This arrived in my Altamont Press inbox this morning. I initially thought it was spam, but no, this appears to be legit. I'm truly at a loss for words, and can only imagine the type of letters and e-mails the railroad PR departments receive on a daily basis...
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 13:25:58 -0600
From: (name censored)
To: david@altamontpress.com
Subject: Please help no one will
I live next to a rail road track that comes all day and night I can't sleep it's so long carrying chemicals and it switch tracks and it hits so hard it's like a boom sound .is so loud it scares me ,I can't open my windows ,I can't go in my backyard it comes every 2hours carrying well over 200 cars are more . People can hear it blowing it's horn miles AWAYS but think how I feel no one is too scared to Speke up it was a fun site then the trains got longer and it over heats then they put up these high voltage power sizzling and they say don't go outside but when I go outside I say this is not normal I don't laugh I ask for help my mom needs me after my dad passed away but they tell me to move but why should I I'm a watch engineer cause I don't want nothing to happen to the kids but I get sick in my back yard I smell chemicals and I feel like I have a hang over no sleep for 2,days so how much voltage is coming from those power lines and the noise if your a father and you love your children as much as I do I had to let them live with my mom cause my son came down with something but I prayed and the 2 test was ok. But I know to much but I don't know you. But please don't say anything nor will I just want to be well and happy to see my son now I have to go the dogs are barking and the walls are cracking no reply then I'm in trouble thanks