Working rail roads and their tracks.

[BravoXray]

Also, did you notice the child labor in the casting area?
And all the men wore jackets. My grandfather and our old neighbor always wore jackets when doing yard work.

I saw that one kid working in the foundry, looked like he was 10 or 12 years old. Child labor laws were probably very lax or nonexistent in Britian in that era.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

 

[Hay Dude]

Surprisingly, you'd get used to it.

When I was a kid, we lived right next to the main flightpath of the airport. And today not much further. We just don't notice it anymore. When our cousins would visit from Cincinnati, they'd complain about the noise. Then we'd visit them, and they lived across the street from a major B&O railroad line on the north side of town. We'd complain about the noise.

As for some young people starting out, I'd say those homes aren't in bad shape, and are cheaper than a car. You're at work all day. The trains would lull you to sleep.... until they blew the horn! But you'd get used to it.

I live in between sets of RR tracks. One 1 mile to the north-one 3 miles to the south. They are just in range to hear the train horns which I actually think makes me feel relaxed and happy. It gives me a feeling my area hasn’t been abandoned by industry and businesses along the tracks are thriving (hopefully).

I wouldnt want the extreme noise of being that close where the vibration shakes my dinner plates off the table.

My first home was about 1/4 mile from a medium security county penitentiary. The prison trustees would work in the fields behind my house. First married, my wife and I didnt think much of it. THEY were in more danger entering my house than I was. It was a great starter home and made us a nice profit when we sold.

$35K for a house is a bargain.

 

[MossRoad]

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Wow! That's a neat shot.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

 

[MossRoad]

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Run around.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Off the back of the train Car.

 

[Oaktree]

Surprisingly, you'd get used to it.

When I was a kid, we lived right next to the main flightpath of the airport. And today not much further. We just don't notice it anymore. When our cousins would visit from Cincinnati, they'd complain about the noise. Then we'd visit them, and they lived across the street from a major B&O railroad line on the north side of town. We'd complain about the noise.

And then there's the flip side of this. When we were kids, our city cousins would get kind of creeped out when they'd visit because it was too quiet.

 

[Oaktree]

Cog Railroad...I've been on a couple and they're for steep inclines. My first was in Hong Kong going to the top of Mount Victoria.
They're fairly common in the mountain villages is Europe...
Closest one now is Mount Washington, in New Hampshire

Rode that once maybe 15 years ago. There are some STEEP sections on that!