By the Carolina Rail Feed Association

Charlotte Subdivision

The Charlotte Subdivision is a 96.2 mile long stretch of track between Monroe, NC and Bostic, NC. It is a major connector between the two primary CSX mainlines (S-Line and A-Line) and the Clinchfield. More recently, it has started receiving more and more intermodal traffic to feed the Charlotte intermodal yard.

Train List

Locals

Monroe:

  • L655 – Monroe — Matthews Turn (Mon-Fri | O/D: 0700) ✶ ✦

Charlotte:

  • L656 – Charlotte — Lincolnton Turn (Mon-Fri | O/D: 0600) ✶
  • Y326 – Charlotte — Tryon Yard Turn ✶
  • Y103 Charlotte Yard Job ✶
  • Y221 – P&N Chemway Loop Job (Mon-Fri | O/D: 1600) ✶
  • Y222 – West Industrial Park Job (Mon-Fri | O/D: 1500) ✶
  • Y203 – Intermodal Ramp Job ✶

Bostic:

  • L249 – Bostic — Cherryville Turn (Sun-Thurs | O/D: 1900) ✤

Manifest

  • L702 – Charlotte — Wilmington Manifest (Tues-Sat | O/D: 0600) ✶ ✦
  • L703 – Wilmington — Charlotte Manifest (Wed-Sun | O/D: 0600) ✶ ✦

Coal

  • C758 – Unknown — Catawba, NC Loaded Coal (As Needed) ✤ ✶
  • E758 – Catawba, NC — Unknown Empty Coal (As Needed) ✤ ✶

Intermodal

  • I038 – Jacksonville, FL — Charlotte, NC (Daily | Afternoon Arrival) ✶ ✦
  • I037 – Charlotte, NC — Jacksonville, FL (Daily | O/D: 1830) ✶ ✦

Ethanol

  • B650 – Unknown — Charlotte, NC Loaded Ethanol (As Needed) ✤ ✶
  • B651 – Charlotte, NC — Unknown Empty Ethanol (As Needed) ✤ ✶

Radio Frequencies

NameFrequencyChannel
Charlotte Sub Road160.590MhzAAR032
Charlotte Sub FE Dispatcher160.995MhzAAR059
West Industrial Park160.800MhzAAR046
Chemway Loop160.215MhzAAR007

Feeds

Trains will be marked with the following symbols to signify which feeds they can be heard on:
✤ Bostic Feed
✶ Charlotte Feed
✦ Monroe Feed

Detectors

Matthews (SF317.4) ✶✦
Thrift (SF337.4) ✶
Stanley (SF354.1)
Cherryville (SF373.8)
Lattimore (SF391.8) ✤