I'm 2 to 3 miles from the tracks and I listen for the hornz and bellz in the wee hours of each day. When the commuter train passes the station to reverse before it pulls into the platform for its return trip, I can hear the bell and multiple horn blasts if the wind is right.
Where I lived, the railroad reluctantly was put under a no-horn rule. The horns were blown daily from 1842 to 1995. No one complained until 1995 when a bunch of NIMBYs bought some condos next to the railroad. They plunked down $395K back in 1998 for apartments located where there was once a warehouse and railroad sidings. Yeah they are that close to the tracks.
Oh no, the trains make noise they said so they petitioned the state, town and government hard for no horns. Finally, the end was in sight when they won. The NIMBYs got their way and then they thought just because the train engineers no longer blow horns they can now jump the crossings. There were multiple collisions between trains and cars for quite some time afterwards.