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  • Date: March 18, 2007
  • Time: 4:30
  • ampm: AM
  • Engine_Number:
  • Direction: Northbound - Leaving the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Other - specify
  • Name: Sharon Tentilucci
  • Residence: The Grande at Santa Fe Place

Description

This is the 2nd morning in a row one of the idling 3 trains at The Santa Fe Depot sounded their horn without going anywhere. One loud blast at 4:30 am work me from a sound sleep. Why are trains sounding their horns when they are not moving? I can't be sure which train it was as there are 3 on the trains all night long every night.

  • Date: March 16, 2007
  • Time: 2:30
  • ampm: AM
  • Engine_Number:
  • Direction: Southbound - Entering the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Other - specify
  • Name: Sharon Tentilucci
  • Residence: The Grande at Santa Fe Place

Description

Sitting at the Santa Fe Depot the train revved their engines very loudly and blasted their horn 2 times for no reason. They were sitting idle and not going anywhere.

  • Date: March 4, 2007
  • Time: 3:20
  • ampm: AM
  • Engine_Number:
  • Direction: Southbound - Entering the City
  • Rail_Crossing: G St
  • Name: Randy Jackson
  • Residence: Park Place

Description

WORST display of complete disregard with the horn in the 4 years I have been downtown. This train could be heard from Little Italy until crashing into the train yard. I know you have rules and regs that require horn blowing but where are your protective measures against abuse such as this? I certainly hope this particular engineer gets a suspension OR better yet is removed from his/her position for such a blatant disregard for our quality of life. That horn is meant to protect us... NOT disturb and alarm us!!!

  • Date: March 4, 2007
  • Time: 3:21
  • ampm: AM
  • Engine_Number:
  • Direction: Southbound - Entering the City
  • Rail_Crossing: G St
  • Name: Brett Schaffter
  • Residence: Park Place

Description

Unbelievable Disregard for Rules, Laws or Common Sense by reckless train conductor blowing his/her horn with full decibles for 30-40 seconds

  • Date: March 4, 2007
  • Time: 3:20
  • ampm: AM
  • Engine_Number:
  • Direction: Northbound - Leaving the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Other - specify
  • Name: Patrick T McArron
  • Residence: Pinnacle Tower
  • Address: 550 Front St

Description

Engineer was way out of line, leaning on the horn as the train passed through downtown San Diego. Engineer was in violation of horn rules with the excessive blasts.

  • Date: February 19, 2007
  • Time: 2:15
  • ampm: PM
  • Engine_Number: 1006
  • Direction: Southbound - Entering the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Market St
  • Name: Rebecca Basilio
  • Residence: Pinnacle Tower
  • Address: 550 Front St.

Description

Far too many horn warnings as approaching intersection, horn continued after crossing intersection and many of them were over 10 seconds in length. Unnecessary noise.

  • Date: January 11, 2007
  • Time: 10:50
  • ampm: PM
  • Engine_Number:
  • Direction: Northbound - Leaving the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Front St
  • Name: Glenn Stokes
  • Residence: Pinnacle Tower
  • Address: 550 Front St.

Description

Repeatedly, non stop, blasted horn, over and over throughout the entire length of the city as the train moved from south to north. Worst case of noise pollution and abuse and harassment I have ever heard from a train horn in the five years I have lived in downtown San Diego. This event set a new record and qualifies the engineer to be nominated as the worst engineer of the century.

  • Date: Nov. 14, 2006
  • Time: 1:55
  • ampm: AM
  • Engine_Number:
  • Direction: Northbound - Leaving the City
  • Rail_Crossing: First Ave
  • Name: Jerry Link
  • Residence: Pinnacle Tower
  • Address: 550 Front Street

Description

23 blasts at 1st Ave. and Front St. and then a repeat at Market and Harbor.

  • Date: November 8, 2006
  • Time: aprox 3
  • ampm: AM
  • Engine_Number:
  • Direction: Southbound - Entering the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Other - specify
  • Name: robert fitzmorris
  • Residence: Other - Please specify
  • Address: 1827 Linwood ST

Description

Loudness and blasts lasting 5 - 10 seconds without intervals.

  • Date: October 23, 2006
  • Time: 2:58
  • ampm: AM
  • Engine_Number: 4388
  • Direction: Southbound - Entering the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Market St
  • Name: a downtown resident
  • Residence: City Front Terrace
  • Address: 500 W. Harbor Drive

Description

Constant, incessant blowing of the horn. No discernable pattern. Totally without reason or purpose.

