With dark clouds building up over the smokey mountain from the west. Blue Ridge Southern (WATCO) BLU T31 crosses over the Pigeon River in Canton. The local job is heading to the Yard office that s... (more)

With the Spring blossoms in full swing, Blue Ridge Southern's Canton-Asheville job, BLU T31, passes a large stone structure in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

BLU T31 powers upgrade at the milepost 6 on the old Southern Murphy Branch.

With the Blue Ridge Mountains standing tall in the background, Blue Ridge Southern T31 returns to Canton, NC after making a run to Asheville to interchange with Norfolk Southern.

T31 climbs upgrade past the Non Automatic Block Approach Signal at the #1 milepost on the old Southern Murphy Branch.

A lengthy 11 hour shift comes to an end as BLU T31 pulls into Canton, NC and prepares to tie their train down and clock off.

With all thier work at Norfolk Southern's yard in Asheville taken care of, Blue Ridge Southern T31 crosses the French Broad River as they head for the T-Line, returning to Canton, NC.

Blue Ridge Southern T31 works down the high lead and under the now defunct Asheville Tower before picking up their outbound train and proceeding back to the T Line at Murphy Junction.

T31 has got a portion of their train together and is pretty close to going on to Ashville. They will make a few more shoves and pulls past the Blue Ridge Paper mill until they have their train tog... (more)

During its final leg of the trip from Asheville, NC to Canton, NC, Blue Ridge Southern local T31 passes a Southern whistle board along the former Southern Railway T-Line, also referred to as the M... (more)

After switching out T33's inbound train from the night before, a mix of former Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, and Rio Grande power crosses back over the Pigeon River in Canton to begin building ... (more)

Bound for Asheville, T31 begins it's assault down the T line out of Canton, NC under the charge of four Blue Ridge Southern SD40-2s.

Dwarfed by the Evergreen Paper Mill, Blue Ridge Southern T31 crosses Pigeon River in Canton Yard while putting away T33's train from the night before, prior to doing their work in Canton and headi... (more)

BLU T31 shoves it's train past Blue Ridge Paper while building the day's local at the yard in Canton.

Continuing their assault on Camelback Grade, engineer Cain and conductor Roberts have their four Blue Ridge Southern SD40-2's screaming as they break the silence in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the... (more)