OTOL Atlantic Coast RailFest 2013: Homepage

July 14-19, 2013

Jacksonville * Charlotte * Norfolk * Northern Virginia

Created 1/28/11; Updated 9/5/13

OTOL Atlantic Coast RailFest 2013 was a six-day trip between the Northeast and various Southeastern cities including Jacksonville, FL, Charlotte, NC, and Norfolk, VA. Goals for this trip were to ride Jacksonville's Skyway, Charlotte's LYNX light rail, Norfolk's TIDE light rail, and Amtrak's Piedmont train. On the way back we stopped off in Washington, DC and rode VRE to Fredericksburg.






Sunday, July 14
Boarded southbound Silver Meteor (#97) mid-afternoon at various Northeastern cities.

Monday, July 15
Arrived Jacksonville, FL in the morning. (Some went beyond to Winter Park.) Rode Jacksonville Skyway. Boarded northbound Silver Star (#92) in mid to late evening in Orlando, Winter Park, and Jacksonville.

Tuesday, July 16
Arrived Cary, NC in the morning (some went onward to Raleigh, NC). Boarded southbound Piedmont (#75) late morning. Arrived Charlotte, NC mid afternoon. Rode LYNX light rail.

Wednesday, July 17
Boarded northbound Carolinian (#80) early morning. Arrived Richmond, VA mid afternoon, then in evening, Northeast Regional (#125) to Norfolk.

Thursday, July 18
Rode TIDE light rail. Mid afternoon boarded Thruway bus in Norfolk. Arrived Newport News, then Northeast Regional (#66) to Washington, DC area, arriving there in the evening.

Friday, July 19
Boarded southbound VRE early afternoon to Fredericksburg. Boarded northbound Carolinian (#80) mid afternoon in Fredericksburg and rode to various points.




OTOL ATLANTIC COAST RAILFEST 2013
GENERAL PAGES
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List of participantsUpdated 7/20/13
ItineraryUpdated 8/31/13
Red SignalsCreated 4/12/13
JACKSONVILLE PAGES
CHARLOTTE PAGES
NORFOLK PAGES
WASHINGTON/NORTHERN
VIRGINIA PAGES







OTOL ATLANTIC COAST RAILFEST 2013
JACKSONVILLE PAGES
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List of JTA Skyway routesUpdated 2/1/13
JTA transit costsCreated 3/21/13
Jacksonville area linksUpdated 3/21/13
Jacksonville Scanner frequenciesCreated 4/5/13







OTOL ATLANTIC COAST RAILFEST 2013
CHARLOTTE PAGES
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List of CATS LYNX routesUpdated 2/6/13
CATS transit costsUpdated 5/10/13
Charlotte area linksUpdated 3/21/13
Charlotte Scanner frequenciesCreated 4/12/13







OTOL ATLANTIC COAST RAILFEST 2013
NORFOLK PAGES
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List of HRT TIDE routesUpdated 2/6/13
HRT transit costsCreated 3/21/13
Norfolk area linksUpdated 3/21/13
Norfolk Scanner frequenciesCreated 4/12/13







OTOL ATLANTIC COAST RAILFEST 2013
WASHINGTON/NORTHERN VA PAGES
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List of WMATA Metro routesUpdated 2/1/13
List of VRE routesUpdated 2/1/13
WMATA & VRE costsUpdated 5/2/13
Washington area linksUpdated 3/21/13
Washington area Scanner frequenciesUpdated 4/26/13