Rocky Mount, NC: CSX/SCL/ACL Depot, Emerson Backshops, Roundhouse and Intermodal Yard

Depot: (3D Satellite)

Intermodal: (Satellite, it has yet to show up on the desktop Goole Maps.)

I'm saving a satellite image of the remaining backshop because CSX plans to tear it down. The turntable was at the end of the track at the top of this excerpt.

Satellite

I learned of Rocky Mount because it is supposed to have the CSX Carolina Connector intermodal terminal, but I had not been able to find it. So I had saved this article in my Savannah intermodal port notes.

safe_image for CSX, Georgia Ports Authority partner on daily intermodal service linking Savannah and North Carolina
"The transit time from ship to shore to Rocky Mount will be three days."

But later in the same day, I came across these two posts. So I'm writing about this town.

Bruce Baker posted seven photos with the comment: "Rocky Mount NC - SCL Emerson Shops, 11-26-75."

Dennis DeBruler: There is supposed to be an intermodal yard in this town. On a satellite image, I searched the yard south of the shops, but I could not find it. Could you tell me where it is?

https://www.trains.com/.../csx-georgia-ports-authority.../

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Billy Joseph tucker commented on Bruce's post
Pic of RM derick at Warsaw NC mid 70's.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Bruce's post
The roundhouse was just north of this building,
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9267902,-77.7998325,195m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu
1957 aerial photo [AR1VIR000110171]

Bruce Baker posted two photos with the comment: "Rocky Mount NC - SCL RR on 11-28-75 featuring #1801 and #704 in the locomotive shop."

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Street View, Apr 2022

railsinva has a lot of photos of the backshops.

Gene Herring posted two photos with the comment: "The employees of the Atlantic Coast Line Emerson Shops wore many hats. One major shop overhauled steam locomotives. Another big function of the shops was to refurbish passenger and dining cars. Pictured below is a freshly reconditioned 83'2" Pullman Standard dining car named the Kinston. Service on the Atlantic Coast Line was next to none. The pride shows in the picture of the servers lined waiting for diners to board. I doubt the snootiest restaurant in Rocky Mount today could compare with the 1937 staff shown here."

NC Rail Past Present shared with the comment: "Cool info about what Emerson Shops in Rocky Mount."

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Street View, Jul 2012

What are the odds I would catch a train at the station?

Street View, Apr 2022

Amol More, May 2023

The depot is supposed to have a railroad museum. [rmrailroad]

The office car ACL 303 is preserved. Note the historical marker on the left side of this view. [hmdb]

Street View, Jun 2018

Billy Joseph Tucker answered Dennis' question on Bruce's post

Dennis DeBruler commented on Billy's answer
Thanks. No wonder I could not find it, it doesn't even show up on my desktop Google Maps. https://goo.gl/maps/BRmZL7JfATh1BpWDA Google Earth shows it was being constructed in Dec 2019.

Google Earth, Nov 2021