Idling trains disrupt local life for Forest Park residents  - Forest Park Review

Forest Park Review

Idling trains disrupt local life for Forest Park residents  - Forest Park Review

Caitlin Hillyard and her husband, Ben Weinberg, moved into a townhouse on Brown Avenue in August 2022. After about a month of living there, they started noticing a recurring noise from the train tracks, loud enough to be heard inside their home.  “Sometimes it sounds like somebody jackhammering the side of the house,” Hillyard said. “Sometimes it sounds kind of like a drum circle.”  Just south of Jewel-Osco in River Forest, the noise comes from …