After reading JD's page it appears there are a lot of arm-chair lawyers and some real lawyers out there digging for the legislation of the VA Ave Tunnel. In Part 1, I provided two dates about the approval of the tunnel but didn't go any further and I didn't really want to but since there is some interest out there I'll go that route. Part 2 will really be nothing more than posting articles that talk about the right of way and approval of the tunnels (Va Ave and 1st St). Part 3 will talk about the Navy Yard Tunnel (where you can still a piece of those rails), construction of the Va Ave Tunnel along with some cool pictures of both tunnels and maybe some articles relating to the construction. Part 4 is gonna be my favorite because I have come across a ton of articles (okay maybe a few) of early DC residents complaining about the train whistles - 'Trains waking babies on Capitol Hill since the 1880s' or 'Capitol Hill residents complaining about trains since the 1880s'. The complaining started in the 1880s and its still happening today with one of the latest complaints bing verbalized by ANC6B Commissioner Neil Glick. According to Mr. Glick the train whistles have gotten louder the last couple of years (would love to see how you prove that since inversions, temperature and prevailing wind direction all combine to help make the whistle louder or softer - plus you have the train conductor's mood when he blows the horn) but not all the whistles come from CSX trains - so don't blame every whistle you hear on CSX - Amtrak is out there blowing too. Legislation. I'm not a lawyer, I'll never pretend to be one, not a fan of them except the one I'm dating so I'll keep this to the old articles.....
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