Eastern Railroad Discussion > Input from the North Carolina people on here...

This past Sunday morning I was on the way home from Darlington, SC.
I always swing by Hamlet out of habit and saw a green signal and
figured it was Amtrak headed that way. As I was driving down highway
177 towards US1 and Aberdeen Amtrak did pass me headed toward Hamlet. This was about
12:15 AM Sunday morning ±. Thinking nothing about it I headed on up US1 north.

Passing over the tracks north of Vass I looked to my right as usual and was shocked to see a green
signal AND a southbound train sitting there. This was about 12:40 AM or so. I say shocked
because this is the "S" line from Raleigh to Hamlet and all it sees in a 24 hour period
are two freights, F741 and F742 I think are the symbols and a north and southbound Amtrak.

I rode down there and there was a train and a signal maintainer working on the signal.
All I could pick up on the scanner was the dispatcher telling the crew that 91 (Amtrak?)
had just passed through there. The headlights on the train were blinding me and I couldn't tell
what it was but I think it was a freight as Amtrak had just passed through. This was at milepost
S 209.39 at the Pine Forest Road crossing (35.342067,-79.229493 actual location)

My question after all the rambling is this. Was this train one of the two local freights? I didn't think
they ran that late or at least I've never heard them as they pass the Colon crossing north of Sanford. I was
trying not to get my hopes up that it could have actually been a 5th train that day? Any ideas or
input? Thank you!

Jay



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/16/14 18:31 by Benched_it.

No idea about the train, but it sure was a good race, wasn't it.

BobE

Possibly a rock train. Ballast trains are loaded at a quarry just south of Sanford.

BobE Wrote:
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> No idea about the train, but it sure was a good
> race, wasn't it.
>
> BobE


If you were a Kevin Harvick fan it was a great race.
However if you're a Jeff Gordon fan like myself...
not so much. *sigh*

Jay



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/16/14 21:02 by Benched_it.

grabiron Wrote:
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> Possibly a rock train. Ballast trains are loaded
> at a quarry just south of Sanford.


The Lemon Springs quarry, I forgot all
about that. Thanks!

Jay



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/17/14 04:57 by Benched_it.

Benched_it Wrote:

> If you were a Kevin Harvick fan it was a great
> race.
> However if you're a Jeff Gordon fan like
> myself...
> not so much. *sigh*
>
> Jay


Mark Martin, actually...........and the 24 has won enough thanks very much, time for someone else (and I don't mean the 48!).

BobE

BobE Wrote:
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(and I don't mean the 48!).

BobE

Anyone but the 48!!!!!