July 25, 2019 – A Charlotte Area Transit System Blue line LYNX train arrives at the 25th Street Station in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Charlotte Area Transit System Blue line LYNX train…
July 25, 2019 – A Charlotte Area Transit System Blue line LYNX train heads downgrade as it approaches the 25th Street Station in Charlotte, North Carolina as it heads uptown.
According to Wikipedia… The Lynx Blue Line is a light rail line in Charlotte, North Carolina. The 19.3-mile (31.1 km) line goes from its northern terminus at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in University City through NoDa, Uptown, and South End then paralleling South Boulevard to its southern terminus just north of Interstate 485 at the Pineville city limits.
There are 26 stations in the system, the light rail portion of which carries an average of over 23,200 passenger trips every day. It is the first major rapid rail service of any kind in North Carolina, and began operating seventy years after the previous Charlotte streetcar system was disbanded in 1938, in favor of motorized bus transit.
It opened on November 24, 2007 between I-485/South Boulevard and 7th Street as the first rail line of the Charlotte Area Transit System. Fares were not collected as part of the opening celebration. Regular service with fare collection commenced the next day.
CSX Q583 passes the signals at the north end of Waxhaw…
July 24, 2019 – CSX Q583 passes the signals at the north end of Waxhaw, North Carolina as it heads north on the Monroe Subdivision with CSXT 3184 leading the way. A big shout out to everyone that helped me find spots, heads up on trains, suggestions on places to photograph them. This includes, Travis Mackey, Burt Wayne Black, John DeVasto and all the others! I’ll be posting other shots from locations you all suggested for a couple weeks!!!
Charlotte Area Transit System Blue line train…
July 25, 2019 – A Charlotte Area Transit System Blue line train approaches the 25th Street Station in Charlotte, North Carolina.
According to Wikipedia… The Lynx Blue Line is a light rail line in Charlotte, North Carolina. The 19.3-mile (31.1 km) line goes from its northern terminus at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in University City through NoDa, Uptown, and South End then paralleling South Boulevard to its southern terminus just north of Interstate 485 at the Pineville city limits. There are 26 stations in the system, the light rail portion of which carries an average of over 23,200 passenger trips every day. It is the first major rapid rail service of any kind in North Carolina, and began operating seventy years after the previous Charlotte streetcar system was disbanded in 1938, in favor of motorized bus transit. It opened on November 24, 2007 between I-485/South Boulevard and 7th Street as the first rail line of the Charlotte Area Transit System. Fares were not collected as part of the opening celebration. Regular service with fare collection commenced the next day.
CSX intermodal Q038-24 makes its way south…
July 25, 2019 – CSX intermodal Q038-24 makes its way south as it heads through Indian Trail, NC on the Charlotte Subdivision.
January 13, 2019 – NS 6104 leads a mixed freight…
January 13, 2019 – NS 6104 leads a mixed freight as it works the north end of Charlotte Yard at Charlotte, NC as it builds a train with the city skyline in the background on a wet and dreary day. – #jimstrainphotos #northcarolinarailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #NC #NCrailroads
January 12, 2019 – CSX Q583 passes the yard office…
January 12, 2019 – CSX Q583 passes the yard office (an old Seaboard Station) at the south end of Monroe Yard with CSXT 3243 leading as it heads north on the Monroe Subdivision at Monroe, NC. – #jimstrainphotos #ncrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
January 13, 2019 – A Charlotte, NC LYNX Blue Line Commuter train…
January 13, 2019 – A Charlotte, NC LYNX Blue Line Commuter train pulls away from the 25th Street light rail station, under a maze of power lines, as it heads north to its final stop at the I-485 station. According to Wikipedia, 25th Street is a light rail station on the LYNX Blue Line in the Optimist Park neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. It opened on March 16, 2018, as part of the Blue Line extension to the UNC Charlotte campus. The station features an island platform and is located at the southern end of NoDa. – #jimstrainphotos #NCrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #commutertrain #lightrail #northcarolinarailroads
January 12, 2019 – CSX Q583 approaches the south end of Monroe Yard…
January 12, 2019 – CSX Q583 approaches the south end of Monroe Yard with CSXT 3243 leading as it heads north on Monroe Subdivision at Monroe, NC. – #jimstrainphotos #ncrailroads #trains #nikond800 #railroad #railroads #train #railways #railway #csx #csxrailroad
January 13, 2019 – NC Piedmont commuter train 74
January 13, 2019 – NC Piedmont commuter train 74, with locomotive 1893, City of Burlington, leading, heads north out of the NS Charlotte Yard at Charlotte, NC bound for Raleigh, NC under stormy skies.
According a 2011 press release from NCDOT, The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Rail Division commissioned the #1893 “City of Burlington” commuter locomotive into service for the use in their daily Piedmont passenger train service on December 15th, 2011. The then newly-refurbished locomotive replaced the locomotive damaged in a crash in Mebane in 2010. The #1893 “City of Burlington” is painted in the NCDOT Piedmont paint scheme, which incorporates the colors and symbols of North Carolina’s state flag. NCDOT names its locomotives for the cities along its passenger rail corridor. Each locomotive’s number corresponds to the incorporation or charter date of the city after which it is named. – #jimstrainphotos#northcarolinarailroads#trains#nikond800#railroad#railroads#train#railways#railway#NC#NCrailroads
January 12, 2019 – A LYNX Blue Line train arrives…
January 12, 2019 – A LYNX Blue Line train arrives at the end of it’s line a the I-485 stop in Pineville, NC.According Wikipedia: The Lynx Blue Line is a light rail line in Charlotte, North Carolina. The 19.3-mile (31.1 km) line goes from its northern terminus at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in University City through NoDa, Uptown, and South End then paralleling South Boulevard to its southern terminus just north of Interstate 485 at the Pineville city limits.
There are 26 stations in the system, the light rail portion of which carries an average of over 16,900 passenger trips every day. It is the first major rapid rail service of any kind in North Carolina, and began operating seventy years after the previous Charlotte streetcar system was disbanded in 1938, in favor of motorized bus transit. It opened on November 24, 2007 between I-485/South Boulevard and 7th Street as the first rail line of the Charlotte Area Transit System. – #jimstrainphotos#NCrailroads#trains#nikond800#railroad#railroads#train#railways#railway#commutertrain#lightrail#northcarolinarailroads