AR 205 At FCI
Here's another from a fun little chase I need to do again sometime.
The Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad is the rarest of shortlines. It is neither a former Class 1 line spun off nor is it part of a large shortline holding company. It is still a locally owned and independent railroad headquartered out of a tidy historic two story Federal Style brick building built in 1904 in Aberdeen. Chartered in 1892 it was two decades later before the rails finally reached Fayetteville, their furthest extent, and they have remained in service since.
I will not go into too much more history here, but this road is worthy of more study. If you're interested check out the road's own web site: www.aberdeen-rockfish.com/html/a_r_history.html
On this day after leaving Fayetteville we found a crew slowly spotting cars at the Tyton Biofuels plant located 20 rail miles east. When completed there they headed west with three cars for FCI Inc just east of Raeford where they would tie up for the night. The short three mile chase yielded a few nice views before they called it a day here on the east end of the short customer siding near MP 19.9.
AR 205 is an EMD GP7 built September 1951 and equipped with a steam generator for passenger service. It is reportedly tbe ONLY GP7 still owned and in service with its original purchaser.
Hoke County, North Carolina
Friday May 29, 2015
AR 205 At FCI
Here's another from a fun little chase I need to do again sometime.
The Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad is the rarest of shortlines. It is neither a former Class 1 line spun off nor is it part of a large shortline holding company. It is still a locally owned and independent railroad headquartered out of a tidy historic two story Federal Style brick building built in 1904 in Aberdeen. Chartered in 1892 it was two decades later before the rails finally reached Fayetteville, their furthest extent, and they have remained in service since.
I will not go into too much more history here, but this road is worthy of more study. If you're interested check out the road's own web site: www.aberdeen-rockfish.com/html/a_r_history.html
On this day after leaving Fayetteville we found a crew slowly spotting cars at the Tyton Biofuels plant located 20 rail miles east. When completed there they headed west with three cars for FCI Inc just east of Raeford where they would tie up for the night. The short three mile chase yielded a few nice views before they called it a day here on the east end of the short customer siding near MP 19.9.
AR 205 is an EMD GP7 built September 1951 and equipped with a steam generator for passenger service. It is reportedly tbe ONLY GP7 still owned and in service with its original purchaser.
Hoke County, North Carolina
Friday May 29, 2015