trains through Vail, AZ (Tucson, Benson: house, neighborhood, to live)

[laststoptucson]

Anyone know how to find info on times, frequency, types, etc. of the trains that pass through Vail, just to the north of I-10?

I think there are actually two sets of tracks, and I'm wondering how annoying they would be to live by.

[azmemories]

About 20 years ago, there was quite a bit of commercial traffic as that line was serving cargo coming and going to the west coast. The Amtrak only runs out of Tucson every three days.

[seedy]

Freight trains aren't going to be predictable.

[LordBalfor]

I live in Benson - same rail line just a bit further east.
You can figure on about 1 train every 20 minutes or so each way - for a total of 6 trains an hour (or one every 10 minutes - though sometimes eastbound and westbound trains will arrive at the same time). It's a very busy route - the southernmost intercontinental track across the country. It's essentially the rail equivalent of I-10.

Ken

[laststoptucson]

THanks everyone! I posted on our neighborhood listserve as well, and learned there are about 80 per day! Wow! We were thinking of a house that sits 140 feet from the tracks, and our realtor is trying to sway us away from it. Though I think we'd get used to the noise, he's more worried about resale. That sure is a lot of trains!

[RickTucsonHomes]

Originally Posted by laststoptucson

THanks everyone! I posted on our neighborhood listserve as well, and learned there are about 80 per day! Wow! We were thinking of a house that sits 140 feet from the tracks, and our realtor is trying to sway us away from it. Though I think we'd get used to the noise, he's more worried about resale. That sure is a lot of trains!

Eighty a day is a lot! It will most definately limit the number of people interested in your home when you sell.

[Colt AZ]

Originally Posted by laststoptucson

THanks everyone! I posted on our neighborhood listserve as well, and learned there are about 80 per day! Wow! We were thinking of a house that sits 140 feet from the tracks, and our realtor is trying to sway us away from it. Though I think we'd get used to the noise, he's more worried about resale. That sure is a lot of trains!

Originally Posted by RickTucsonHomes

Eighty a day is a lot! It will most definately limit the number of people interested in your home when you sell.

Being about half a football field away from train tracks is definitely closer than most people might want to be. However, I was much closer than that when visiting one particular state, and believed I was experiencing a mild earthquake when a train passed by!

[Saguarogirl507]

We once lived a across the street from freight trains in upstate NY. The house was quite old and had many cracks in the walls. I believe from all the rumbling. And we only had about 2 per day. They were very, very long trains though. I would never do that again

[LordBalfor]

Originally Posted by laststoptucson

THanks everyone! I posted on our neighborhood listserve as well, and learned there are about 80 per day! Wow! We were thinking of a house that sits 140 feet from the tracks, and our realtor is trying to sway us away from it. Though I think we'd get used to the noise, he's more worried about resale. That sure is a lot of trains!

Wayyyyyyyyyy too close.

Ken

[laststoptucson]

We finally were near the house when a train came through. Yikes. Inside the house may or may not be terrible, but from the front yard it was brain jarring. Just another "what a shame" in the saga of our house hunting.

Thanks everyone for the comments!!