NS 135 swinging through a rock cut at the bottom of high fill on Old Fort mountain about to cross over Mill Creek.

NS 135 starting its assault on Old Fort mountain seen here approaching Dendron.

NS 135 heads West at Old Fort about to climb through the famous loops to get up to Ridgecrest and Asheville.

NS's chip local rounds the last horseshoe curve on their climb at the loops with a lengthy train for Asheville.

P87 makes their return trip to Asheville as they pull upgrade in the middle of the the Loops.

P87 slowly works around "the Loops" between Asheville and Old Fort with a train of woodchip empties for Bridgewater. This is one of the more amazing stretches of trackage to observe, esp... (more)

NS 936 crosses Mill Creek as it begins the climb of the Blue Ridge just west of downtown Old Fort on a beautiful late January afternoon.

The NKP 587 and NW 1218 are doubleheading up the Southern Loops, on their way to Asheville, NC, during the 1989 NRHS Convention.

P87 departs Old Fort, NC with chip loads for Bristol packaging at Bridgewater, NC.

The Blue Ridge is ablaze in Fall color as P87 climbs the famous loops between Old Fort and Ridgecrest on the former Southern Railway.

As an afternoon storm rolls though the mountains, NS local P60 winds it’s way though the Old Fort Loops as they approach Old Fort, NC.

P87 accelerates out of Old Fort after dropping empty chips in the siding. With the removal of through trains on the route, P87 and P60 are the only current moves running between Asheville and Hic... (more)

96Q MOW move makes a rare eastbound daylight appearnce on the loops between Old Fort and Ridgecrest on a beautiful Winter afternoon.

And around we go...611 with the assistance of NS Southern Heritage unit ES44AC 8099 and Southern FP7 6133, negotiate the Southern Railway Loops over the Blue Ridge Mountains to Asheville NC. The t... (more)

With less than a year on the timer for through trains, a typical for the time) 135 presses up the mountain on the S-Line to Asheville. After a torrential downpour, the train would have to crawl on... (more)