[rubicon]

Originally Posted by golf4me

Doesn't take long to figure out who is positive and who is negative on this forum.

Or realistic , aware and experienced.

[buggyone]

I would certainly think anyone ready to plunk down $250,000 or more would make the rounds to see what is in the area - sewage treatment plants, nearby train tracks, high tension wires, etc.

[graciegirl]

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[janmcn]

Originally Posted by Dutchgirl

Where are the trains?

They run north and south parallel to route 301.

[Irishmen]

The Tropicana Train heading North is The Orange Juice Train, a express to New York Daily. This train has priority clearance and all other trains pull to the pass track to let it go by. Train traffic has gone up in the past year and will increase to 40-60 trains a day within a few years

[Schaumburger]

Originally Posted by bimmertl

Villages agent never mentioned trains or anything possibly derogatory. Spent two days with him looking at new and pre owned.

Spent third day with Remax agent Tom Heller. First thing he did was pull out a map of the Villages and circle sewage treatment plants and railroad tracks. We ultimately bought from Heller.

Probably beneficial spending first day or so with non villages realtor so you can get well educated prior to spending time with Villages realtors who you have to pry information from. Of course, if you want only new construction you don't have a choice.

That would be the type of agent I would want to work with -- tells the buyers upfront where the potential problem areas are. Nothing like plunking down $250K on your dream home and then having smells or loud trains to deal with.

[Grannynance]

Originally Posted by Dutchgirl

Where are the trains?

Dutchgril you must be new to the villages

[ceejay]

Originally Posted by skyguy79

In reading this thread, something came to mind that occurred years ago when our son was just 3 years of age.

We were on our way to Florida and stopped to stay overnight in a West Virginia motel. I haden't realized that the motel was right next to a set of RR tracks, and I mean right next to them, when we suddely heard the distant sound of a train approaching. It proceeded to get closer and closer and along with it's horn louder and louder. It sounded like the train was heading straight toward the motel. Without thinking I said to my 3 year old son... "Quick, you open the front door and I'll open the back door so the train can get through our room OK!"

Well I'm sure you can just imagine the blood curdling scream of fear that came out of his little mouth and how bad I felt as I held and assured him that the train wasn't really coming through the room! Fortunately we can laugh about it today, but back then... ???
OK! Go ahead! Call me a mean daddy!

Thank you for my night-time laugh, Skyguy!

Sounds exactly like something my husband would have said!

My three sons loved trains and would scream "flash and go down" everytime we came to a crossing. Many times I would find myself screaming with them!

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by bimmertl

Spent third day with Remax agent Tom Heller. First thing he did was pull out a map of the Villages and circle sewage treatment plants

Where are the sewage treatment plants located? How many are there?

[chuckinca]

Wikipedia article on The Juice Train:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juice_Train


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[buggyone]

Chuckinca -

You must remember the sound of the trains in Schweinfurt since the tracks ran mighty close to Ledward Barracks. They were right next to Conn Barracks.

[chuckinca]

I was at Ledward in barracks next to the out gate - only sounds I remember was the screech of bagpipes in the cold morning at revellie, the music at night from the Lilli Marleen bar (I heard later it was McDonalds)across the main drag outside the gate and the crowd noise from the Willie Sachs soccer stadium on Sunday Mornings when I usually had a hangover.

GARRY OWEN!
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[scoreboard]

Not that I doubt what you say is true about trains increasing. Just curious where you got that number? 40-60 a day in the next few years.
Is that based on fuel prices rising? or other factors.
That seems like an incredible number of trains rumbling through on a more than hourly basis, assuming 24 hours a day

[bimmertl]

This article mentions possibility of 54 trains a day and some as long as two miles.

http://www.ocala.com/article/2011072...9768?p=1&tc=pg

[The Shadow]

Note Wildwood tracks.I count 9 tracks.