Blue Ridge Southern train T31 working the now shut down Champion Paper Mill in Canton

A trio of Blue Ridge Southern GP-39-2s lead the westbound T-31 at Canton, NC.

Blue Ridge Southern 31 just arrived back from Asheville with traffic for Canton and all other areas west.

Two former Delaware & Hudson GP39-2s lay over at BLU's yard in Canton.

Blue Ridge Southern's operations have been severely limited in the aftermath of the closure of their main customer in Canton and losing complete access to the outside world when NS's trackage on b... (more)

All is quiet, just after 9pm in the small mountain town of Canton, North Carolina. Just a few months prior this region of Western North Carolina was badly hit with major hurricane Helene causing m... (more)

BLU T31 eases across the Pigeon River with the Evergreen Paper Mill standing in the background

Yesteryear Scenes. T59 works the BLU yard in Canton with the paper mill huffing and puffing in the background. That mill now has closed and, while BLU still serves this line, its operation... (more)

Shortly after start-up, a Blue Ridge Southern crew gets cars ready at the Evergreen Paper Plant in the mountains of North Carolina. WAMX 4203 was built as DRGW EMD SD45 5323 in 1967. It was later ... (more)

Blue Ridge Southern power sits in the shops at Canton on a March afternoon.

Blue Ridge Southern is just minutes from their yard in Canton, with traffic from Norfolk Southern in Asheville.

As the Canton Evergreen mill begins to shutter operations in the Canton, NC area BLU T31 crosses the High Bridge on the daily turn to Asheville.

Blue Ridge Southern train T31 crossing the High Bridge east of Canton

Arriving back from Asheville, T31 crosses the Pigeon River as the Evergreen paper mill looms in the background. With just weeks left before its closure, BLU operations on the T Line face a rocky f... (more)

Blue Ridge Southern T31 drags over high Bridge East of Canton with a hefty train in tow.