  • Date: October 23, 2006
  • Time: 2:39
  • ampm: AM
  • Engine_Number: 4347
  • Direction: Southbound - Entering the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Market St
  • Name: a dowtown resident
  • Residence: City Front Terrace
  • Address: 500 W. Harbor Drive

Description

Constant, incessant blowing of the horn. No discernable pattern. Totally without reason or purpose.

  • Date: October 10, 2006
  • Time: 7:21
  • ampm: PM
  • Engine_Number:
  • Direction: Southbound - Entering the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Cedar St
  • Name: Martin Cunningham
  • Residence: Bella Via
  • Address: 1608 India Street

Description

The train was blaring its horn nonstop, as usual, as it approached Cedar street. It then came to a complete stop before enterring the intersection and just sat there laying on the horn. He then proceeded throught the intersection at literally 1 mph or less, the whole time not letting off the horn. This is insanity! I already know what the response will be: "There was a person near the tracks." I saw no one and I have a clear view from of the tracks from my balcony.

  • Date: October 7,2006
  • Time: 12:40
  • ampm: AM
  • Engine_Number:
  • Direction: Northbound - Leaving the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Market St
  • Name: Rebecca Basilio
  • Residence: Pinnacle Tower
  • Address: 550 Front St.

Description

Several extended horns sounded as each intersection was approached and each lasted at least 30 seconds. At that time of morning there was absolutely no need for any horn sounding.

  • Date: October 2, 2006
  • Time: 10:15
  • ampm: PM
  • Engine_Number:
  • Direction: Southbound - Entering the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Broadway
  • Name: Sharon D Tentilucci
  • Residence: The Grande at Santa Fe Place
  • Address: 1205 Pacific Hwy

Description

Excessive and totally outrageous long continuous blasting of the horn from one end of town to the other. The engine only had a few cars on it. It was malicious and terroristic.

  • Date: 09/19/2006
  • Time: 11:23
  • ampm: PM
  • Engine_Number:
  • Direction: Northbound - Leaving the City
  • Rail_Crossing: G St
  • Name: Patrick T McArron
  • Residence: Pinnacle Tower
  • Address: 550 Front St

Description

Engineer LEANED on the horn with an obvious intent to disturb downtown residents. The blasts lasted least 6 seconds in duration. There were NO short blasts until leaving the Marina district. Not certain of the direction of travel as I was awakened from a sound sleep and could not see the train.

  • Date: Sept 17, 2006
  • Time: 12:15
  • ampm: AM
  • Engine_Number: 2350
  • Direction: Northbound - Leaving the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Broadway
  • Name: Sharon D. Tentilucci
  • Residence: The Grande at Santa Fe Place
  • Address: 1205 Pacific Hwy

Description

Totally excessive time spent on the horn. I have full view of the intersection and nothing was anywhere near the tracks. He did the same all the way to my intersection and I heard him do the same all the way out of the city. It was malicious and obscene. I feel terrorized.

  • Date: Sept 12, 2006
  • Time: 2:00
  • ampm: PM
  • Engine_Number:
  • Direction: Southbound - Entering the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Other - specify
  • Name: Sharon Tentilucci
  • Residence: Other - Please specify
  • Address: I was a passenger going to San Diego from LA

Description

I was a passenger in the train and the conductor had the PA system so LOUD that you couldn't think straight. The pre recorded messages (the door is closing) were normal but the conductor was on the PA every 5 minutes or so at such a loud volumn that it was extremely annoying. You couldn't even put your head back and relax.

  • Date: Sept 12, 2006
  • Time: 7:05
  • ampm: AM
  • Engine_Number:
  • Direction: Northbound - Leaving the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Other - specify
  • Name: Sharon Tentilucci
  • Residence: Other - Please specify
  • Address: I was a passenger going to LA from San Diego

Description

I was a passenger in the train and the conductor had the PA system so LOUD that you couldn't think straight. The pre recorded messages (the door is closing) were normal but the conductor was on the PA every 5 minutes or so at such a loud volume that it was extremely annoying. You couldn't even put your head back and relax.

  • Date: 9/5/06
  • Time: 3:57
  • ampm: AM
  • Engine_Number: 5347
  • Direction: Southbound - Entering the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Market St
  • Name: hilary rocca
  • Residence: City Front Terrace
  • Address:

Description

Long extended horns - no discernable pattern - laying on the horn for no apparent reason - excessive!!!!!!!!!!

  • Date: Sept 4, 2006
  • Time: 12,2,4,6
  • ampm: AM
  • Engine_Number:
  • Direction: Southbound - Entering the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Market St
  • Name: Jerry Sciborek
  • Residence: City Front Terrace
  • Address: 500 w Harbor

Description

The worst I've witnessed. Every two hours from 10pm until 6am. Long and loud horn blasts. 5 incidents in one night!! Totally unacceptable! Both inbound and outbound from city.

