Set out to see this place from the Hamp hotel, on a road trip Fla to Penna.
Used my asm.transitdocs app to track the trains and where they would be.
Now this station has a diamond, crossover of north-south main and east west main which heads west to nearby Raleigh. Silver meteor, Autotrain head straight north to south, Carolinean makes a day stop here and turns west to Raleigh, and the Silver Starvation (they pulled the diner off it) makes no stop, but comes out of the north and makes a 90 degree turn to the west, to Raleigh.
Approaching, I got stopped by a westbound at grade crossing in town, a slow freight. Arrived at station about 9 pm, distant t storms lit the Raleigh sky. No one around, warm summer night. Then crossing bells, a fast southbound freight going about 90 thru the station, how exciting!
Next I heard Selma approach on the radio, a late Silver Starvation, Florida bound. Watched it arrive, take the curve around the station, then disappear into the lightning towards Raleigh. Train fans will enjoy it here. read more