Otto Vondrak wrote:Not quite so fast Matthew..... A couple of years back, I stumbled upon and chased the Charlotte runner and they used the hack for the trip back. See:
Matt Langworthy wrote:
Otto Vondrak wrote:
Charlotte Station itself was in the process of being converted into a restaurant last I heard... but you could get pretty bored waiting for a train to go by...
That hasn't happened yet but Schooner's is across the street from the tracks in Charlotte.
You'll still be waiting a looooong time for a train to show up!
Not necessarily, Otto. The spur into the paper company on Boxart street is trailing... which is fine when the local comes up the line to drop off a string of boxcars. Would CSX then perform a long shove back to Kodak Park? Nope. I live in Irondequoit and I still hear horns from northern Charlotte, so I can only assume that CSX uses the siding up there to run the engines around the train for the return trip. Therefore, it is possible to see a train at Schooner's... if one knows which day(s) the local will run up to the northern end of the Charlotte Runner.
http://picasaweb.google.com/alsorailfan ... otteRunner# Especially the last few pictures.
Chris