Westbound train 135 nears the top of the the loops at Old Fort.

Westbound train 135 is seen ascending the grade at the bottom of the Old Fort Loops.

NS 135 rolls by the Old Fort station and recently restored Southern Railway caboose. The colors on the mountain were near peak, and the most vibrant I've ever seen them. The restoration of the Sou... (more)

A mixed bag of power leads westbound 135 on it's daily trek up Old Fort mountain.

After a quick stop in Old Fort to check for overheating equipment from its trip down the Southern Loops, 611 heads out of the mountains for the down hill run back to Spencer.

The NKP 587 and NW 1218 are doubleheading up the kudzu-covered Southern Loops, on their way to Asheville, NC, during the 1989 NRHS Convention. Today, the 587 is in pieces in Kentucky, and the 121... (more)

On a warm spring afternoon NS 8114 leads NS 123 down the loops at Old Fort NC

135 slowly climbs the loops in western North Carolina with a mixed bag of power on this beautiful late Winter afternoon.

PRLX 9556 (Ex BNSF, Exx BN) leads 135 out of downtown Old Fort to begin the climb up the loops.

The bitter cold that settled over the Blue Ridge mountains the first week of January has frozen Andrew's Geyser as P-87 makes the climb up the loops.

After descending the Old Fort Loops, M23 eases downhill just East of the Dendron signal as they march East.

The #8099 looks right at home as it leads westbound Catawba empties (Plant Marshall-Bailey Mine) across the upper loop of High Fill on the Old Fort Loops.

The #8099 looks right at home as it passes the restored Southern Railway caboose and depot on it's home rails in Old Fort, NC.

After having complete the loop around Andrew’s Geyser, N&W 611 is continue the climb to top of the grade at Ridgecrest, negotiating a series of loops and tunnels with “The Blue Ridge Special.â... (more)

Preparing to take on the famous Southern loops, N&W 611 is westbound ascending the grade with “The Blue Ridge Special” at the toe of the fill. In matter of minutes, the train will have climbe... (more)