Trainline parallel to garden. Privacy?

CathA

We lived 2 gardens away from a railway line that ran parallel to our garden when we were kids. This was in the days before electric trains, had just started to swap to diesel but a lot of trains were still steam trains. It was at the top of an embankment so trains gong along there could "look down" in our garden. We had a whale of a time waving at the stokers (think railway children! )
When we sold the house my mum told me not to tell people the trains made the windows rattle in the night (single glazed windows) and I was amazed at that as I NEVER heard them!
And the washing never smelt of poo either!

In 2 weeks you'll not notice it.

Davesnave

Live in the countryside and you'll have the local farmer whizzing past your garden with a tanker full of slurry, hurling it to the four winds.

Ok, perhaps not at 80mph, but you get my drift....or maybe his!

Lily-Rose_3

chris_m wrote: »

Didn't you know? Their speedometers are made by Volkswagen.
:rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::T:T

Re the OP. I wouldn't be put off a train line being close by, but if it looked DOWN onto my garden and house, then yes I would find it a bit offputting. Not sure if it would be a dealbreaker. I guess I would have to see the actual house...

Do you have a link OP?

krlyr

Lived near a train track (main line into London - several trains an hour) for most of my life, bothered me a lot less than the blinkin' flight path that goes right over our house now (so loud we have to pause the telly until it's passed). Even the freight or steam trains that went through weren't that much bother - they weren't every day.

My mum's garden backs onto a track that's positioned higher than the garden, it's probably within 30' of the house, but you barely notice it - it's not a main line so probably one train every few hours, and never heard anything beyond a standard passenger train.

Debt_Free_Chick

Just another train story.

I commute in to London Bridge each day, which usually involves a long slow approach as LB is so busy. Loads of flats in Bermondsey face the track. As the train crawled past one day, I found myself gazing at a bloke sat on the balcony, stark bo****k naked. More so, he was holding Percy and very rhythmically "feeding the ducks" without a care in the World: :eek::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Mickygg

Debt_Free_Chick wrote: »

Just another train story.

I commute in to London Bridge each day, which usually involves a long slow approach as LB is so busy. Loads of flats in Bermondsey face the track. As the train crawled past one day, I found myself gazing at a bloke sat on the balcony, stark bo****k naked. More so, he was holding Percy and very rhythmically "feeding the ducks" without a care in the World: :eek::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Lol your description has brightened my early start to the day!

Davesnave

Debt_Free_Chick wrote: »

, he was holding Percy and very rhythmically "feeding the ducks" without a care in the World: :eek::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Obviously didn't read your sig.....;)

ancientofdays

I used to travel every day on a local train that passed my friend's garden and even though I knew the garden, had sat in it for hours chatting, I had real difficulty picking it out.

Goldiegirl

marksoton wrote: »

I lived in a place in herne hill that was a direct line to Victoria. It was actually great.

As others have stated i'd far rather a train track than a motorway or busy A road.

I've probably looked in your garden.

But you just get a quick impression of lawn or furniture, the trains move so quickly, no ones going to get a good look at anything.

csgohan4 wrote: »

The question is can you sleep with the trains going past until late and so early in the morning?

My mum and dads house house backed on to a railway. When you are used to it, the sound of trains is quite re-assuring, just part of the background to your life

marksoton

Mickygg wrote: »

But in today's world I can't believe sewage is dumped onto the tracks.

Oh you'd be amazed. Especially in storm conditions raw sewage can end up in many places... That windy walk by the sea or river... :eek: