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Amtrak’s Carolinian is a light passenger rail that provides locals with the chance to experience an older style of travel along a scenic route that starts in Charlotte and ends in New York.
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31681
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Offering a view of North Carolina that you can’t get on the interstate, the Raleigh to Charlotte train is becoming increasingly popular as a tourist vehicle. When Amtrak turned down a request from NCDOT to provide this same day service, the state of North Carolina decided to purchase its own line.
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The pleasant overnight trip by train from Asheville to Washington or New York is likely to soon be a thing of the past, as the Southern Railway has petitioned for a hearing before the North Carolina Utilities Commission regarding such a change in its passenger service. The passenger business, they claim, is losing too much money and they would like to discontinue the service. This is the last available rail service out of Asheville and all of Western North Carolina.
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24480
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The June Bug rail line travels from Taylorsville to Statesville and brings many tourists who wish to experience travel in an older fashion. This article presents what it is like to spend a day on the June Bug.
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5884
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Timblin discusses the tremendous comeback passenger trains have made in North Carolina. Along with The Carolinian and The Piedmont, both Amtrak trains, the state is considering additional routes in the East. The North Carolina Department of Transportation has begun to restore stations, including those at Hickory, Black Mountain, and Old Fort, and building new ones in Asheville and Valdese.
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In commemoration of its 250th anniversary, Bertie County celebrated Kelford Day with a passenger train trip to Rocky Mount for 550 county residents. At one time, Kelford (pop. 300) had been a busy stop for regional rail service with as many as eight passenger trains a day heading out for Rocky Mount or Norfolk. Amtrak originally agreed to send a train for the celebration but tried to back out of the deal until pressure from local citizens, Congressman Walter Jones, the Department of Transportation, and the White House forced them to honor their original agreement.
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This article presents the history of the North Carolina Railroad Company, which owns the tracks upon which the Carolinian travels. The tracks were built in the decade before the Civil War in order to promote and facilitate economic development in the Piedmont.
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