By the Carolina Rail Feed Association

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

NameFrequencyChannel
Charlotte District Road160.950MhzAAR056
Charlotte District Ch 2161.310MhzAAR080

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)