2007-07-07

1076. Locomotive Locution

Drifting off
to sleep...train sounds
in the distance.

8 comments:

Masago said...

1076. Locomotive Locution

Drifting off
to sleep...train sounds
in the distance.

Link with 1075: Night sounds.

[I believe it is commonly felt that it is comforting to hear the sound of a train in the night. Around here at about midnight we can often hear locomotives shunting cars around the yard which is amazing as the yard is on the other side of the city. What is more amazing are people who live right next to train tracks. Some folks we know in this situation said that after living there for years that they got used to it. They added that one night when the train did not go past at its usual time the silence actually woke them up!]

floots said...

"everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance" - if masago and paul simon think so then it must be true :)
nice one
thank you

John McDonald said...

love that sound
john

Pat Paulk said...

Went to sleep to that sound all my childhood life. Good memories.

polona said...

interesting how our minds get used to certain noises and actually miss them when they are gone.
nice one!

Masago said...

Floots: :-) Thanks. P.S. From watching "Monarch of the Glen" I know at least one train runs into the Highlands.

John: Thanks.

Pat: Cool...amazing the memories many of us can share even though we live in diverse places.

Polona: Right, sort of like missing reading everyone's posts when on vacation?

Borut said...

I live a hundred metres from the railway, and, yes, you get used to it!:) I dare say I would miss trains had they stopped coming!:)

Pamela said...

a new favorite