{"id":2282,"date":"2017-06-07T21:55:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T01:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=2282"},"modified":"2017-06-07T22:05:27","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T02:05:27","slug":"looking-for-train-tracks-on-the-unc-chapel-hill-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/looking-for-train-tracks-on-the-unc-chapel-hill-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking For Train Tracks on the UNC-Chapel Hill Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday morning, Yours Truly spent a couple hours crossing from east Carrboro into West Chapel Hill, and following the track tracks that end at the power plant.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right, a coal train delivers their fuel, by way of a 10-mile spur from the Norfolk-Southern line that crosses through Orange County. But here&#8217;s another fun fact. The train tracks once extended even farther east, through campus!<\/p>\n<p>Wait, what?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No time for a proper blog post, so here&#8217;s a list of links with all the information. Plus photos of Mike&#8217;s walking trip, as he tried to find (or at visualize) the old tracks on campus. Click away and the stories shall be revealed&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2290\" src=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-06-06-train5.jpg\" alt=\"2017-06-06-train5\" width=\"600\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-06-06-train5.jpg 600w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-06-06-train5-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Maps and Diagrams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click the first three to enlarge:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-06-06-train1.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2285\" src=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-06-06-train1a.jpg\" alt=\"2017-06-06-train1a\" width=\"600\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-06-06-train1a.jpg 600w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-06-06-train1a-300x133.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/> Google aerial map. Green are former tracks. Red are current tracks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-06-06-train4.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2289\" src=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-06-06-train4a.jpg\" alt=\"2017-06-06-train4a\" width=\"600\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-06-06-train4a.jpg 600w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-06-06-train4a-300x106.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/> Street map of Chapel Hill and suburbs, 1932. See citation below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-06-06-train2.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2283\" src=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-06-06-train2a.jpg\" alt=\"2017-06-06-train2\" width=\"600\" height=\"242\" \/><\/a> <br \/>Close view of 1932 street map, showing coal trestle at prior power plant location. See reference below.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2286\" src=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-06-06-train3.jpg\" alt=\"2017-06-06-train3\" width=\"600\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-06-06-train3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-06-06-train3-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/> Railroad map of North Carolina, 1900. See reference below.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Map References<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chapel Hill and Suburbs, 1934 &#8211; Via North Carolina Maps<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/dc.lib.unc.edu\/cdm\/singleitem\/collection\/ncmaps\/id\/9735\/rec\/32\"> http:\/\/dc.lib.unc.edu\/cdm\/singleitem\/collection\/ncmaps\/id\/9735\/rec\/32<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Railroad map of North Carolina, 1900 &#8211; Via North Carolina Maps<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/dc.lib.unc.edu\/cdm\/ref\/collection\/ncmaps\/id\/506\"> http:\/\/dc.lib.unc.edu\/cdm\/ref\/collection\/ncmaps\/id\/506<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photos<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Legeros photo album<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/legeros\/sets\/72157681602398394\" class=\"broken_link\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/legeros\/sets\/72157681602398394<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Daily Tar Heel &#8211; Rolling through the history of Carrboro&#8217;s Train &#8211; November 17, 2015<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailytarheel.com\/article\/2015\/11\/rolling-through-the-history-of-carrboros-train\" class=\"broken_link\"> http:\/\/www.dailytarheel.com\/article\/2015\/11\/rolling-through-the-history-of-carrboros-train<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Open Durham &#8211; University Station<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opendurham.org\/buildings\/university-station\">http:\/\/www.opendurham.org\/buildings\/university-station<\/a><\/p>\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"on\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Flooking-for-train-tracks-on-the-unc-chapel-hill-campus%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"2282\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Looking For Train Tracks on the UNC-Chapel Hill Campus\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-facebook\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Flooking-for-train-tracks-on-the-unc-chapel-hill-campus%2F&text=Looking+For+Train+Tracks+on+the+UNC-Chapel+Hill+Campus\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"2282\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Looking For Train Tracks on the UNC-Chapel Hill Campus\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-twitter\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Flooking-for-train-tracks-on-the-unc-chapel-hill-campus%2F&description=Looking+For+Train+Tracks+on+the+UNC-Chapel+Hill+Campus\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"2282\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Looking For Train Tracks on the UNC-Chapel Hill Campus\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-pinterest\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday morning, Yours Truly spent a couple hours crossing from east Carrboro into West Chapel Hill, and following the track tracks that end at the power plant. 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