A lot has changed here in Asheville yard. In the last few days, Blue Ridge Southern has changed all of their train symbols, what used to be T31 is now BLU 01. In the last few months, the historic ... (more)
NS P87 underneath the still active ex-Southern Railway cantilever signal at Biltmore on it's eastbound trip to meet 165 at Grovestone, etc and so on.
A SCENE THAT WILL NEVER REPEAT IT'S SELF Looking back to the summer of 2014, Over 90 years old, the Asheville, NC roundhouse built for Southern Railway in 1924 is still servicing locomotive... (more)
NS #9339 leads four units with a Wateree, SC bound coal train departing Asheville, NC. These trains typically run with 3x3 DPU set up, but the recent power shortage has NS using a different set-u... (more)
P-87 departs Asheville with a touch of Southern Railway flare. Two High-hood GP-38s pass under the classic Southern signal bridge at B.I. Tower.
After working Asheville, the T31 turn is running back west to Canton with one of two Blue Ridge Southern SD40-2 carbody engines leading. This unit also has a lighter shade of yellow and is the onl... (more)
Blue Ridge Southern's T31 train crosses the French Broad River as it Norfolk Southern's yard in Asheville. The train will work for about an hour before heading back west to Canton.
T31 passes loaded chip cars in the recently re-activated siding at Coburn in route to Canton on this beautiful December afternoon.
Blue Ridge Southern's T31 job passes the mothballed switch for the SCM Concrete facility in Enka, NC on this cold December afternoon.
After five months of waiting, #4205 finally leads westbound T31 as it passes the classic Southern approach style signal at the T 1.0 mp. The signal is the approach for Murphy Junction, one mile a... (more)
134 passes through Azalea after departing Asheville to begin its 140 mile run to Salisbury, NC.
66E snakes through Azalea with its full woodchip hoppers from Silverstreet, SC in tow for the paper mill at Canton, NC.
Belmont coal loads snake through the S curve at Craggy as the approach Asheville along the river line.
162 slowly crawls through the control point at "Russell" as ut arrives into Asheville.
The Canadian invasion continues around western North Carolina. Here, CP #9843 leads westbound 135 off #1 mainline as it departs for Knoxville under the signal bridge at Russell.