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North Carolina & Virginia Railroad
The NC&VA is a shortline based in Ahoskie,
NC. The line runs south from a connection at Boykins, VA with CSX
to Kelford, NC. The line then swings north through Ahoskie and
continues through Tunis to the new Nucor Steel Plate factory on the
Chowan River. The line sees a daily freight to and from the Steel
Mill as well as a local
job that serves other various businesses along the route. The
daily
freight makes a connection with the CSX at Boykins usually between
10:30-12:00
in the afternoon which makes this line and train easy to chase and
photograph
at multiple locations. Currently the railroad has 12 locomotives
on
its roster and usually 3-4 of them can be found in Ahoskie with an
additional 3-4 on the road freight.
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Information
160.590 (CSX interchange AAR #32)
161.310 (NCVA AAR#80)
Typical
Traffic & Volume
NC&VA's biggest
customer by far is the Nucor Steel mill along the Chowan River near
Coefield, NC. The railroad runs a daily train from the
plant to the CSX connection at Boykins, VA with CSX. At the
junction NC&VA meets CSX train F774 (Rocky Mount, NC to Boykins, VA
turn). The best place to catch the NC&VA action would be
Boykins, VA. If you arrive around 10:30 a.m. you should be able
to catch the arriving NC&VA empty steel plate train and also the
arriving CSX F774. After the interchange it's very easy to follow
the NC&VA south to Kelford, NC and then NE towards the Nucor plant
north of Ahoskie, NC. As with all railfan chases I would highly
recommend getting a copy of a topographical atlas for both NC and VA.
NCVA (Ex-LLPX) #2003 leads the Nucor train out of
Boykins,
NC
NCVA #2003 leads the Nucor train at Conway, NC
NCVA #2003 leads the Nucor train southbound at Potecasi, NC
NCVA #2003 leads the Nucor train through Woodland, NC