P87 climbs through the lower loop of High Fill on this beautiful February afternoon in western North Carolina.

Norfolk Southern's "Honoring First Responders" SD60E leads NS train 135 around the lower loop of High Fill on a beautiful February afternoon in western North Carolina.

N&W 1218 steams it up on the Southern Loops during an NHRS excursion. It is now on the top track, will soon be coming on lower track.

Two decades after tuxedo painted locomotives vanished from the Southern Railway loops in western NC, Norfolk Southern's S&A heritage leads 162 into Old Fort, NC on a beautiful December morning.

A rare leader pretty much anywhere on the NS system (NS is only leasing 3 total), CEFX #104 leads Plant Marshall coal loads past the classic Southern Railway station at Old Fort, NC.

A crystal clear morning sees Plant Marshall limestone loads eastbound at Old Fort with one of the few remaining SD60's leading the way.

The crew on EB manifest 134 can see the tail end of their train as the pass under themselves at High Fill on the Old Fort Loops in western North Carolina on this beautiful November morning.

A rare leader for the Asheville District, CEFX AC4400 leads eastbound manifest train 134 on a crystal clear November morning at Old Fort.

NS train 135 begins its assault of the Blue Ridge Mountains on the famous NS S-Line Loops west of Old Fort NC

NS train 135 begins its assault of the Blue Ridge Mountains on the famous NS S-Line Loops

NS train M34 eases around High Fill towards Old Fort NC on the famous NS S-Line Loops

750 breaks the silence in Old Fort during a major east coast rainstorm on this cool November night.

An Amtrak excursion sponsored by the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer NC begins its climb to Asheville NC up the famous NS Loops west of Old Fort NC

The last of the vibrant fall colors are hanging on around Old Fort as train 162 glides downgrade into Old Fort with a KCS Ace leader.