  • Date: 8/25/06
  • Time: 2:45p.m
  • ampm: PM
  • Engine_Number:
  • Direction: Southbound - Entering the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Broadway
  • Name: Doug Correira
  • Residence: The Grande at Santa Fe Place
  • Address: 1205 Pacific Hwy

Description

Long continuous horn blowing approx 3-4 seconds in lenght

  • Date: Aug 25, 2006
  • Time: 2:45
  • ampm: PM
  • Engine_Number:
  • Direction: Southbound - Entering the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Other - specify
  • Name: Glenn R Stokes
  • Residence: Pinnacle Tower
  • Address: 550 Front St

Description

All rail crossings affected. Engineer did not seem to understand the proper rule for the train horn and leaned on it excessively on approach to each intersection and never used any short blasts.

  • Subject: COASTER Incident Report - San Diego
  • Date: Aug 17, 2006
  • Time: 8:17
  • ampm: AM
  • Engine_Number:
  • Direction: Southbound - Entering the City
  • Rail_Crossing: G St
  • Name: Patrick T McArron
  • Residence: Pinnacle Tower
  • Address: 550 Front St

Description

A major incident took place at this intersection. There was a police escort traveling east on G St and several motorcycle police officers ignored the closing rail crossing arms and went around the arms as the Coaster was approaching. One officer stopped and flagged the engineer to stop the train which he did. The engineers then exited the engine to determine the cause of this unusual situation. I would appreciate a response to this report and to be kept informed.

  • Date: 8/8/06
  • Time: 5:50
  • ampm: AM
  • Engine_Number: 2954
  • Direction: Northbound - Leaving the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Market St
  • Name: hilary rocca
  • Residence: City Front Terrace
  • Address: 500 w. harbor dr.

Description

Too loud, inconsistent horn long, short, long, long short - what are these conductors thinking?

  • Date: 08-8-2006
  • Time: 12:28
  • ampm: AM
  • Engine_Number:
  • Direction: Southbound - Entering the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Cedar St
  • Name: Paula Tilghman
  • Residence: Other - Please specify
  • Address: 1670 Kettner Blvd

Description

Why do they have to blow that horn so long & long at such an hour. Blasted out of bed the last two nights in a row with the blaring horn at 12:28 AM.

  • Date: 7/27/06
  • Time: 1:25
  • ampm: AM
  • Engine_Number: 4685or4635
  • Direction: Northbound - Leaving the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Market St
  • Name: Jerry Sciborek
  • Residence: City Front Terrace
  • Address: 500W Harbor Dr.

Description

Very Loud horn blasts. Intentionally Loud, no people or cars near crossings. Several long blasts. At 1:30am!!!!

  • Date: July 26,2006
  • Time: 3:00
  • ampm: AM
  • Engine_Number:
  • Direction: Southbound - Entering the City
  • Rail_Crossing: Front St
  • Name: Chris Yunker
  • Residence: City Front Terrace

Description

Loud and excessive whistle blasts........heard the train a long time in advance of all crossings starting in Little Italy and continuing into the train yards with loud bangs and booms of the cars being jerked along.

  • Date: July 23, 2006
  • Time: 12:45
  • ampm: PM
  • Engine_Number: 4107
  • Direction: Southbound - Entering the City
  • Name: Jennifer Barron
  • Residence: City Front Terrace

Description

Incessant horn sounding far more than 20 seconds before entering the intersections at Market St and then at Front. NO resemblance to any pattern as suggested by FRA law. NO people or vehicles near the track.
Subject: COASTER Incident Report
 
  • Date: July 12, 2006
  • Time: 6:00
  • ampm: P.M.
  • Direction: Southbound - Entering the City
  • Engine_Number: 2305
  • Duration_in_Minutes:
  • Type_of_Noise: Excessive blowing of the horn on Broadway when no one was moving.
  • Name: Sharon Tentilucci
  • Date: july 12, 2006
  • Time: 7:57
  • ampm: P.M.
  • Direction:
  • Engine_Number: 7665
  • Duration_in_Minutes:
  • Type_of_Noise: excessive horn blowing
  • Name: Sharon Tentilucci
  • Time: 7:58 am
  • Date: July 10, 2006
  • Direction: Entering the City (going south)
  • Train: Coaster
  • Engine_Number: 2102
  • Type_of_Noise: Loud and too long
  • Name: Pat McArron

