T31 (Canton turn) hits a sucker hole of sunlight on the westbound return to Canton as the eastern redbuds begin to bloom in the mountains of North Carolina.

Minutes after the arrival of 136, it's time for Watco's Blue Ridge Southern to cross the French Broad into Asheville with its inbound train from Canton.

Blue Ridge Southern's less photographed W line local arrives into Asheville on a beautiful Winter afternoon with seven cars for the outbound NS 135.

T31 pulls all the way through the yard to spot some loaded wood chip cars after completing its return trip from Asheville.

One of the classier Watco operations I've encountered, the Blue Ridge Southern local returns from Waynesville.

Clyde is part Asheville hippies and part mountain hollers... where an upscale clothing store resides next to military surplus and gun shops.

Appropriately numbered GP39 #3939 leads the NS interchange back to Canton, NC.

Returning to the Yard. With a beautiful mountain backdrop, T59 passes Lake Junuluska on its way back to the BLU yard in Canton, NC. It has just finished working the Evergreen facility near... (more)

Yard Work in Canton. > After T59 leaves for Waynesville on Saturday, the BLU SD40s begin building a train for Asheville, though they won't depart for Asheville that day. Here, the units cro... (more)

Not Quite Fall. Based on the fall color projection maps, I planned a trip to Waynesville to hopefully catch the BLU locals with fall colors as a backdrop. However, the leaves haven’t qui... (more)

T31 arrives at its destination as it curves under the classic signals and up the hump on the northwest side of Asheville Yard.

BLU T31 heads down the hill on the east side of Canton.

WAMX 4204, WAMX 4205 and WAMX 4202 are tied down for the night in the Blue Ridge Southern yard in Canton, North Carolina. WAMX 4204 is the former SD-45 Southern Pacific 9099.

WAMX 4202 is tied down for the night next to the yard office in Canton, North Carolina.

Work goes on at the Evergreen Packaging plant while WAMX 4202 and WAMX 3945 are tied down for the night in the Blue Ridge Southern yard in Canton, North Carolina