I live near a CSX line in California - and have never seen so much train traffic as I’ve seen in the past few months.
Thankfully, the state recently moved the tracks up and over the main road so those very long freight trains don’t back up traffic for blocks.
Still, they’re cool to watch and b/c the crossing was taken out, I no longer hear the train horns. Too bad.
My grandparents lived near the tracks in Central California and the clickity-clack sounds and train horns are comforting to me, LOL.
One of my earliest memories is from being three years old, standing in the front seat of the car, which was first in line at a grade crossing. A steam locomotive came thundering down the track, bells ringing, whistle blowing and drivers churning. A magnificent sight in 1945.
Interesting since the CSX system doesn’t go West of the Mississippi.
https://www.csx.com/index.cfm/customers/maps/csx-system-map/
More likely IP.