I've been sharing some of my older paperback train books with my young son lately. One of them is a roster of CRRM from 1976. On the cover is 346 with coach 284, just past "No Agua" tank. There is one house in the back ground, high up on the hill, otherwise it could be out in the middle of the desert from the looks of the picture. I would hope that anyone house hunting would expect some occasional noise, but as we've all seen as of late, that common sense has gone out the window. At least they were able to aquire the motel property a few years back.
Mike