I believe they start blowing the whistle somewhere around where the tracks pass by the Canal, so California St. I know that you can hear it very loudly from the canal level, so if they are actually blowing around 2nd or 3rd street then the noise (at a distracting/annoying decibel) is carrying pretty far.
Last year I lived near the Santa Fe tracks in Norman (about 3 blocks away maybe) and every now and then things would rattle around in my room a bit, and I would hear it but not in my sleep. However, as someone else mentioned, certain drivers are WAY worse than others.
Norman just implemented a quiet zone at Constitution St, where there are a lot of student housing and apartment complexes along Classen and 12th St. I think if Norman can handle quiet zoning for a couple thousand student apartments, OKC can finish out the process for an area where there are at least 500 expensive residential units existing and probably 700-1000 more planned within very close proximity to the tracks.
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