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Re:New York City's Remotest Spot by maratd on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @10:19AM (#10380607)
A train 20 miles away, absolutely. Trains are by far the biggest noise polluters, mostly due to federal regulation. They have to signal at every intersection. In my humble opinion, completely unnecessary since we already have bells there, but whatever ...

As far as how forested New York State is, this gives you a good idea:

http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/309.html

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Re:New York City's Remotest Spot by joe5150 on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @04:58PM (#10383432)
Trains don't have to signal at every intersection. There are quiet zones in hundreds of municipalities.
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Re:New York City's Remotest Spot by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @05:09PM (#10383498)
True, and the horn is the loudest part of the train. The rest of the train can still be pretty loud, though, if operating at high power.
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Re:New York City's Remotest Spot by joe5150 on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @05:13PM (#10383516)
The quality of the tracking has a big effect on noise, too.
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Re:New York City's Remotest Spot by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @05:10PM (#10383507)
In more rural locations, many "intersections" (crossings) don't have bells.
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