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A Tiring, 2 Hour Late Crescent Ride Home

This Post is Part of my Finally the Piedmont Trip The trip home from Charlotte took a bit of thought. When I was planning this trip alone, my plan was to spend my last night in North Carolina in Raleigh. Then take the Silver Star to Rocky Mount to the Carolinian to Peterborough, a city express […]

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The CATS LYNX and a Piedmont Points Run to Salisbury and Kannapolis (Delayed on the Return into Charlotte by NS Freight)

This Post is Part of my Finally the Piedmont Trip We sleep in a bit in the Quality. Enjoy an included overly processed breakfast (there were some of the most disgusting rubbery eggs I’ve ever witnessed). We make the 9:45 bus on its circular route back to the end of the Lynx Light rail at I-475. […]

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The Research Triangle via the Piedmont Triad (including the NC Amtrak Connector Bus) to Charlotte

This Post is Part of my Finally the Piedmont Trip Introduction: The morning I spent on the first Peidmont of the day going from Raleigh to Burlington and doubling back to Durham. The plan for the afternoon is to take the midday Piedmont to Greensboro, use buses to High Point and continue on the evening Carolinian […]

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My First Piedmont Ride to Burlington – Delayed due to signal trouble – to the small windowed Carolinian back to Durham – Delayed due to a Suspicious Package

This Post is Part of my Finally the Piedmont Trip The fact the Carolinian was over an hour late and yesterday’s thunderstorm means I’m up early for another early start. The reason is to get Burlington, the one station on the Piedmont Line without any public transportation access that doesn’t seem worth spending a full four […]

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The Track Work Tardy Carolinian to Cary to Thunderstorms

This Post is Part of my Finally the Piedmont Trip After enjoying photographing my first ACS-64 that has powered my southbound Carolinian to Washington, D.C. We leave Union Station at 10:55 and directly enter the long, slow tunnel beneath Washington, DC. 11:00 – re-emerge, as a joking conductor. We pass the National Botanic Garden as our […]

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My First ACS-64 Photos and Ride: The Carolinian down the NEC (I’m finally heading to do the NC DOT Piedmont)

This Post is Part of my Finally the Piedmont Trip Introduction:  I find myself with a free week. I’ve been meaning to finally head down to North Carolina and ride the only Amtrak Rolling Stock I haven’t ridden yet, the unique North Carolina State Heritage Fleet of the Piedmont Service. While I’m looking for possible trips […]