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I used to live in Campbell, CA in a second floor apartment directly overlooking three railroad tracks: two for the light rail and one for the Union Pacific freight trains carrying loads from the Permanente Quarry.

My dad worked for Union Pacific when I was a kid, so it was super fun to see their trains go by. The light rail trains would sneak up on you, but you could hear the diesel trains coming up from miles away.