There's a lot of heritage here. "The Carolina Route" train 100, is seen here rolling along former Norfolk & Southern trackage through the brake wheel of an NS painted Chessie caboose. The conducto... (more)

GSMR 1751 heads through Wilmot west towards the farms of Thomas Valley and ultimately Bryson City. A female passenger has booked the day's locomotive cab ride.

Should we be grateful for what we have or hopeful for what we don't? While #1702 is the only operating steam locomotive on the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, she's not the only one they own. T... (more)

The conductor of P31 walks forward to line the switch for the main line. The train, headed by 3 classic EMDs and a classic-EMD-turned-slug is preparing for it's day trip to Asheville.

On my way to shoot the Buffalo Southern's Alco roster I saw cars being shuffled around Tiff yard. I pulled off expecting a Norfolk Southern local to be doing the work but found a B&P crew instead.... (more)

I went to Lakeville on word that LAL would come on duty there at 3 PM. After driving around the town which consists mostly of no trespassing signs for over an hour I stopped in at one of the local... (more)

T59 pushes through the weeds and brush just outside of Sylva.

Blue Ridge Southern's T59 rolls into Addie long hood forward with a handful of tanks for Enterprise solutions a few more miles west. The dusting of snow in foreground is nothing compared to nearly... (more)

The last NS P59 rolls towards Sylva. The following Saturday, the Southern heritage of the Murphy Branch became nothing but history as Blue Ridge Southern took control of the line.

For the second operating day in a row, T59 has went on the law in Sylva. According to a friend, the delays are due to track work east of town. I'm sure the nasty weather and long hood forward trip... (more)

Just east of Whittier, 1702 steams by, in a hurry to make a ceremony for her return in Bryson City. She wouldn't make it though, over heating a bearing just a few miles away, cutting short her mai... (more)

T59 ducks under the new Howell Mill Rd bridge after switching Evergreen packaging in the background. The train is headed for Addie with 8 tanks for Enterprise Products.

T59 crosses one of the large trestles on the way to Sylva. The grade here is about 5%, requiring the crew to apply retainers before descending. Today's train consists of two GP39-2s, six LNG tank ... (more)

GSMR 777 and 711, both of which as far as I know are GP7's in GP9 frames lead the days Tuck Train under the last bit of fall foliage still hanging on. The Tuck Train is much longer than usual at 2... (more)

TAG 80 leads the southbound Chickamauga Turn south of Ft. Oglethorpe.