Raleigh, Ohio

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Harry,

 

Being an "old" Norfolk Southern alumni, do you have any recollection of
having seen or any information on their ex-troop sleepers converted to
express cars?

 

I'm particularly interested in knowing if they were ever interchanged
(although a sort of doubt it).

 

Thanks and best regards,

 

Dave Lambert

 

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GaREEEE!

You're talking about my old alma mater.  That's the OLD Norfolk

Southern you're working on.  You're correct too -- it's always 

been in pathetic shape.  Between Raleigh and Charlotte there

was still some 70# rail and the speed limit was 15 MPH

in 1960.

 

 

The three-diamond crossing is now operated from Glenwood

Yard, but there had been an interlocking plant there. It was

known as Boylan on the NS and Raleigh Tower on the SAL.

That's a paired track operation from Fetner (Cary) to Raleigh

Tower -- North Carolina RR owns the east track and CSX owns

the west track.

 

One of the problems with working at Boylan Tower was that

there was no way to determine what was coming from the

south toward you.  S.O.P. was to leave the plant lined for

SAL.  There was a secret code used by the railroaders there.

Not even the CIA knew about it.  When a Southern train for

Goldsboro appeared, it would blink the headlight as it came

of the hill at N. C. State.  A new relief man showed up there

on third trick.  The O.S. bell sounded and he saw a train passing

N.C.State.  It had a blinking light, so he lined up for the train

to go toward Goldsboro.  The train took the signal and stopped

at Raleigh's Southern depot.  Turns out it was the SILVER

Meteor powered by one of the EMD's that had a mars light.

The train crew thought the Meteor was going to detour.

 

Aside from the prison near by, there's also the state asylum,

Dix Hill that's just down the tracks.  If we don't hear from you,

we'll know what happened.

                                              Harry Bundy

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