Hey Miles...it's not the people in the buildings who should be covering their ears. It's all those commuters awaiting a later passenger train, #11 "The East Wind" who should take care!
In fact, there is a slow order restriction for all trains passing through the tunnel, so this Maine Central freight is actually at a crawl as it approaches the station platform.
Indeed, a tunnel in the middle of the town is a rather unusual scene, and the B&M had one...so I had to have one on my layout as well!