Blue Ridge Southern's attractive herald on the nose of SD40-2 4205 fits in nicely with its background as Canton-Asheville turn T31 makes the eastbound journey to "the city up in the clouds.&q... (more)

On a bright and sunny March morning, Blue Ridge Southern T31's crew is pulling 11 cars from the Evergreen paper mill that they will take to Asheville after a brake test and attaching an EOT. The s... (more)

Working west back to Canton, a quartet of Blue Ridge Southern SD40-2s rumble past the Crown Plaza golf course and the classic non-automatic approach signal.

After pulling some woodchip hoppers from the bottom, Blue Ridge Southern T31 begins cycling back through Canton Yard to pull up the yard office before departing for Asheville, North Carolina and N... (more)

Blue Ridge Southern train T31 hurries towards Asheville on a bright winter morning as the beautiful hills of western North Carolina stand in the distance.

Weaving through the gorgeous North Carolina countryside, former UP, WAMX 4205 leads Blue Ridge Southern T31 eastbound through Candler, North Carolina bound for Asheville with Engineer Cain behind ... (more)

BLU T31 climbs the grade from Murphy Junction s it passes the former Southern Railway "Non-Automatic Approach Block" signal on its trip back toward Canton.

After bringing in several sets of loads from the yard in Asheville, BLU T31 starts to sort out the coal, wood chip, and tank cars for their customers in the yard in Canton. Once the loads of coal ... (more)

Four Blue Ridge Southern SD40-2s lead BLU T31 through the dip at Enka on their way to Asheville

Veteran Blue Ridge Southern Engineer Dennis Cain brings eastbound T31 into the dip at "Vulcan" 7 Miles from Murphy Junction on the Murphy Branch.

With Dynamic Brakes howling, Blue Ridge Southern T31 works downgrade toward Asheville on a crystal clear December morning the T Line.

Climbing up the steep "Camelback Grade" into Canton, North Carolina, a four pack of Blue Ridge Southern EMD's lead T31 westbound across the High Bridge on the former Southern Railway Mur... (more)

On the last day of January 2016, four Blue Ridge Southern EMD's lead T31 westbound toward Canton and Evergreen Paper via the former Southern Railway Murphy Branch.

Snow still clings to the mountains in various spots along the Blue Ridge a week after winter storm Jonas dumped ten inches in western North Carolina. Here, train T-31 crosses Hominy Creek in rout... (more)

Blue Ridge Southern's T31 job snakes it's way across the high trestle near Canton, NC on it's return trip from Asheville. Typically the bridge is seen from road level, and is rarely seen from thi... (more)