T59's train stretches through the rolling hills of West Waynesville. The whole line from Canton to Balsam is like this, one two percent grade rolling into another. This particular train was the lo... (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)
Since they ran quite early, I grabbed a quick shot of night shift Canton to Waynesville T73 as they switched the Giles Chemical epsom salt plant.
T59 ducks under the new Howell Mill Rd bridge after switching Evergreen packaging in the background. The train is headed for Addie with 8 tanks for Enterprise Products.
I haven't chased 59 in a while so I decided to grab them on the way to breakfast.
T59 woke me up this morning and since it was nice I decided to grab a few shots. Here they are slowing to a stop at Evergreen Packaging. The conductor will dismount and go to plant office for pape... (more)
Engineer Tim Keegan brings T59 past Evergreen Packaging before shoving into plant to switch out the boxcars.
T59 drops off five cars at the west end of Hazelwood siding before returning eastbound light engine to Waynesville. I jumped out of my car on my way to work and shot this with my cell phone. It tu... (more)
T59 coasts through the Waynesville park complex on the way to switch Evergreen Packaging to the east.
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 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.
NS #5116 leads the daily local P59 (Canton-Sylva, NC) through Waynesville, NC.
