Every day, as up to eight freight trains pass back and forth on the outskirts of historical downtown Savannah, Ga., they blow their horns at every single one of the 24 rail crossings along the three-mile stretch. That is making the Genesee & Wyoming Inc. GWR -2.11 % railroad anything but popular along tracks that, until four years ago, were essentially dormant. Noble L. Boykin Jr., whose law firm is on East 38th Street, said he and other attorneys have to take “train breaks” during depositions. He has to step into a closet for phone calls. He also lives near the tracks, so he can’t escape them—even at 5 a.m. “Everybody […]