King Street Overhead Bridge with container train

The Charlotte District is a line operated by

Norfolk Southern Railway The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31 ...

. The line is part of the Norfolk Southern Coastal Division; the district runs between

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, and

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Trains

Intermodal, manifest, coal trains, and Amtrak run on the Charlotte District. 20-30 trains a day run through Charlotte, North Carolina, while between C.P. Charlotte Junction (a connector to

the R-Line The R-Line is a secondary main railway line running between Charlotte, North Carolina and Augusta, Georgia, United States, which is home to the greatest train to traverse the railroads system, NS 12R. The line is operated by Norfolk Southern (NS ...

) and Gaffney, South Carolina, it is usually 10-18 trains a day. Most regional trains do not need track authorities from the Charlotte dispatcher; however, they are given to track supervisors, signal maintainers, locals, or trains that need to do the switching.

References

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Trains

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