In addition to being a fire alarm enthusiast, I am also a bit of a train buff myself, having gone to train shows with my father and collecting model trains to run on an oval layout. But, it is just as exciting to see a train cruising by at high speeds! Where I live, CSX Transportation’s Detroit Subdivision line runs through the southern city limits. But I ask all of you now; do you have a line that currently runs or used to run where you live? If so, what kinds of trains do you see along the line?
I usually see CSX around here. There are tons of rail lines through here. Next time I think of it I’ll take a pic of the huge rail depot in Worcester. That place is HUGE.
Yes, as a matter of fact, my house is just feet from the tracks. We’re in the middle of a BIG transition that’s supposed to bring a large amount of train activity to the city, so for the past year, there’s been lots of upgrade projects going on. I’m more of a crossing signal fan than a train fan, but the process isn’t complete yet and I’m so egar to see what the future wll bring! 
Here’s a link to the press release:
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Just for the record, I live in Mechanicville.
I moved away from the RR tracks where I grew up. I never paid too much attention to them when they were nearby though.
I can often hear trains’ whistles from my room at night…the tracks are only a few miles away from my house. I can’t remember what the engines and cars say on them - it’s like a 4-letter name that starts with a B - but they’re usually carrying coal for the power plants. There is an Amtrack station in the next town over, though, and I’ve ridden trains to and from that station.
Yes that’s it. I think that paint scheme is orange and red-ish, but I could be mistaken. I’ll have to check the next time that I see a train.
The T station is a couple of miles away from my house and there is a railroad line behind my dorm.
We have a few tracks a couple miles from my hose because we like somewhat close to a chlorine purification plant, so there are about 3 or 4 tracks. A little ways away there is a auto receiving yard with about 7 to 12 tracks, usually filled with boxcars full of cars and Union Pacific diesels, most of the time around 3 or 4 per train.
Me and my father started a train layout (HO) a few years ago cause we both love trains and he had a huge one as a kid, but we have to dismantle and sell it soon 
because are funding was cut off as well as we need the space for a computer room. I will get pictures of the progress we made befor we deconstruct it.
We have a couple of tracks that run through Austin (MN), mainly for shipping and freight, though passenger trains might use them also.
My City’s got Guilford/Pan Am Railways through it, some rarely used Montréal Maine and And Atlantic crossings. You hear RS5T’s or K5LA’s constantly.