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| safe_image for Instagram "Hidden behind a tangle of weeds and gravel off Peace Street, Raleigh has a forgotten piece of its history: an 1883 railroad turntable. Once the largest of its kind in the state, this 55-foot turntable served as a giant rotating platform for locomotives in an era when Raleigh’s population was just 9,000 and advertisements featured deals on hosiery gloves and bicycle shirts. Today, this historic turntable, now owned by CSX, is possibly the oldest machine in Raleigh still performing its original function." |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Hugh's post It looks like this was always just a turntable. That is, there wasn't a roundhouse here. 1951/52 Raleigh Quad @ 62,500 |
Zack Bangalter posted three photos with the comment: "Just south of CSX’s Raleigh yard is an old turntable from when the Seaboard Air Line called that yard home. Still accessible from State Route 401, you’ll have to drive past a garage and up a gravel driveway to get to it. It’s been extensibly tagged with graffiti, and I believe there might be a homeless person or two living nearby, as part of the steel cable around it was serving as a makeshift clothesline today. It’s also pretty full of water since Helene just came through the other day, but other than that, there’s not really much damage done to the turntable itself"
Jeffrey Smith: it's not abandoned they still use it to turn the Power on L619 & L620 what trails on 620 gets spun and leads 619 back.
L619 & L620 are Monday through Friday locals
L619 ( Raleigh NC to Hamlet NC )
L620 ( Hamlet NC to Raleigh NC )
Both swap crews at Moncure
The 620 crew comes back on 619 and the 619 crew returns on 620
Both usually work
Ador
Sanford ( A&W ) interchange
Aberdeen NC ( AC&W ) interchange
Along the way.
Rolando Maggi shared
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