"The horn is unnecessary if he isn't using the vehicle for practical reason."

Who defines what a person is doing, is practical? Is there a committee?

"The tracks end in San Rafael. I see no reason to advocate a trolly when it only goes halfway to the city. If only it ended at the Larkspur Ferry on Giants gamedays then I'd be all over it."

This trolley is only for within Petaluma. However since SMART measure passed, there will be a commuter passenger train from Cloverdale to Larkspur ferry.

"Who defines what a person is doing, is practical? Is there a committee?"

I do. Let me know next time you do anything and I'll let you know if it's practical.
And yes, there is a committee that was formed shortly after you replied to this thread. It's appropriately called 'The Anti-Capdiamont Committee'. I'm sure they'd like to have you as a guest at their next meeting. Very friendly people...

"This trolley is only for within Petaluma."

Haha! That trolley isn't going anywhere anytime soon. I drove by it yesterday and his little 300-foot stretch of track has build-up of mud and gravel from the rain. The old man might just sit there and blow the horn until it gets cleaned up.

really, people who are on a committee, that is anti somebody, are nice people? Who is on it?

But you said he wasn't on tracks. Is he, or isn't on tracks? trains don't require much clean up to run again, just clear the top of the rails, and the flange ways, and your running again.

I heard it again last night (sunday), right at midnight. It doesn't bother me usually, but at midnight? Now i think they are just trying to be annoying.

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I heard it again last night (sunday), right at midnight. It doesn't bother me usually, but at midnight? Now i think they are just trying to be annoying.

I heard it too. I have to wake up early on Monday to go to work and keep the economy floating. I thought I heard actual rail sounds also. I doubt he's hauling lumber so this guy should just quit before it loses it's novelty charm and just becomes a public nuisance.

I doubt the trolley guy is running at Midnight or blowing his horn. Probably a trucker with a train horn.

I can't believe that some of you are getting so worked up over this. We used to have trains rolling through town daily blowing their horns and now some of you are complaining about the trolley guy blowing his once and a while? Give me a break!

BTW...I have a train horn for my truck that I'm in the process of installing so that I can go scare all of the anti-Bush protesters and really give them something to cry about.

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Originally posted by Chris Rosano:
Mayor supported or not, I think a trolley in Petaluma is a bad idea. But opinions are like assholes, right?

Well I don't think it's a very good idea either. I wasn't trying to assert such. I was just pointing out a little background for everyone reading the thread.

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There's already too much traffic without some old fart slowing everything down and blowing the horn for no reason.

You didn't move to town in the last five or ten years did you?



And for what it's worth, you're going to be hearing train horns very soon... actually on the rails because the railroad is being put back into service whether you like it or not, so you should probably get used to it now. It'll save you a big Maalox bill if you do.

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Originally posted by Dan Lyke:
...until on Veteran's Day a tractor pulling a float drove by (probably over to the Veteran's Hall), and somewhere in their, either on the way over or the way back, did a train horn sound.

So someone's got a tractor that's used for pulling floats & such that has a train horn.

At last years Butter and Eggs Day parade, I was over by Walnut Park where the enterants were lining up. I heard at least 5 or 6 tractors blast train horns like it was nothing. I had fingers in my ears and it was still painful. I felt sorry for all of the children and babies who were obviously in pain from it. We do have a noise ordinance here in Petaluma, so where were the police?

It is clear that there are a number of inconsiderate jerks in our town with these train horns and seem to love annoying people by blasting them off. I have heard these train horns at all hours of the day at all days of the week. I do not think that they are from "the trolley guy". Unless he has one on his truck or something, he is a scapegoat here.

Only part of the tracks end in San Rafael. The county of Marin illegally removed said tracks. There are alternate routes to move the freight through NIMBY Marin.

Freight will move through Petaluma again as it has since the earliest days of this city, and that means less trucks on the highway. Bring it on!

Chris Rosano
The A..hole must have been up at 5:30am today. Did you hear the toot?

5.30!!??! I'm sleepin that early in the morning! And I don't live in Petaluma anymore, but I did see a car over there this morning...

Some people have said they hear it early or really late at night, well there is a large lifted Ford pickup with one of these horns that likes to scare people walking down the street. He scared the sh*t out of my dog and i thought my eardrums were gonna blow out. I even saw him honk at someone from blocks away once and you can tell its a train horn. If you see this a**hole blowing this horn at night report his a**!

"there is a large lifted Ford pickup with one of these horns that likes to scare people"

Guys with lifted 4x4s are compensating for something small in their pants. Guys with lifted 4x4s and train horns on their trucks are compensating for lack of anything in their pants. Poor guy.

I ENJOY the train whistles. Makes you appreciate that you still have good hearing!

TTFN (toot-toot for now) from an old fogey