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Folks....I recently discovered that one channel was bringing a lot of static to the stream.  I am working on this issue today (4/10/09) and will have it resolved.  Sorry for the annoying static and it will be fixed.   

Welcome to the Asheville, North Carolina Area Stream.  The stream is located on the east side of Asheville near Azelea, NC and hosted by Grady McKinley using the RailroadRadio server.  Please check out the Forum dedicated to this stream for additional info pertaining to this stream. 

I have added channel #160.980 to the stream to monitor CSX's Spartanburg Sub dispatcher.  Spartanburg, SC is approximately 60 miles south of Asheville, but due to elevation you can usually hear the dispatcher giving track warrents.  Listen for the DTC blocks (such as Arkwright, Tyger etc....).

For a map of the area covered click here.

Channels Currently Monitored (NS)

Channels Currently Monitored (CSX)

Defect Detectors Heard:

Train Volume: (NS)

Train Volume: (CSX)

Spartanburg Subdivision (Spartanburg to Columbia) 14-18

Typical Trains heard in Asheville (S-Line)

Eastbound:  166, M66 (2nd section of 166 as needed) 134, M34 (2nd section of 134 as needed) 750, 72R, 76Q, P87, 61K, 67E, 700-series (Loaded Coal), 400 & 500 series (Loaded Grain)

Westbound:  165, 135, 751, 73R, P87, 60K, 66E, 700-series (Empty Coal), 500 series (Empty Grain)

Typical Trains (T-Line)

P31 (Canton, NC to Asheville & Return), P33 (Canton to Asheville & Return 2nd Shift), P59 (Canton, NC to Sylva & Return), P73 (Canton to Sylva 2nd shift) 900 series rock trains (Asheville to Enka, NC Quarry)

Typical Trains (W-Line)

P44 (Asheville to Hendersonville & Return), P89 & P90 (Locals to Arden to pick-up coal hoppers), 784 (Loaded Coal to Arden, NC), 785 (Empty Hoppers: Arden, NC to Asheville)

 Other Movements:

784 & 785 are loaded coal trains.  They operate from the coalfields to Asheville via the S-Line from Leadvale, TN & Bulls Gap, TN and are taken to Skyland Power (Arden) in two segments from Asheville Yard.  These are usually symboled P89 & P90 when the use the T-line, but they can also be symboled 784 & 785 on the T-Line as well.

900 series rock trains run from Tennessee to Asheville, and then are taken to the Quarry by a local crew.  From time to time these trains also come from Salisbury, but that's a rarity.

500 series (i.e. 57Z, 54A, 51Z are grain movements even numbers are EB & odd numbers are WB)

Also from time to time you will hear 400 series grain trains (i.e. 44N 40T etc..)

700 series trains are coal movements (i.e 73R, 72R).  Again even means EB and odd means WB.  All coal running via Asheville originates in the coalfields and comes to Asheville via Bulls Gap, TN and a connection with the S-Line at Leadvale (Douglas, TN).

The Asheville, NC radio stream covers the action in & around the Asheville, NC area.  The S-Line comes into Asheville from the east (Salisbury) and then heads west to Morristown, TN where it junctions with the line from Bristol to Knoxville.  Also heard are the W-Line (a.k.a. Saluda Line).  The W-Line sees coal traffic to Arden, NC and a local to Hendersonville, NC.  Also the T-Line to Sylva, NC sees locals & rock trains to a Vulcan Quarry at Enka, NC.  All lines are TWC from the Asheville district dispatcher in Greenville, SC.

NS #7579 brings train 135 WB under the Blue Ridge Parkway at Azelea, NC.

Asheville District S-Line Signals 

East End Coleman  

  West End Coleman

MP 121

MP 124

East End Grovestone

West End Grovestone

Swannanoa

MP 132

Azelea

MP 136 (a.k.a. Home Depot)

MP 138

BI Tower (Asheville Yard)

Mitchell

Russell (Asheville Yard)

Murphy Junction

MP 144

Craggy

MP 148

MP 150

MP 152

Alexander

NS #9330 leads WB train 785 through the signals at Murphy Junction.