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Hey all,
My wife and I have been living in Fletcher, NC for ~4 years now, and love it here. We are looking to move into a larger home in the same area. We've just come across a few homes in the Fletcher, NC area that we're really interested in, but a couple are quite close to the train tracks that run from the train depot in Asheville, down thru Hendersonville and further South.
Does anyone know what the frequency of the trains are through that line?
From what I've read (on this thread: Curious about Trains in Asheville, mainly post #13), it's supposedly pretty light on traffic now, and only limited to cargo trains that go through there. However, that post was from 6 years ago now.
I'm just curious if anyone on here lives near the tracks and knows when they usually come by.
We live on a ridge in royal pines, not super close but because we are up higher and overlook the sweeten creek area valley we don't have the trees to muffle sounds as much. If we have our windows open I can hear them several times a night. I don't know if this will drop once the power plant switches to coal or not. I'm guessing yes but I wouldn't willingly live close to the tracks with that assumption.
I've been researching the areas - Asheville vs. Hendersonville to move to for retirement [from NE Pennsylvania], and a colleague suggested I look at Fletcher.
Just curious - you said you love it there - why? Milder weather, nice town, housing prices, etc. ?????
We live on a ridge in royal pines, not super close but because we are up higher and overlook the sweeten creek area valley we don't have the trees to muffle sounds as much. If we have our windows open I can hear them several times a night. I don't know if this will drop once the power plant switches to coal or not. I'm guessing yes but I wouldn't willingly live close to the tracks with that assumption.
I heard rumor as well and switching from coal (to what actually?) will probably be the end of those trains and people talk about the possibility of a green way all the way to Asheville. wouldn't that be something ? that apparently had happened with other train tracks as well.
but we are looking at least into 2-5 years from now.
I heard rumor as well and switching from coal (to what actually?) will probably be the end of those trains and people talk about the possibility of a green way all the way to Asheville. wouldn't that be something ? that apparently had happened with other train tracks as well.
but we are looking at least into 2-5 years from now.
Trains still run between Asheville and Hendersonville.
Trains still run between Asheville and Hendersonville.
Very light cargo and verrrrrrry slowwwwwww.
I used to love to visit family on a huge farm in the mid-west, where every night around a certain time you could hear the passenger trains whistle off in the distance. To me it was soothing, and I would wonder where are all those people going.
Thanks guys, this is interesting info. I had no idea about the plant switching to natural gas. It'll be interesting to see if that affects the train traffic.
I'm still interested in knowing what time of day the trains come by tho.
Saucystargazer - you mentioned they come multiple times at night. Any idea of approximately what time they come by?
Thanks,
Mike
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