The first week of the new year treats Asheville railfans to a re-built UP AC6 leading this 136 across the French Broad river in Asheville just after sunrise on this cold Winter morning.

A rare leader for the S line, NS #7258 leads the 5 day a week road freight into Asheville from Knoxville, TN on this beautiful Winter morning in the mountains of western North Carolina.

NS 936 splits the signals at the S132 with equipment for MOW work on the river line west of Asheville.

Asheville local P89 splits the signals at the S132.2 with cars for Haymaker Asphalt in Black Mountain.

End of the Run. The manifest from Knoxville arrives into Asheville Yard.

Entering the Yard. T31 has made the trip from Canton and is crossing into the Asheville Yard behind the just arrived NS 136.

A Norfolk Southern GP59 works the yard in Asheville, North Carolina as it pulls a string of tank cars out towards the east end of the yard. In the background, the power from the Blue Ridge Souther... (more)

NS #1800 makes a rare appearance in Asheville leading the 5 day a week eastbound (136) crossing the French Broad river.

Watco's Blue Ridge Southern train W44 arrives in Asheville with several stored woodchip hoppers off the W-line coming back into service.

Three generations of EMD Diesel-electric power are nicely lined up in Asheville - FP7 3499, GP30 2562 and SD60 6584. The FP7 had been Southern's 6147 and four of these units will pull an excursion... (more)

A chartered excursion for the Lexington Group has arrived and is preparing to return north on a great Indian Summer afternoon.

The Erie heritage leads a rare daylight westbound empty grain train along the French Broad river at Olivette hear Asheville, NC.

Minutes after the arrival of 136, it's time for Watco's Blue Ridge Southern to cross the French Broad into Asheville with its inbound train from Canton.

136 arrives from Knoxville as it crosses the French Broad river into Asheville on a crystal clear afternoon. 136/135 provide the only link to the rest of the NS system with the loops shuttered as... (more)

Blue Ridge Southern's less photographed W line local arrives into Asheville on a beautiful Winter afternoon with seven cars for the outbound NS 135.