CSX F741 Passing Some Real Snap Track at Fetner

A single AC6000 leads F741 through Fetner, where four brand new Progress Rail-built Number 20 switches lay at the ready, waiting for installation.

The state of North Carolina is funding upgrades to the interlocking at Fetner, which will increase its operational flexibility by replacing both crossovers, moving one of the crossover switches from the outside of a curve to a more traditional alignment. Currently, eastbound Norfolk Southern trains cannot access track 1 because of the danger of a train picking the point on the outside of the curve. This causes many heavy NS trains to stop on the hill west of Cary, waiting for Amtrak or CSX movements coming off of or on to the S-line.

CSX F741-27:
646 AC6000CW

Fetner-S164.8
Cary, North Carolina
1:40 P.M. January 25, 2012

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[trekky60]

Great video!

[ARandall70]

@trekky60 Thanks, and FYI, the description is up now.

[tdluvs]

Where is the description lol. Great catch!!

[ARandall70]

@tdluvs Had a few videos uploading, thought they were all set to private so I could edit them, this one got through. Anyway, the description is up now.

[csxcw44ac]

Nice catch with the YN3 AC6000CW, you know if hes still on the S-Line?

[tdluvs]

@ARandall70 I understand. Do you know what the switch will be used for or where it is going?