NCDOT declined to comment on the future of Old Fort Loops and referred questions to Norfolk Southern. A map of the current and proposed passenger rail routes in North Carolina. (Not all of the ...

A map of the current and proposed passenger rail routes in North Carolina. (Not all of the potential stops between Asheville and Salisbury are displayed.) Rail advocates see the Old Fort Loops as ...

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The Old Fort Loops will be repaired, Norfolk Southern has told the N.C. Department of Transportation. A timeline for repairs has not been proposed, but repair work has likely already begun ...

Located in McDowell County, the historic set of railroad tracks known as the Old Fort Loops have long served as the only rail line connecting Asheville to the rest of North Carolina for freight ...