Any train tracks/routes near you?

[Here No Longer 5,270]

Well, there are train tracks behind my grandma's house (and also my uncle's house, they live only two houses away). There is a train track about 3 or 4 minutes from where I live, but there's literally never a train on it anymore, it seems like.

[Moondrop 💧 743]

Because I am at a station right now... 

[Emperor Azurailo 1,091]

1 hour ago, DripMoondrop said:

Because I am at a station right now... 

In which country is this station? The signals there don't seem to be American, nor French or British.

Edited August 20, 2019 by Emperor Azurailo

[Moondrop 💧 743]

2 hours ago, Emperor Azurailo said:

In which country is this station? The signals there don't seem to be American, nor French or British.

I'm from Austria. I use the train pretty much daily, so if you want I can show you more pictures. 

[Emperor Azurailo 1,091]

4 hours ago, DripMoondrop said:

I'm from Austria. I use the train pretty much daily, so if you want I can show you more pictures. 

Heh, I'd love to! I'm a huge fan of trains. I can already tell the train on this picture is an OBB 6020 Electric Multiple Unit.

[Will Guide 21,325]

6 minutes ago, Emperor Azurailo said:

Heh, I'd love to! I'm a huge fan of trains. I can already tell the train on this picture is an OBB 6020 Electric Multiple Unit.

My job position these past few weeks has been near an electronic train station

[Vocal Analyst 665]

I live only 10 minutes walk from my towns local station, small little thing unlike the main station in town that services London and the rest of the region, but it does the job required of locals to other areas within the county.

[Thuja 3,658]

There’s two different trains that roll through town an industrial one that mostly carries cars and there’s the train for the public that you can take to travel the country with.  I’ve used it to go to Toronto, it’s nice and the staff are helpful.

[Moondrop 💧 743]

7 hours ago, Emperor Azurailo said:

Heh, I'd love to! I'm a huge fan of trains. I can already tell the train on this picture is an OBB 6020 Electric Multiple Unit.

Yeah ÖBB is the local train service. I'll try to snap some photos for you these days!   

I don't get directly to the trains today (maybe omw home but can't promise) but tomorrow again. 

[Patty Thundersnow 4,129]

The main route between Decatur, IL and St. Louis, MO for Norfolk Southern runs through my hometown. Up in Macomb there is a BNSF line that runs through where Amtrak has trackage rights. We've also got a seldom used train track that is owned by Illinois and Midland Railroad, mainly used to move coal from the coal mine below the Kinkaid Power Generating station.

[Lucky Bolt 34,914]

10 hours ago, Lightning said:

The main route between Decatur, IL and St. Louis, MO for Norfolk Southern runs through my hometown. Up in Macomb there is a BNSF line that runs through where Amtrak has trackage rights. We've also got a seldom used train track that is owned by Illinois and Midland Railroad, mainly used to move coal from the coal mine below the Kinkaid Power Generating station.

Decatur! I remember that city from when I used to live there.  

[DixonTheAdversary 1,631]

I live kind of close to a track that runs freight, I don't know the line name or anything like that, all I know is that I can occasionally hear it from my house.

[Anneal 2,194]

3 hours ago, Cpl_Dixon said:

I live kind of close to a track that runs freight, I don't know the line name or anything like that, all I know is that I can occasionally hear it from my house.

It could be Union Pacific or Canadian Pacific owned freight tracks. Both freight companies operate in Wisconsin, mostly connecting Duluth or Minneapolis to Milwaukee or Chicago. Most of the Midwest is scattered with freight tracks – Chicago is a massive railroad hub. 

[Moondrop 💧 743]

On 8/21/2019 at 12:19 AM, Emperor Azurailo said:

Heh, I'd love to! I'm a huge fan of trains. I can already tell the train on this picture is an OBB 6020 Electric Multiple Unit.

Here are some photos of one of the Vienna stations I am at about 5 days per week. 

[IronM17 5,145]

My home village lies directly on the Autobahn 3 and also the Cologne - Frankfurt high-speed line.  It has his pros ( I am really fast in bigger cities) and cons (the nosie). 

Edited August 22, 2019 by IronM17

[Clawdeen 12,110]

Yeah I can sometimes hear the train from my room

[DubWolf 16,619]

Closest track is probably 2-3 miles West.

I remember my old house was likely a good... mile away from a track. That train always passed around 2-3 am so that was a good indicator of what time it was.

[AppleButt 8,669]

There's a Kansas City Southern route about a couple miles East of me where the trains mostly seem to run late at night.   I drive by them to watch sometimes. 

[Aticus the Adequate 249]

Yes indeed! Close to where I live here in Western Sydney is a town called Liverpool, and therein lies Liverpool Station. It pretty much leads to all the places I frequently visit, from the city itself to other suburbs. 

[Splashee 28,537]

I live out on the countryside, on an island, so no train tracks here

[ExplosionMare 18,007]

No, but there's one near my school and one of my previous classes was situated right by it, so I always heard the train depart from the station.

[Woohoo 32,570]

Yes. A new light-rail line is being built by my apartment and will hopefully be in service by next year. 

[EpicEnergy 22,082]

I used to cross a traintrack on my way to work regularly, but there's no train stations near me.

[Props Valroa 26,043]

Yes, the traintracks go right through my property. I can walk out onto them freely.

[Evil Pink One 12,986]

Yes.... 2 actually ...