Blue Ridge Southern T31 thunders West passing Coburn siding with tonnage for Canton on their return trip from Asheville Yard.

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

BLU T31 thunders West near Candler crossing over Hominy Creek with a sizable train for Canton.

Blue Ridge Southern train T59 in Sylva

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

Heading Southeast. After running down the W Line from Asheville, W44 passes by Fletcher Hardware and near the Fletcher Town Hall.

Working. After running down the W Line from Asheville to Hendersonville, W44 efficiently and carefully works Kimberly Clark.

Following the Southern. What once was SOU W44 and is now BLU W44 departs Asheville Yard through Biltmore, passing below a remnant SOU signal bridge as it heads onto the W line to proceed t... (more)

Remnant Southern Signals. BLU's version of the W44 heads east on the W line toward Hendersonville, passing two remnant Southern signals that sadly work no more, looking away from what once... (more)

Watco's Blue Ridge Southern train T-31 enters the S line at Murphy Jct on the approach to 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.

BLU T33 sits tied down at Coburn in the morning sun.

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)

T31 returns from Asheville with 4 SD45 rebuilds notched up on their way west to Canton with a long train.