Eastern Railroad Discussion > Seaboard, NC question?

Do any trains pass through Seaboard, NC any more? I've only been there once and the rails back then were
covered in rust... not that it means anything. I think I read that 8-12 a day passed through but I think that must
be outdated? Thanks!


Jay

Seaboard,NC, assuming your talking about the one just NE of Weldon,NC.

I'd say your looking at 8-10 in 24 hours. A pair of intermodals, a pair of Portsmouth/Rocky Mount freights, a turn job from Rocky Mt to Boykins,VA to interchange trains with NCVA, also rock trains to and from the quarry near Trego,VA to Portsmouth. Occ. Grain and windmill train moves.

Also, I believe certain days of the week see more than one intermodal.

Grady McKinley
Asheville,NC

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/22/16 11:39 by Asheville_G.

Asheville_G Wrote:
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> Seaboard,NC, assuming your talking about the one
> just NE of Weldon,NC.
>
> I'd say your looking at 8-10 in 24 hours. A pair
> of intermodals, a pair of Portsmouth/Rocky Mount
> freights, a turn job from Rocky Mt to Boykins,VA
> to interchange trains with NCVA, also rock trains
> to and from the quarry near Trego,VA to
> Portsmouth. Occ. Grain and windmill train moves.
>
>
> Also, I believe certain days of the week see more
> than one intermodal.
>
> Grady McKinley
> Asheville,NC
>
> Posted from iPhone

​The Rocky Mount <-> Portmouth train you're referring to (was F781/782 then back Q446/447) went from running both directions every day when it was a local to running one direction a day when it became a road freight.  Now I believe it only runs 2 days a week.  The F774 is still every day though.

Here are the scheduled trains.  Days of operation are from originating terminal:

Q130 Bedford Park, IL - Suffolk, VA  Tu, Th, Sa
Q135 North Baltimore, OH - Portsmouth, VA  daily 
Q136 Portsmouth, VA - North Baltimore, OH  daily
Q139 Suffolk, VA - Bedford Park, IL  as needed.  None have run in the past week.
Q446 Portsmouth, VA - Rocky Mount, NC  Mo, We
Q447 Rocky Mount, NC - Portsmouth, VA  Tu, Th
F774 Rocky Mount, NC - Boykins, VA turn  daily

Andrew



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/22/16 12:57 by florida581.

florida581 Wrote:
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> Here are the scheduled trains.  Days of operation
> are from originating terminal:
>
> Q130 Bedford Park, IL - Suffolk, VA  Tu, Th, Sa
> Q135 North Baltimore, OH - Portsmouth, VA
>  daily 
> Q136 Portsmouth, VA - North Baltimore, OH  daily
> Q139 Suffolk, VA - Bedford Park, IL  as needed.
>  None have run in the past week.
> Q446 Portsmouth, VA - Rocky Mount, NC  Mo, We
> Q447 Rocky Mount, NC - Portsmouth, VA  Tu, Th
> F774 Rocky Mount, NC - Boykins, VA turn  daily
>
> Andrew

Thanks.  So these trains will call on / pass the new Rocky Mount intermodal yard?

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> Thanks.  So these trains will call on / pass the
> new Rocky Mount intermodal yard?

Actually, none of these intermodals go through Rocky Mount.  They turn north at Weldon.  But that's not to say that CSX might change things up when the new Rocky Mount terminal is completed.

Andrew

florida581 Wrote:
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> Here are the scheduled trains.  Days of operation
> are from originating terminal:
>
> Q130 Bedford Park, IL - Suffolk, VA  Tu, Th, Sa
> Q135 North Baltimore, OH - Portsmouth, VA
>  daily 
> Q136 Portsmouth, VA - North Baltimore, OH  daily
> Q139 Suffolk, VA - Bedford Park, IL  as needed.
>  None have run in the past week.
> Q446 Portsmouth, VA - Rocky Mount, NC  Mo, We
> Q447 Rocky Mount, NC - Portsmouth, VA  Tu, Th
> F774 Rocky Mount, NC - Boykins, VA turn  daily
>
> Andrew

​You've got the 136 and 135 backwards.  136 is to Portmouth and 135 is from Portsmouth.  You're also missing the rock train.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/22/16 14:11 by Totallamer.

Totallamer Wrote:
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> ​You've got the 136 and 135 backwards.  136 is
> to Portmouth and 135 is from Portsmouth.  You're
> also missing the rock train.

Oops!  I had a momentary lapse of dyslexia.  What are the rock train symbols?

Andrew

florida581 Wrote:
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> Totallamer Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > ​You've got the 136 and 135 backwards.  136
> is
> > to Portmouth and 135 is from Portsmouth. 
> You're
> > also missing the rock train.
>
> Oops!  I had a momentary lapse of dyslexia.
>  What are the rock train symbols?
>
> Andrew
​
K959 to Portsmouth and K960 back.  It runs Monday through Friday with an assigned crew, one direction a day.  So Monday to Portmouth, Tuesday back, etc.  Then it's off Saturday and on Sunday the Richmond <-> Portsmouth pool brings it back to the quarry from Portsmouth.  It runs year 'round except during the winter when it's too cold/frozen to dump.  When exactly it gets cut off each year varies though.



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As far as I know, the line through Seaboard is well-maintained, 40 or 49 mph track.

I asked this on my lunch hour and have had time to look at the line again. I was
talking about Seaboard, NC near Weldon, I should have mentioned that.
Apparently I was on a spur or something because I really had no clue where I was,
more or less passing through. I asked because I have a couple of places in that area
that interest me and I want to check them out and maybe catch a train as a bonus. When
looking at Google Maps I did notice what looks like a blue locomotive? The location is
here as I doubt it will show on the screen shot I did... 36.6515448,-76.993042.... Thanks for
all the great info, I hope to get up there very soon!

Jay

 



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There is a wye on the north side of the river at Weldon, where the branch connects with the main line. And a spur from the main south of the river, heading north into Weldon. An old railroad bridge connecting the two sides of the branch (main line?) has been dismantled.  I mentioned this last week in a report on my trip on the AutoTrain.

ETA: There's a lot of track in the area of the lovely Weldon station. I'd like to check it out sometime in the future.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/22/16 17:47 by Lackawanna484.

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> There is a wye on the north side of the river at
> Weldon, where the branch connects with the main
> line. And a spur from the main south of the river,
> heading north into Weldon. An old railroad bridge
> connecting the two sides of the branch (main
> line?) has been dismantled.  I mentioned this
> last week in a report on my trip on the
> AutoTrain.
>
> ETA: There's a lot of track in the area of the
> lovely Weldon station. I'd like to check it out
> sometime in the future.

​The line to Portmouth is ex-SAL.  So there was the S-Line from Raleigh to Richmond right?  The line to Portsmouth splits off in Norlina.  After the SAL/ACL merger they connected the Portsmouth line to the A-Line there on the north side of the river and abandoned the line between Norlina and Weldon except for the Roanoke Rapids Spur.

Good history of Weldon at http://historicweldonnc.com/history/weldon-s-railroad-history.html