The mountains of western North Carolina are cloaked in clouds on this spooky Halloween Day 2009, as 67E nears the end of its tortuous descent of the Southern Loops.
The North Carolina Transportation Museum's "Blue Ridge Special" is now out of The Loops but still deep in the forest and climbing uphill toward Ridgecrest.
Having safely reached the bottom of the Old Fort Loops, 67E cools its heels on the main while waiting for a meet with 135.
The North Carolina Transportation Museum's "Blue Ridge Special" rounds a curve climbing toward the Southern Railway's Old Fort Loops. This sold-out train is the first opportunity for passengers to... (more)
Passengers on the Southern Loops! For the first time in a dozen years, a lucky group of passengers is on their way to Asheville by rail, traversing Norfolk Southern's S-line. From this aerial view... (more)
Two month old CSXT 911 leads a loaded coal train downhill through "the loops" into a steep rock cut. The train has just passed through Camp II, and will soon enter the Rocky tunnels and pass a nor... (more)
