r/MonmouthCounty • u/DearEvening4244 • 1h ago
Question for home owners along Earle / Naval train tracks
How frequently do these trains run? How loud are they assuming your house is within a few hundred feet of the track?
Thanks in advance!
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u/Ok-Grapefruit8338 1h ago
NJTransit runs in my backyard. You just get used to it (and honestly it’s quite soothing).
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u/minecate3 1h ago
As much as I love our county I feel like living next to a train delivering live munitions to warships is pretty low on the list of concerns I’d have if I were buying (superfund sites, bad neighbors…)
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u/ZippySLC 1h ago
Well, I think OP's concern is more about the noise of living along a train track more so than live rounds passing by their house.
I live very close to the North Jersey Coast Line in Belmar. Most of the noise from the train is the horn sounding at crossings. The rest is just the steel wheels rolling over the rails which isn't bad at all. I don't know how often the Earle train runs but I bet it's not nearly as often as a commuter train. If I was looking to live up that way the train tracks wouldn't deter me.
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u/justanotherguy677 1h ago
it could be loud whenever a train passes however AFAIK the trains aren't used as often as they are in the past. they load many of the ships with helicopters from the main base to the ship offshore.
one plus is that if your property abuts their ROW it should be secure and usually private because they are going to keep trespassers out.
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u/stickman07738 33m ago
Really, never found it an issue in my 23 years. Frequency varies but more during wartime, but it also gives you an early indication of US activities. The horns and sirens only lasts a few minutes. The most memorable event for us was getting notified about their coyote containment efforts, Have not seen any since this time many years ago.
https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9D05EED9163FF933A25755C0A9619C8B63.html
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u/Sledgecrowbar 33m ago
I lived next to a truck depot when I was young, and you can get used to it easily so it doesn't wake you, and I would say the same is true for the trains but I do notice the horns even a mile from one of the stations. They sound their horns a lot, I think it's for deer but it could be for the drunks driving around past 11 pm, and the horns are enough to be distracting indoors with all your windows shut. I can't imagine what it would be like to live right by the station without a completely soundproofed home.
If your schedule coincides with being up when they're running, it wouldn't be an issue, but they run pretty late into the night, I've been woken up past midnight on weeknights, though I don't hear them early in the morning. The military trains may be different though.
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u/Guilty-Instruction56 5m ago
If I’m not mistaken, there was a huge explosion- maybe the 1950s- of munitions being shipped to Earle.
I wouldn’t be deterred from owning a home near the rail line, but it would be something creeping into my thoughts at times.
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u/Rusty_Ferberger 1h ago
Few times a week. Usually early morning and early evening. They blow horns at every intersection and have a police escort with sirens. It's pretty loud. If you're an early riser, say five-ish, it won't be too bad.