HILLSIDE, Ill. (WLS) -- People living near railroad tracks in west suburban Hillside are making some noise about freight train horns that blow at all hours of the night.

Rail officials say they have to do it by law, due to the type of crossings in Hillside.

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Some homes sit just a few hundred feet from the train tracks.

The tracks are for freight trains, which get less traffic than commuter lines. But when the trains go through, residents say they make sure you hear them.

It's the familiar but ear-piercing sound of the horn that the engineer blows on a train when it approaches a crossing. And it's a sound some Hillside residents say they are tired of hearing in the middle of the night.

"We cannot sleep at night without these trai

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