Wait To Cross. The Raleigh Diamond Railroad Crossing in Raleigh, North Carolina is one of the busier places in the area to catch both freight and passenger trains. The intersection of the former Norfolk Southern Railway, Southern Railway and Seaboard Airline Railway is today used by CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Amtrak including NC DOT. On the morning of Saturday, July 25, 2015, Norfolk Southern Corp NS 9503 (D940-CW) and NS 2561 (née- CR 2561, SD70, 9/1998) leads a manifest train geographically northeast across the diamond after waiting for several trains to pass.