The Railroad That Came to Chapel Hill

"Farewell forever,

Old road to Durham,

Farewell forever;

We'll travel now by train.

And all along the coming years

That time for us may fill,

We'll bless the men that brought the road

To dear old Chapel Hill.

So cheers and thanks we join to give

For what we all do see;

The railroad, boys, has reached up to

The University. "

 

From a song composed for and sung at the 1882 celebration of the railroad's opening. It runs from the mainline "North Carolina Railroad" 10 miles to the north, to Carrboro just outside Chapel Hill. Trains still run to it carrying coal to the University's power plant.

 

March, 2015

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