Former Burlington Northern power leads this empty grain train through Swannanoa, NC on this beautiful September afternoon.

The fall colors are in full swing in the mountains of western North Carolina as P-87 passes through Swannanoa, NC on this cool fall morning.

Raindrops are falling on my head! A slow rain falls as train 134 passes the quiet hamlet of Swannanoa on this cool summer evening.

A rare Canadian visitor to Western North Carolina leads train 135 as it passes through Swannanoa on this beautiful Spring afternoon.

135 passes through Swannanoa, NC in the late afternoon light.

After pushing a loaded coal train to Old Fort, P34 returns west with extra tonnage dropped off by the previous days 66E.

The foreign power bonanza is in full affect on the east coast this winter. A week after running with a CN lead unit, 162 spends another Sunday basking in good morning light with a BNSF lead motor... (more)

P87 approaches Asheville with a veteran high hood SD-40-2 leading the way.

P87 passes through downtown Swannanoa and the abandoned siding tracks for the former Beacon Plant that burned down in the early 2000's.

A western visitor leads train 135 as it approaches Asheville, NC on this cool October afternoon.

After a morning of chasing the Southern (TVRM) excursion to Asheville, we learned that the WB 69V was approaching with the CNJ leading. Here, NS #1071 approaches Asheville with the empty limeston... (more)

Southern consolidation 630 rolls toward Old Fort with the first of 4 roundtrips between Asheville and Old Fort NC on NS's S-Line.

Southern 630 going through the town of Swannanoa

NS #7079 throws down some sand to keep the wheels from slipping as the train approaches the 132 MP in route back to Asheville from Bridgewater, NC.

NS #7597 leads a Wateree, SC bound coal train past the classic southern milepost sign at MP S130 near Swannanoa, NC.