A trio of Union Pacific power leads eastbound 162 past the classic Southern Railway station at Old Fort, NC on this cold January night.
NS 165 led by a CSX motor traverses the upper portion of High Fill on the Southern Railways "Old Fort Loops". Climbing it's way westbound towards Asheville; moments before it was on the ... (more)
Three big engines on train P34 coast down the Old Fort loops on the back of loaded coal train Q44. Directly behind me is Andrews Geyser, named for the man who designed this twisting route over the... (more)
A loaded coal train slides down the Old Fort Loops at 10mph behind three big GEs. 6 minutes later, the crew in the lead locomotive will be able to see their helper crew at this same location from ... (more)
Catawba (Plant Marshall) loads accelerate eastbound out of Old Fort with the Black Mountains looming in the distance. Snow showers hang on the mountains around Ridgecrest on this cold December mo... (more)
Three NS unit grind up the grade and around the sweeping curve at Jarrett's Tunnel in the Old Fort Loops.
The town of Old Fort has begun to put up Christmas decorations as a pair of Canadian Pacific units shatter the quiet evening air in downtown.
Late 2007 sees this rare C39-8 leading on NS train 51Z. Within the next few years, all of the C39-8s would be retired from the NS system.
The days are growing short for the C39-8's in service for NS. Here, 135 sweeps around the corner at Old Fort with NS #8584 leading the way. In a few short years, all of the C39's would be gone f... (more)
162 drops down the Old Fort loops just below Dendron with two Canadian cowl units leading on this beautiful first day of December.
Christmas came early to railfans in western North Carolina on the first day of December. Two Canadian cowl body units lead an eastbound manifest train around the sweeping curve at High Fill in th... (more)
Eastbound 748 (Belmont coal loads) pass the historic Old Fort station on this late November evening.
134 breaks the silence in the small hamlet of Old Fort on this beautiful late fall evening.
162 completes its run down the grade from Ridgecrest as it sweeps into Old Fort, NC to meet WB 165.
134 has completed it decent of the loops as it approaches Old Fort to meet P-87 on this beautiful fall afternoon.
