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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Geoff Mayo: [QB] I'm the sort of person that would be kept awake by annoying squeaks but apart from maybe using a spare T-shirt to wedge something closed/open, I've never used duct tape or clips. The jointed track prevalent in many places can either be an annoyance or a lulling sensation. Staggered jointed track is worse (the joints in the rails aren't parallel but staggered halfway along the opposite rail) resulting in a swaying effect to match the clickety-clack. At the risk of overloading you with unnecessary items, a radio scanner might be of interest. This is not a standard radio but most hand-held ones look a bit like walkie-talkies - though they are receive only. The engineer and conductor, and engineer and dispatcher (signaller) talk to each other on specific channels (frequencies) which can be interesting. The "talking defect detectors" every 10-50 miles often announce your train's speed as you go past, again, on a particular channel. You can hear the types of transmissions on this website: railroadradio.net though these are from static receivers, not moving trains. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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