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)

T59 drops a sizeable cut of boxcars into the siding at Hazelwood before heading west with a tank train for Sylva. Maintenance on the railroad's fleet of GP39-2s has left the crew running long hood... (more)

T59 crosses one of the large trestles on the way to Sylva. The grade here is about 5%, requiring the crew to apply retainers before descending. Today's train consists of two GP39-2s, six LNG tank ... (more)

T59 rolls westbound through the suburbs of Waynesville. I just recently moved into this area and immediately eyed this out of place field as a potential photo location. It only took me about a wee... (more)

T59 swaps out cars at Giles in Waynesville. The shot is framed by Bell UH-1 Iroquois, Huey, helicopter parked at the local VFW.

T59 shoves a cut of box cars into the warehouse of Evergreen Packaging's Waynesville plant with a fresh bed of January snow blanketing the yard.

T59 emerges from a tree tunnel and into the morning sun, passing milepost 18 and the Canton yard limits. The train is returning light after a short morning of switching in Waynesville to the west.... (more)

Blue Ridge Southern's local to Waynesburg heads west with a pair of GPs and a short train, with signs of spring becoming evident in the North Carolina mountains.

Blue Ridge Southern T59 departs Canton for Waynesville as the sun tries to burn through the early morning fog on a July morning.

From earlier this year, Blue Ridge Southern return through Sylva after dropping off three flat cars loaded with rail for Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. I found this image while looking for a few ... (more)

Blue Ride Southern T59 shoves across the Pigeon River while working the west yard in Canton, NC with a pair of WATCO GP39-2's in charge.

After working Evergreen Packaging in Waynesville, Blue Ridge Southern T59 works eastbound through Clyde, North Carolina on its way back to Canton with a former D&H EMD in the lead.

Two trains and two railroads meet for a hand-off of three UNLOADED flat cars. If it seems like we've been here before, we have. Three days after Blue Ridge Southern dropped off loads of rail to th... (more)

Two trains and two railroads meet for a hand-off of three loaded flat cars. Blue Ridge Southern has just backed through downtown Sylva to the MP 47 on the western end of town. Great Smoky Mountain... (more)

Seen from above the Pigeon River in downtown Canton, Blue Ridge Southern T59 is dwarfed by the Evergreen Paper Mill as they switch the west end of Canton Yard before helping T31 put their train aw... (more)