We got an interesting email from a reader asking about a "phantom train whistle":
"I seem to recall hearing, or reading about, the explanation of the far-away train whistle we hear in our area (Laurelhurst, Windermere) periodically. It’s lovely and, in an unexpected way, comforting as well. I know that folks in Montlake can hear this train whistle as well. It must be from a train on the east side of the lake, but where is the active track over there?"
Onf of our staffers has also heard this train whistle during the night off and on through several years and wondered where it is coming from. The staffer said that there is no more train on the Eastside as it stopped a few years ago. There are train tracks that go past Magnolia and our staffer believes you could hear that depending on which way the wind is blowing as some trains can be heard up to 5 miles away depending on weather conditions, with best ones to hear the whistle on a clear and cold night.
Have other readers heard this train whistle? If so any theories on where the sound is coming from? Our reader who posed the question is very curious to hear input.
