Does it seem possible that RFCC will actually need that much of a facility, or could they live with the small yard by central prison? IIRC there used to be more tracks there than there are today.
Anything to get rid of the diamond at Boylan Wye. That thing is a thorn in everyone’s side.
Maybe in approximately the year
2085 it’ll become a brand-new 10+ platform through-running passenger rail station due to Raleigh being such a booming rail hub that RUS can’t keep up capacity.
Former RJ Corman Carolina Lines GP38-2 7710 has now joined Nashville and Eastern Railroad B39-8 8572 in Raleigh (note graffiti is gone!).
She was dropped by CSX at the NS interchange at Edgeton late Sunday and pulled today. She’s pictured here late Tuesday afternoon at NS Glenwood Yard in Raleigh. Sister GP38-2 3817 is also being transferred from the Carolina Lines to the new Raleigh & Fayetteville Railroad.
RAIL Magazine’s twitter account ranks Raleigh-Fayetteville via Fuquay as the 41st most likely corridor to happen, of the 69 that FRA accepted into the Corridor Identification & Development Program.
Fayetteville still is planning commuter rail line to Raleigh haven’t heard much since the announcement so that definitely benefit us. And honestly this could fix commuter rail all over the area.
Going via Fuquay is not a foregone conclusion. As I recall, the eastern route would be better by pretty much every measure other than “Goes through Fuquay-Varina.”