"SHE BARKS" After 12 years rusting in the North Carolina mountains, the air is once again pierced by the sound of her whistle and smell of her smoke.

From earlier this year, Blue Ridge Southern return through Sylva after dropping off three flat cars loaded with rail for Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. I found this image while looking for a few ... (more)

The summer days are long... the Tuck Trains are not.

Lucky 7's leads a short Tuck Train

NS P41 heads back to Charlotte with a long hood forward leader. A massive double tracking and grade separation project continues all around.

NS 237 running "wrong road" knocks down the signals at Taccoa.

GSMR 1751 heads through Wilmot west towards the farms of Thomas Valley and ultimately Bryson City. A female passenger has booked the day's locomotive cab ride.

GSMR 1751 past the farms of Thomas Valley. A female passenger has booked the day's locomotive cab ride.

GSMR 1751 leads the day's Tuck Train around the bend at Ela. A female passenger has booked the day's locomotive cab ride.

Two trains and two railroads meet for a hand-off of three UNLOADED flat cars. If it seems like we've been here before, we have. Three days after Blue Ridge Southern dropped off loads of rail to th... (more)

Two trains and two railroads meet for a hand-off of three loaded flat cars. Blue Ridge Southern has just backed through downtown Sylva to the MP 47 on the western end of town. Great Smoky Mountain... (more)

T59, with white "extra" class light lit, sits at Balsam while the conductor sets the retainers. The downgrade for the next several miles east is very steep, upwards of 5%. This Tuesday run consist... (more)

T59 heads east a few miles from it's destination. Normally the train would not run on a Tuesday and normally it would stop in Sylva, but today the train ran on rarely used trackage to Dillsboro to... (more)

T59 pushes through the weeds and brush just outside of Sylva.

With class(y) lights lit green, 3943 leads T59 back east to Sylva.