In beautiful afternoon sunlight 135 cruises through Grovestone with the Black Mountains looming in the distance.
A late season ice storm hangs on the trees around Ridgecrest as 55W climbs to the highest point on the S-Line.
Shortly after 10 pm on this cool Sunday night, NS westbound empties pass through Ridgecrest, NC with the Lackawanna heritage unit leading. Special thanks to RP.net contributor Reginald McDowell f... (more)
135 has just emerged from the Swannanoa Tunnel as it crests the Blue Ridge at Ridgecrest. It's all downhill from here until they crew change in Asheville, 15 miles away.
On this beautiful winter afternoon, UP #9527 has just crested the Blue Ridge at Ridgecrest with an all western power set on train 135 bound for Knoxville, TN.
NS #9666 leads Catawba, NC bound coal loads past the classic Southern Style MP at the S-127. These loads will be delivered to the Duke Energy Plant Marshall facility.
NS #8825 leads westbound train 135 through Grovestone, NC on this cool November afternoon. The last of the fall leaves are still hanging on near Black Mountain.
NS Heritage #8098 leads the Asheville-Bridgewater turn (P87) through Grovestone.
NS #2629 leads westbound train 135 at Grovestone, just west of Black Mountain, NC.
An early March snowstorm sees NS #9859 leading eastbound train 134 through Grovestone in near white-out conditions.
NS #8028 leads eastbound coal train 748 through the signal at the east end of Grovestone Siding.
NS 135 pulls out of the siding at Grovestone after meeting a 76K coal train
