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Passenger Trains > Rocky mount,ncDate: 08/01/22 18:32 Rocky mount,nc Author: scoobydoobydoo how many amtraks come through each day
Date: 08/01/22 19:30 Re: Rocky mount,nc Author: chess Currently 4 in each direction, because of trains 97/98, the Silver Meteor is temporarily suspended. Otherwise its 5 Northbound, and 5 South. The Carolinian, trains 79/80, the Palmetto, trains 89/90, the Silver Star, trains 91/92, and the Auto Train, trains 53/52...
Date: 08/01/22 23:19 Re: Rocky mount,nc Author: boejoe I visited the Amtrak station fifteen years ago and was surprised to find a former ACL business car on display as well as an early high capacity car. I think it was called a Whopper Hopper. Not sure if the equipment is still there or not. Just south of the station was an interchange with the Nash County RR that was (at that time) a recent acquisition by G&O (Gulf & Ohio).
Date: 08/02/22 05:39 Re: Rocky mount,nc Author: ctillnc ACL 500000 Whopper Hopper was moved to the NC Transportation Museum in Spencer in 2018. There was a proposal to relocate the ex-ACL office car 303 to another site in Rocky Mount, but as far as I know this never happened.
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,5103080 Date: 08/10/22 07:07 Re: Rocky mount,nc Author: ctillnc I was in Rocky Mount this week. The office car is still at the station, covered on its top and sides by a heavy tarpaulin. The car was renovated about 20 years ago at considerable expense but suffered from vandalism and water intrusion. I found a document from 2018 that the City and NCDOT had agreed to move the car about 3500 feet to the Imperial Centre, build a canopy for it, and repair the damage.
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