Work. W44 works Kimberly Clark on the day before a national holiday.
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)
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 power sits in the shops at Canton on a March afternoon.
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 W44 arrives in Asheville with several stored woodchip hoppers off the W-line coming back into service.
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.
One of the classier Watco operations I've encountered, the Blue Ridge Southern local returns from Waynesville.
Clyde is part Asheville hippies and part mountain hollers... where an upscale clothing store resides next to military surplus and gun shops.
The daily local to Waynesville returns to Canton after switching out Evergreen Packaging's bleachboard coating mill in Waynesville, NC.
Seasonal Work. This BLU local works Evergreen Packaging near Waynesville and Lake Junaluska on a slight foggy fall day before returning to the yard in Canton, NC.
