Does anyone know the official date of the last train to run betwen Norlina and Petersburg and when the last of that track was removed?

-- Sam Cargill (samcargill@webtv.net), December 18, 2002

Answers

They did run one more train,on new years eve that left Raleigh at 1030 and arrived at Petersburg around 100am,so they could get a tax write off for the new year.It was 1 engine and 10 MofW cars.I saw it go through Paschall at 1155pm.After that it ripped up by some of the guys I work with today.

-- Vic Lewis (TrkInsp5F33@aol.com), December 19, 2002.

They did run one more train,on new years eve that left Raleigh at 1030 and arrived at Petersburg around 100am,so they could get a tax write off for the new year.It was 1 engine and 10 MofW cars.I saw it go through Paschall at 1155pm.

-- Vic Lewis (TrkInsp5F33@aol.com), December 19, 2002.

The last Amtrak Silver Star ran on this segment Oct. 25, 1986. I believe through freights had already been taken off by that date. I don't have the exact date the track was removed, but I think it was not finished until spring of 1987. Thus it's possible that work trains or other such movements ran through after Oct. 25.

-- Larry Goolsby (clgoolsby@worldnet.att.net), December 18, 2002.