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109 <br /> RAILROADS <br /> I. QUALITATIVE DATA <br /> A spur of the Southern Railroad crosses the northern <br /> portion of the rural buffer. <br /> II. QUANTJTATIVE DATA <br /> A single track extends from the mainline of the Southern <br /> Railroad near 1-85 south to Carrboro. All crossings are at <br /> grade. Warning signals have been installed at busy crossings <br /> such as NC 86. <br /> Traffic volumes on this track are described by N.C. <br /> Department of Transportation as less than one per day. It <br /> • <br /> appears that traffic volumes are more accurately described as <br /> one train per week. The only regular customer of rail <br /> service on this track is the UNC Power Plant. One coal train <br /> per week provides fuel to the Power Plant. Other customers <br /> make incidental use of rail service. <br /> III. ISSUES/IMPLICATIONS. <br /> UNC is up-grading the Power Plant so the rail service <br /> for coal deliveries will be needed for the forseeable <br /> future. As automobile traffic increases at rail crossing. <br /> more warning signals will be needed. <br /> IV. REFERENCES <br /> 1. North Carolina Department of Transportation. Traffic <br /> Engineering Branch <br /> 2. Transportation Improvement Program for North Carolina <br />