Thanks for support in quiet zone effort

I want to thank all the citizens of Galt who wrote letters to the city manager about a quiet zone in Galt.

The city wanted me to ask citizens to write in, not just sign a petition regarding the train horns that blast all night keeping them awake.

Many letters were written and sent in, but the city said it was not a safety problem, so they would not be able to do anything about it and declined to do a study for a quiet zone.

I am sorry that the citizens were not considered in their decision. The City Council and city manager said in so many words, "it is not going to happen," it will be too expensive to implement in Galt. Tom Malson was the only council person that tried to get a study done over the next two years and for that I thank him.

We will never know what the results of a study would have shown and the possibility of a quiet zone in Galt.

The complaints for a quiet zone is being unable to carry on conversations and being awaken at night by loud blasting of horns. The trains are not blowing their horns in accordance with railroad rules. Sometimes as we know, it is one long loud blast from Elm Street to Kost Road. As time goes by, we will have more and more trains. I guess we must live with it, but we don't have to like it. We are the loudest little city in California.

Thank you for all your support in this effort.

Al Baldwin
Galt