810102 Meeting the northbound Amtrak Silver Star at Collier Yard, Petersburg, Va. Until the S line was shut down as a through route in 1985, the Silver Star operated on the SCL S line between Petersburg, Va., and Raleigh, N.C. Today, all of Amtrak's Silver Service (Washington, D.C.-Florida) trains operate on the A line (via Rocky Mount, N.C.) south of Petersburg.

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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