.Guys,
This is not S related, but I just finished up a seminar/product demo at
a former cold storage warehouse (now artists lofts) right next to the
former SP mainline to the West coast. In the three hour session we had
5 freights pass--2 KCS and 3 UP double stacks. They pass within 30ft of
the building, and the speaker became a little frazzled with the
interrupting noise. I was at the same location about 2 years ago and it
still was pretty much a run-down industrial area just off downtown. Now
about half of that is now gone and very expensive 3 story homes are
going up replacing the weeds, the wreckage of old production machines
and forgotten concrete slabs.
Much of Houston now has quiet zones where the trains don't use their
horns, while in other places there are sound recordings at grade
crossings. I suppose this means, if you're modeling the last few years
or the 'future', you don't need much in the way of sound systems
anymore. And BTW, those pre-recorded horns sound worse than even the
early analog sound boards.
With all this in mind, I will switch back to my transition era railroad
tonite and work on a brass Southwind combine that needs a bit of factory
omitted care. So that's probably going to be my FNF. We have way too
much moisture around here so I probably won't be able to do any much
needed painting again, but that's Texas!
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx.com
