040352 Paved-over street crossing at Norlina, N.C., on a one-time branch that went east to Warren Plains and on to Weldon, N.C. The tracks, which have not seen a train in many years, now end a short distance northeast of this location.

No plans have been made to re-activate this branch. However, if the S line north of Norlina is rebuilt as part of the Southeast High-Speed Rail Corridor, tracks in Norlina could be used for staging construction equipment.

Additional context on the relevance of this image is provided on the main page describing plans to re-activate the currently idle (tracks removed between 1985 and 1987) segment of the CSX S line between Petersburg, Va., and Raleigh, N.C., as a high-speed passenger rail corridor. Construction of the Southeast High-Speed Rail (SEHSR) corridor would also require substantially upgrading the still intact segment of track between Norlina, N.C., and Raleigh, N.C. To go to that main page, click here.

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