I saw, heard, and/or felt the most trains my freshman year at NC State in Raleigh. The southbound SCL left downtown and uphill through the middle of the campus (double main line) really close to Becton dorm. The year was ‘66/‘67 and most trains had five Geeps and right at 100 cars, so going up hill they were cranking out the power and still going pretty slow.
Some weekend nights we would walk a mile or so toward town when they were going slow enough to hop on for a ride back to the dorm, where we would jump off.
I like slow freight!
