Originally Posted by
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When I was growing up, one of my friends lived on "Railroad Street" in a valley town off the Youghiogheny river. His front door was about 50 feet from the tracks just up the road from a crossing. You got used to it

That takes a LOT of getting used to.
I remember camping at the YMCA in Cumberland. I thought I was going to have to get up in the middle of the night and open the door to my tent to let the train go through!