Blue Ridge Southern train T31 at Enka

Blue Ridge Southern train T59 at Saunook

T31 brings some cars for NS into Asheville. The CTC system was taken out by Hurricane Helene, so these trains have to operate at restricted speed with the conductor checking switch points on the t... (more)

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)

Waiting. By all accounts, due to the damage inflicted by Helene and the isolation of Asheville yard from all directions rendering it impossible to move cars, these two units have sat at Fr... (more)

Blue Ridge Southern T31 at Hominy Creek

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

Four Watco EMD's bring T31 west through Candler with a big train of woodchips in tow for the paper mill at Canton

Eastbound Blue Ridge Southern train T31 crosses the French Broad River as they come into Asheville

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 train T59 in Waynesville

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