WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR US?

We have trains that go thru and around our town and

county. It is just part of life... As it is, they have

removed several tracks and reroute around the

town near me.

But even so, there are people who are complaining

about the noise of the horn as it goes thru the

intersections of the town and near the town. They

say they have lights and some have gates, so no

horn is needed.   Only trouble with all of this is..

we have had several deaths on the train tracks.

Where people just were not paying attention.

We lost two young ladies within weeks of each

other.  Why they decided to come across the

tracks at the time, when the train was coming..

I don't know.. Mostly likely never will.  But as

long as people make mistakes... they have to

take every precaution they can.. so with the

lights and the gates...is horns.

I have lived across the street from train tracks

several times.. It doesn't take long before you

don't even notice them. And where I live now

is about 3 blocks from the trains.. and find even

in the evening... the lonesome call of the horns,

a nice sound..

We have coal trains that have gone thru this town

forever.  But now there are people who are protesting

them.. commenting about the dust from the trains.

As one who has had to wait for the train to go by,

I never noticed any coal dust coming off of it..

But protest they do..

But one man whose words that caught my eye,

in his letter to the editor... WHAT HAVE THE

TRAINS DONE FOR US?  NOT A DAMN THING.

NOTHING.   I had to shake my head.. because if

for some reason the trains were to stop.. He would

find out in short order what the trains do for us.

Food, cars, lumber, you name it.. it is transported

by train....... as well as people..  Maybe we should

ask him... what have you done for us, mister? Not

a damn thing... you can bet..