The Erie heritage leads a rare daylight westbound empty grain train along the French Broad river at Olivette hear Asheville, NC.

Minutes after the arrival of 136, it's time for Watco's Blue Ridge Southern to cross the French Broad into Asheville with its inbound train from Canton.

136 arrives from Knoxville as it crosses the French Broad river into Asheville on a crystal clear afternoon. 136/135 provide the only link to the rest of the NS system with the loops shuttered as... (more)

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.

136 crosses the French Broad river as it arrives into Asheville on a crystal clear morning.

1218 has conquered the famous Southern Ry loops over the Blue Ridge mountains and is pulling into the yard in Asheville NC.

The NKP 587 doubleheading with the NW 1218, entering Asheville after a thunderstorm. No. 587 was built by Baldwin in 1918 as the Lake Erie & Western No. 5541 and was renumbered after the NKP acqu... (more)

T31 arrives at its destination as it curves under the classic signals and up the hump on the northwest side of Asheville Yard.

A solo GP60 runs out to the north end of Norfolk Southern's yard in Asheville, North Carolina, passing by the T2 yard tower as it prepares to grab a block of cars for switching.

Despite clear skies when the train left Canton, a dreary fall rain blanketed the valley of Asheville, North Carolina as the Blue Ridge Southern's T31 makes the final approach to the NS yard to int... (more)

N&W 611 is at Ashville, North Carolina before starting the trip back to Spencer as NS 958 on April 10, 2016. Jared Blocker and many others took the opportunity to get up close to the only remaini... (more)

A Norfolk Southern yard job is in the process to breaking down the just arrived train 136 in Asheville, NC. The two GP60 locomotives are heading through Lyman Street at the north end of the yard ... (more)

BLU T31 finishes their work up in Asheville Yard, about to head back towards Canton as P87 ties down beside them.

T31 with only 5 cars crosses the French Broad River on Norfolk Southern's S-line at Murphy Junction. Just a few hundred yards ahead, the train will diverge onto the Murphy Branch with chip loads ... (more)