Why Sports Fans Should Be Game to Visit North Carolina
With March Madness in the air, we headed to Tobacco Road to talk sports with one of North Carolina's top sports columnists. Luke DeCock has worked in Raleigh, N.C., for The News & Observer since 2000. Over the last 14 years he's covered several Duke-North Carolina games, ACC and NCAA basketball tournaments and, yes, even the Super Bowl. We sat ...
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She’s Waited Years for Her Train
Fans and followers had their interests piqued recently when we shared the funny selfie of one North Carolina passenger. It wasn't Daniel's stylish shades but the stoic woman next to him that caught your attention. Meet Miss. Rail Rose. She's been waiting for her train in Wilson, N.C., for more than a decade. By now you've obviously figured out that ...
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How to Experience the NC State Fair Like a Pro
The North Carolina State Fair is in full swing in Raleigh and even includes a special train stop at the fairgrounds for extra easy travel aboard the Carolinian. Between the Scotty McCreery performances and Krispy Kreme sloppy joes, we caught up with the state's Director of Marketing and Tourism, Wit Tuttell. He's an NC State Fair pro and shares his ...
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Top 10 Reasons We Love North Carolina
This winter, people don't take much convincing when it comes to traveling south. So take advantage of our 15% savings on mid-week travel in North Carolina. Need some extra reasons to go? We've got 10: 10. There’s the beach, the mountains and plenty of history in between! From the Lost Colony and Black Beard to the historic Woolworth's counter in ...
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Photo of the Week!
This edition of Photo of the Week is brought to you by Julianna or should we say a Sweet Carolina Girl! Here, the Piedmont train pulls into High Point, NC, smack dab in the middle of Tobacco Road for all you sports fans out there. That's right, this route, which runs between Raleigh and Charlotte might as well be the ACC train. It serves NC State University (wolfpack!!), University ...
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Best Month Ever!
Thanks to the loyalty of our awesome passengers, March set a record as the best month ever in the history of Amtrak! More than half of our routes saw ridership increases, and, as if that wasn’t enough ... we expect to end the fiscal year at or above last year’s record of 31.2 million passengers. That’s a lot of people, ...
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