There is a sound like a train horn that ricochet’s off the hills surrounding my new neighborhood. I’ve been off sick from work for a couple days and heard the horn hooting for a good 5 to 10 minutes, just after 10:00am. The interesting thing is that I’m not sure it’s a train; I’m not anywhere near Caltrain, Amtrak, or the freight trains that still blow into the City. And, I’m pretty sure the MUNI metro trains don’t have such powerful horns.
A few months ago, my old roommate’s boyfriend asked me if I’d ever heard a freight train horn, at night in my old Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. I used to hear one on a regular basis so we discussed how it might be possible and made educated guesses about what the sound was. Richard did some internet research and called San Francisco’s 311 city information hotline.
We searched the net and found information on the freight trains coming from the peninsula that didn't quite add up. And, then we found several theories based on Yelp posts by residents of other neighborhoods who have heard the horn and other residents making fun of those of us who can hear it. Alas, it's still a mystery!
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