peter’s bill, again, as happens multiple times 24 hours a day one short loud whistle blast passing out townhouse complex. This is harassment because the residents here signed and distributed the petition, it started then and has continued without let up. Complaints to the CN are met with “the engineer says someone was too close to the tracks”. The line is fenced along here, and without fail if we go outside to check there is NO ONE in sight never mind “too close to the tracks”.

]]> Comment on Communities in the News: Health and Environmental Concerns Raised by gary prokovich http://railandreason.com/2012/01/28/communities-in-the-news-health-and-environmental-concerns-raised/#comment-1617 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:11:20 +0000 http://railandreason.com/?p=1304#comment-1617 David Suzuki; where are you ? Come to New Westminster BC and see the Smoke from railroads and noise from worn out engines that BC Southern Railway Lies about they cannot get parts. I have talked to several engineers and said the Co. is full of crap.Inviromental Health and Safety i have contacted do not care. They we will look into the problem and nothing changes. So what happened to pollution control. Carbon taxes imposed are from a corupt gov’t while railroads;planes and heavy semi trucks get away with too much Thank you for your attention. Gary Prokovich

]]> Comment on FAQ: Contacting Canada’s Two Largest Railways With Your Railway Noise and Vibration Problem by gary prokovich http://railandreason.com/2011/12/15/faq-contacting-canadas-two-largest-railways-with-your-railway-noise-and-vibration-problem/#comment-1616 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:41:28 +0000 http://railandreason.com/?p=1123#comment-1616 I think stupid people that say you should move have the railroads buy us out.We never had as much noise as of the last 3 or 5 years until AMERICANS started up everything and treating people like crap! I paid several 1000 $ for double glazed windows which i never needed now the engine noise is so loud &the smoke youn can”t open your windows without having a Diesel Dinner.So what happened to pollution noise control? I know’ raise carbon taxes because it is crap. Politicians think everybody is an idiot which is so far from the truth it makes you want to puke.

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