
Danville District
The Danville District of the Norfolk Southern Mainline is a 78 mile long stretch of track running through North Carolina between the northern border near Danville, VA and Linwood Yard, NC. 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 northern North Carolina including Reidsville, Greensboro, High Point, and Lexington.
Train List
Locals
Danville:
- P06 – Danville — Benaja Turn (Mon-Fri)
Greensboro:
- P08 – Greensboro — High Point Turn (Sun-Thurs) ✤ ✶
- P13 – Greenbsboro Road Switcher (Sun, Wed-Sat) ✤
- P15 – Greenbsboro Road Switcher (Sun-Thurs) ✤
- P80 – Greensboro — Linwood Turn (Daily ) ✤ ✶ ✦
- E42 – Greensboro Yard Switcher (Mon-Sat) ✤
- E44 – Greensboro Yard Switcher (Mon) ✤
Linwood:
- P02 – Linwood — Thomasville 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
- 118 – Bellevue, OH — Linwood, NC Manifest (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 119 – Linwood, NC– Bellevue, OH Manifest (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 134 – Roanoke, VA — Linwood, NC Manifest (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 165 – Linwood, NC — Roanoke, VA Manifest (Daily) ✤ ✶ ✦
- 15R – Enola, PA — Linwood, NC 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) ✤ ✶ ✦
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 |
---|---|---|
Danville District Road | 160.905Mhz | AAR056 |
Danville District Ch 2 | 160.515Mhz | AAR080 |
Feeds
Trains will be marked with the following symbols to signify which feeds they can be heard on:
✤ Greensboro Feed
✶ Thomasville Feed
✦ Salisbury Feed
Detectors
Ruffin (251.5) |
Reidsville (266.0) |
Rudd (276.5) ✤ |
Hilltop (291.5) ✤✶ |
High Point (301.9) ✶ |
Lexington (316.2) ✦ |