BNSF Railway should be a good neighbor

Thank you so much for the timely article (Pilot Feb. 11) on the Birch Point railroad crossing.  

I live on Ramsey Avenue, just behind the Whitefish Lake Golf Course, and have been dismayed by the ever increasing train traffic over the past few years. It is especially annoying each night, as I am routinely awakened at numerous times throughout the hours of 12:30 and 4:30 a.m., as trains blast the horn at lengthy intervals four times before crossing.  

I find it disgusting that BSNF Railway is so eager to benefit from the increase in railroad traffic, yet find it of little importance to be a good neighbor in helping to maintain the peace that makes Whitefish so special.  Should we not believe that the increased revenues they receive from oil being transported from North Dakota bakken fields to the west coast should not be used wisely?

If they do not wish to take responsibility, and be good neighbors, then why not regulate the train traffic during waking hours? They have no regard for the people of the community, rather only for fattening their pocket books. Good neighbors would make the effort to live peacefully, and not have their actions impede on the rest of their community.

So how about it BNSF?

Please be a good neighbor — invest in the community of Whitefish — a town of importance. Help fund the railroad crossing at Birch Point.

— Angel Dominguez, Whitefish