An empty woodchip train is making a racket as it slowly descends from the crest of the Blue Ridge toward the town of Old Fort on a rainy fall day. Inspired by Railroad: Norfolk SouthernLocomotive: EMD SD60Location: Old Fort, North Carolina, USALocomotive #: NS 6606Train ID: NS 67EPhoto Date: October 31, 2009
The North Carolina Transportation Museum's "Blue Ridge Special" rounds a curve climbing toward the Southern Railway's Old Fort Loops. This sold-out train is the first opportunity for passengers to... (more)
Another load of black diamonds snakes its way through the loops on an early fall afternoon.
Norfolk Southern's main line to Asheville, NC is just waking up and clearing the fog to start a new day.
Fresh off of the mountain and the"Loops" out of Asheville with miss matched number boards and peeling paint this loco has seen better days.
This local is operating on former Southern trackage as it rolls along through downtown Old Fort.
Although not much of the train is visible, I believe this photo demonstrates the formidable challenge of the Old Fort Loops. Local train P57 was starting into the first loop. Less then two minut... (more)
A loaded coal train leaves Oldfort NC.
Eastbound 750 drops into Old Fort as westbound 135 patiently awaits its turn on the Old Fort Loops.
Eastbound coal train 750 gingerly approaches town as it reaches the bottom of the grade off the Old Fort Loops.
Eastbound train 116 approaches Old Fort as it reaches the bottom of the grade.
66E sits in the siding at Old Fort waiting for a clear signal after the passage of 166.
