711 leads the days "Tuck Train" through the farmlands at Qualla.

Is it a cold winter day in 1984, a Southern GP38-2 in it's new uniform lugging a train towards Murphy? Well this cell phone shot is just a bit better quality than would be possible then I would th... (more)

T59 went through Waynesville several hours late so I somewhat expected them to be tied down in Sylva. They were.

The last Three River Ramblers train for the night has arrived back at the depot. The passengers are alighting and the crew is giving the locomotive a final oiling.

T59 has just slowed to stop just east of the Balsam Stop board. Here the conduction will set the retainers before heading down the steep grade ahead. Maintenance on the railroad's fleet of GP39-2s... (more)

Blue Ridge Southern train T59 works Jackson Paper in Sylva. This is a BLU's first run to Sylva.

After driving from Sylva to Waynesville only to realize that T59 had been in Sylva the whole time, we managed to catch them a few places. The ground still had a little snow on it from a Thanksgivi... (more)

T59 is easing into Sylva with a rare three pack of GP39's. Behind them are 5 89' flat cars loaded with rail for interchange with Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. This day started with a long wait f... (more)

GSMR 711 leads a deadhead move of the Southland coach towards Dillsboro.

1702 leads a westbound train across the very end of the Tuckaseegee River, just before it feeds into Fontana Lake.

T31 hustles through the suburbs of West Asheville leading a short train from Canton. I'm used to chasing slow moving GSMR and T59, so trains on this end of the Murphy Branch seem to move along a l... (more)

On a trip with a fellow railfan that ended up a trip with 5 or 6 people chasing, GSMR 1702 rolls through one of the many large farms in the Thomas Valley.

Just as morning light gets over the mountain, the Evergreen yard switcher returns to the yard after switching the plant's power station. The locomotive has been recently repainted in a tribute sch... (more)

T59 switches the boxcar track at Evergreen Packaging in Waynesville. This is Evergreen's finishing plant and is much smaller than the pulpwood plant in Canton. The track the locomotives are on hol... (more)

GSMR 1751 leads the day's Tuck Train around the bend at Ela. A female passenger has booked the day's locomotive cab ride.