Originally posted by Harold: Harold, I went through Raleigh on the Silver Star in 1984 & 1985 and those platforms look familiar...was this the station then? I think I remember a long curve also. I think that Silver Star route is very different now...of course you would know more on that. (I also remember those black SCL motors) Glad you were there to record them on film. [ September 18, 2005, 12:36 AM: Message edited by: Don Rickle ]
Don, You are correct about the station. It was called Seaboard Station and was used up until about 1986. If you look back at the photo for # 502, you'll see the track curving off to the left. It then curves back to the right when it approaches the station. ( A large S curve). Around 1986, CSX ( in their infinite wisdom) pulled up the tracks between Norlina, N.C. and Petersburg, Va., effectively cutting off our access to the North on the "S" line. Amtrak now stops at the old Southern station on the NS line. At Raleigh, the Silver Star heads due east to Selma via NS and then crosses back onto CSX for the journey north, via the "A" line. Harold
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