
Charlotte District
The Charlotte District of the Norfolk Southern Mainline is a 155 mile long stretch of track between Linwood Yard, NC and Greenville, SC. It is a major corridor for Norfolk Southern and part of their easternmost North-South mainline. It features numerous manifest, intermodal, and passenger trains that make up a bulk of its traffic. It also hosts some of the more important cities in the region including Salisbury, Charlotte, Spartanburg, and Greenville.
Train List
Locals
Linwood:
- E39 Salisbury Switcher – Salisbury — Landis Turn (Mon-Fri | O/D: 0530) ✤ ✶
- P92 – Salisbury — Halls Ferry Turn (Mon-Fri | O/D: 0530) ✤ ✶
- P61 – Statesville — Linwood Turn (Daily | O/D: 1200) ✤ ✶
Charlotte
- P49 – Charlotte — Harrisburg Turn (Mon-Fri | O/D: 0530) ✶ ✦
- PC06 Quartermaster – Charlotte — Huntersville Turn (Mon-Fri | O/D: 0530) ✦
- P43 – Charlotte — Kings Mtn Turn (Mon-Fri | O/D: 0530) ✦ ●▾
- P09 – Charlotte — Spartanburg Turn (Mon-Fri ) ✦ ●▾■
Spartanburg:
- P42 – Spartanburg — Grover Turn (Mon-Fri | O/D: 1600) ●▾■
- P79 – Spartanburg — Greer Turn (Mon-Fri) ▾■
Passenger
- 19 Crescent – New York, NY — New Orleans, LA Amtrak (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦ ● ■
- 20 Crescent – New Orleans, LA — New York, NY Amtrak (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦ ● ■
- 71 Piedmont – Raleigh, NC — Charlotte, NC Amtrak (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 72 Piedmont – Charlotte, NC — Raleigh, NC Amtrak (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 73 Piedmont – Raleigh, NC — Charlotte, NC Amtrak (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 74 Piedmont – Charlotte, NC — Raleigh, NC Amtrak (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 75 Piedmont – Raleigh, NC — Charlotte, NC Amtrak (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 76 Piedmont – Charlotte, NC — Raleigh, NC Amtrak (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 77 Piedmont – Raleigh, NC — Charlotte, NC Amtrak (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 78 Piedmont – Charlotte, NC — Raleigh, NC Amtrak (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 79 Carolinian – New York, NY — Charlotte, NC Amtrak (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 80 Carolinian – Charlotte, NC — New York, NY Amtrak (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦
Manifest
- 153 – Linwood, NC — Birmingham, AL Manifest (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦ ● ▾■
- 154 – Birmingham, AL — Linwood, NC Manifest (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦ ● ▾■
- 12R – Columbia, SC — Enola, PA Manifest (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 15R – Linwood, NC — Columbia, SC Manifest (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦
Coal
- 744/740 – Shire Oaks, PA — Catawba, NC Loaded Coal (As Needed) ✤
- 745/741 – Catawba, NC — Shire Oaks, PA Empty Coal (As Needed) ✤
- 750 – Shire Oaks, PA — Belmont, NC (As Needed) ✤ ✶ ✦ ●
- 751 – Belmont, NC — Shire Oaks, PA (As Needed) ✤ ✶ ✦ ●
- 786 – Shire Oaks, PA — Wateree, SC (As Needed) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 787 – Wateree, SC — Shire Oaks, PA (As Needed) ✤ ✶ ✦
Intermodal
- 24X – Atlanta, GA — Croxton, NJ Intermodal (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦ ● ▾■
- 25A – Croxton, NJ — Atlanta, GA Intermodal (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦ ● ▾■
- 28R – Atlanta, GA — Rutherford, PA Intermodal (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦ ●▾ ■
- 27A – Rutherford, PA — Atlanta, GA Intermodal (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦ ● ▾■
- 28N – Chicago, IL — Charlotte, NC Intermodal (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 29C – Charlotte, NC — Chicago, IL Intermodal (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 240 – Atlanta, GA — Charlotte, NC Intermodal (Daily) ✦ ● ■
- 283 – Charlotte, NC — Memphis, TN Intermodal (Daily) ✦ ● ■
- 281 – Charlotte, NC — Jacksonville, FL Intermodal (Daily) ✦ ● ■
- 282 – Jacksonville, FL — Charlotte, NC Intermodal (Daily) ✦ ● ■
- 18D – Greer, SC — Charleston, SC Intermodal (Daily) ▾■
- 19D – Charleston, SC — Greer, SC Intermodal (Daily) ▾■
- 242 – Atlanta, GA — Charleston, SC Intermodal (Daily) ▾■
- 243 – Charleston, SC — Atlanta, GA Intermodal (Daily) ▾■
- 296 – Greer, SC — Charleston, SC Intermodal (Daily) ▾■
- 297 – Charleston, SC — Greer, SC Intermodal (Daily) ▾■
Grain
- 50V – Mansfield, OH — Monetta, SC Loaded Grain (As Needed) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 51V – Monetta, SC — Mansfield, OH Empty Grain (As Needed) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 50W – Fostoria, OH — Chester, SC Loaded Grain (As Needed) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 51W – Chester, SC — Fostoria, OH Empty Grain (As Needed) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 44J – Milmine, IL — Charlotte, NC Loaded Grain (As Needed) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 45J – Charlotte, NC — Milmine, IL Empty Grain (As Needed) ✤ ✶ ✦
Limestone
- 68V – Unknown — Catawba, NC Loaded Limestone (As Needed) ✤
- 69V – Catawba, NC — Unknown Empty Limestone (As Needed) ✤
Radio Frequencies
Name | Frequency | Channel |
---|---|---|
Charlotte District Road | 160.950Mhz | AAR056 |
Charlotte District Ch 2 | 161.310Mhz | AAR080 |
Feeds
Trains will be marked with the following symbols to signify which feeds they can be heard on:
✤ Salisbury Feed
✶ Concord Feed
✦ Charlotte Feed
● Cramerton Feed
▾Lynn Gap Feed
■ Spartanburg Feed
Detectors
Five Row (329.8) ✤ |
China Grove WID (341.2) ✤ |
China Grove HBD (341.3) ✤ |
Landis (345.6) ✤✶ |
Concord (355.3) ✶ |
Newell (368.9) ✶ |
Cramerton (390.4) ● |
Arlington (402.6) ● |
Archdale (416.1) ● |
Broad River (427.0) |
Thicketty (437.6) ■ |
Zion Hill (448.3) ■ |
Wellford (462.0) ■ |
Taylors (475.9) |