Comments

Sitting at Brickyard Cafe (Kettner & G St) when Coaster came through toward Rail Yard. Engineer leaned on the horn as the train was going through the intersections (including but not limited to Market ST crossing & Kettner & G crossing). The following Coaster, engine # 2101 blew the horn correctly at 8:35am
  • Time: 12-15AM
  • Date: July 8, 2006
  • Direction: Entering the City (going south)
  • Engine_Number: Not known
  • Type_of_Noise: Constant horn blowing
  • Name: SS

Comments

Constant Horn too loud, disturbed sleep
  • Time: 2-15am
  • Date: July 8 2006
  • Direction: Entering the City (going south)
  • Engine_Number: not known
  • Type_of_Noise: LOUDCONSTANT HORN
  • Name: SS

Comments
  • Time: 1:30am
  • Date: July 8, 2006
  • Direction: Leaving the City (going north)
  • Engine_Number: 12345
  • Type_of_Noise: Inappropriate long blasting of the train horn
  • Intersection_Blocked: Entire way through the city
  • Name: Sharon Tentilucci

Comments

You can hear them for miles away coming into the city and miles away after they have left.

  • Time: 3:30am
  • Date: July 6, 2006
  • Direction: Leaving the City (going north)
  • Engine_Number: 1234567890-99
  • Type_of_Noise: Long blasting of the train horn over and above normal
  • Intersection_Blocked: Little Italy to Petco Park downtown San Diego 92101
  • Name: Sharon Tentilucci

Comments
  • Time: 11:58 p.m
  • Date: July 7, 2006
  • Direction: Entering the City (going south)
  • Engine_Number: Don't know
  • Duration_in_Minutes: 5 seconds
  • Type_of_Noise: repeated blowing of horn
  • Name: Doug Correira

Comments

This train continued to sound his horn without regard for the residents in the area.

  • Time: 3:30 AM
  • Date: July 7, 2006
  • Direction: Leaving the City (going north)
  • Engine_Number: BNSF
  • Type_of_Noise: Laying on the horn for 15 blocks by Santa Fe Station
  • Name: Susan Smith

Comments

Can they learn how to "toot" the horn instead of the constant non-stop blowing through the entire city?
  • Time: 4 AM
  • Date: June 30, 2006
  • Direction: Leaving the City (going north)
  • Engine_Number: ?
  • Duration_in_Minutes: 15 min
  • Type_of_Noise: Very Loud horn blasts, more then needed!
  • Name: Jerry Sciborek

Comments
  • Time: 11:32am
  • Date: June 22, 2006
  • Direction: Entering the City (going south)
  • Engine_Number: 5398
  • Duration_in_Minutes: several
  • Type_of_Noise: Constant horn blast.....for 4 city blocks with no crossings!
  • Name: Donna Zizian

Comments

This is a sensitive subject, we are all irritable from lack of sleep due to the trains in the evenings and early hours of the morning. But since we began this Sound Off and Quiet Zone website, I have been more aware than ever of the train schedules. I must say, some of the engineers/conductors have been a little kinder the last several weeks in the wee hours of the mornings, perhaps it is a different crew. I did notice that it is the BNSF freight trains that are the culprit. Today, 6/22 at 11:32am I was on the telephone with a client in Oregon, all windows and doors were closed and we have triple pane glass, when Engine #5398 was continuously blasting the horn so loudly I had to excuse myself from the phone to write down the engine number. I could watch him from our window, and there was no crossing, no street, no one in sight, but yet he could be heard for blocks going South blasting his horn. I realize this is a safety issue, and they are required to sound their horn before each crossing, but there are no cross streets between Ash and Broadway.. (A,B,nor C street go through) 4 city blocks....Yet the entire time he was laying on his horn without a single break from Ash Street on! Now my thinking is perhaps the night engineers are now daytime engineers, switching schedules and now our afternoons are just as noisy as our evenings. Both my husband and I work out of the house, which at times is impossible to do with the obnoxiously loud train noise. We can not open our windows or doors for ventilation because it sounds as if the train is passing inside our unit.....this is such a disgrace! We have such a glorious city that is being degraded due to the noise of the freight trains. Also, we have recently noticed that the late evening, early morning, BNSF freight trains have a high pitched squealing noise from the wheel contact with the rails of the track which also is disrupting. I am unsure if that is normal or a brake issue, but it too has been a disturbing noise in the early hours of the morning in addition to the blast of the horn.
  • Time: approx 6pm
  • Direction: Leaving the City (going north)
  • Engine_Number: Don't Know
  • Duration_in_Minutes:
  • Type_of_Noise:
  • Amt_of_Time_Blocked: 1 hour
  • Intersection_Blocked: Several starting with 5th Ave
  • Email: ptm711@cox.net
  • Date: Monday, June 19, 2006
  • Time: 11:34:12 PM

Comments

There were several witnesses.

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