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)

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)

Blue Ridge Southern T59 winds down Balsam Mountain approaching the 40 Milepost on the T Line headed for Sylva to interchange a locomotive with the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad.

Not Quite Fall. Based on the fall color projection maps, I planned a trip to Waynesville to hopefully catch the BLU locals with fall colors as a backdrop. However, the leaves haven’t qui... (more)

Work goes on at the Evergreen Packaging plant while WAMX 4202 and WAMX 3945 are tied down for the night in the Blue Ridge Southern yard in Canton, North Carolina

WAMX 3945 and WAMX 3943 are tied down for the night after switching cars in the Blue Ridge Southern yard in Canton, North Carolina.

Last train on the TR line- Blue Ridge Southern W44 prepares to shove over South Grove Street in Hendersonville to couple to a string of brand new trash container flat cars that have been in storag... (more)

T59's three GP39-2's are screaming as they get back up to speed after having to stop to flag the dark crossing in the background. Behind them are 16 cars: 5 loaded 89' flats of rail, 9 loaded 33,0... (more)

T59 is easing into Sylva with a rare three pack of GP39's. Behind them are 5 89' flat cars loaded with rail for interchange with Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. This day started with a long wait f... (more)

T59's train stretches through the rolling hills of West Waynesville. The whole line from Canton to Balsam is like this, one two percent grade rolling into another. This particular train was the lo... (more)

Blue Ridge Southern train T59 heads down to Sylva with a rare trio of locomotives and sixteen cars including five car loads of 136 lb. rail for Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. Before being sold to... (more)

Train T73 heads west by the old depot site in near perfect light.

Blue Ridge Southern's W84 job winds its way through Biltmore Village in Asheville with H/W equipment for the new natural gas plant at Lake Julian.

I haven't chased 59 in a while so I decided to grab them on the way to breakfast.

Engineer Tim Keegan brings T59 past Evergreen Packaging before shoving into plant to switch out the boxcars.