Roaring back through town and just cresting the grade. T31 rolls by a bystander taking a video. I bet it was a good one with the train in notch 8 here.

T31 is in notch 8 passing Coburn to make a run up the 3.3% grade back to Canton.

T31 passes through the country side of Candler, NC as the mountains for which this railroad was named after makes a nice backdrop for this photo.

After completing work at Asheville T31 rolls through the small town of Enka headed for Canton.

BLU T31 climbs the grade from Murphy Junction s it passes the former Southern Railway "Non-Automatic Approach Block" signal on its trip back toward Canton.

After bringing in several sets of loads from the yard in Asheville, BLU T31 starts to sort out the coal, wood chip, and tank cars for their customers in the yard in Canton. Once the loads of coal ... (more)

Four Blue Ridge Southern SD40-2s lead BLU T31 through the dip at Enka on their way to Asheville

Climbing up the steep "Camelback Grade" into Canton, North Carolina, a four pack of Blue Ridge Southern EMD's lead T31 westbound across the High Bridge on the former Southern Railway Mur... (more)

On the last day of January 2016, four Blue Ridge Southern EMD's lead T31 westbound toward Canton and Evergreen Paper via the former Southern Railway Murphy Branch.

Snow still clings to the mountains in various spots along the Blue Ridge a week after winter storm Jonas dumped ten inches in western North Carolina. Here, train T-31 crosses Hominy Creek in rout... (more)

Blue Ridge Southern's T31 job snakes it's way across the high trestle near Canton, NC on it's return trip from Asheville. Typically the bridge is seen from road level, and is rarely seen from thi... (more)

In beautiful afternoon sunlight, four Blue Ridge Southern SD40-2's lead westbound T31 across the High Bridge in the middle of western North Carolina on their final assault on the grade to Canton.

Working out of the dip at the milepost T-7, Blue Ridge Southern T31 passes the Enka Quarry on it's way west to Canton and Evergreen Paper.

BLU T31 is coming upgrade while coming into Canton, NC.