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Posted 24 September 2016 - 08:57 PM

Mail Tribune, Ashland, OR 9/22:
 

On track to find train noise solution

 

Since trains started running again in Ashland — and tooting horns in the wee hours of the night — many people have asked the city to do something about the racket.

 

At a City Council meeting Tuesday, railroad officials offered information about a hopeful compromise: the creation of “quiet zones,” as allowed by federal law, which governs what trains must do.

 

Citizens complained to the council that loud horns at 3 and 4 in the morning — two long, one short, one long blast at public crossings, as required by federal law — are causing serious sleep problems for hundreds of residents, and could even affect property values.

 

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