Westbound Blue Ridge Southern train T31 works upgrade near Canton, NC behind four SD40-2s on a beautiful winter afternoon.

Blue Ridge Southern's train back to Canton from Asheville crosses a trestle a few minutes from arrival in Canton

In beautiful afternoon sunlight, four Blue Ridge Southern SD40-2's lead westbound T31 across the High Bridge in the middle of western North Carolina on their final assault on the grade to Canton.

As a mid winter storm sets in on Canton, North Carolina, Blue Ridge Southern crosses the Pigeon River after completing a days work on the Murphy Branch,

BLU T59 is sitting just short of a small railroad crossing in Canton, NC while waiting on T31 to finish up in the yard.

BLU T31 is coming upgrade while coming into Canton, NC.

Screaming up the steep Camelback Grade, four Blue Ridge Southern SD40-2's make the final climb into Canton, North Carolina with a decent sized T31 dragging behind.

T31 is crossing the Pigeon River in the middle of Canton, where WAMX's yard and headquarters are.

T31 is crossing High Bridge just before coming into it's final destination at Canton.

Climbing "Camelback Grade' in notch 8, four Blue Ridge Southern EMD's bring westbound T31 across the High Bridge at East Canton on the former Southern Railway Murphy Branch, built in 1910.

BLU-01 rolls by the Evergreen Packaging plant as it departs Canton, NC bound for Asheville. 4201 rolled out of the EMD plant in LaGrange, IL in September, 1966 as Southern Pacific SD45 #8836.

Blue Ridge Southern train T31 eases away from Canton bound for Asheville on an increasingly humid July day

On a breezy summer morning in July, Blue Ridge Southern train T31 builds their train at the Evergreen Plant in Canton, NC