Cold Morning. The daily westbound run on the Murphy Branch is building its train on this unexpectedly cold morning, with the low temperatures resulting in some heavy steam and vapor that m... (more)

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

WAMX 3939 sits in the maintenance service area in the Blue Ridge Southern yard in Canton, North Carolina.

Blue Ridge Southern T59 is seen dropping off a couple cars at Giles Chemical in downtown Waynesville, NC. Unfortunately there will be no trip to Sylva today and the crew will head back to Canton l... (more)

Blue Ridge Southern T59 is seen shortly after departing Canton with three cars for Waynesville.

BLU T59 backs to pickup empties at Enterprise Petroleum in Addie.

BLU T59 pauses by Giles Chemical in Waynesville before proceeding west to Addie with its 2-car train.

WAMX 3939 leads T59 past "Little Champion" on its way west to Addie.

Blue Ridge Southern local W44 passes the classic Southern cantilever signal at Biltmore on their approach to the NS Asheville Yard.

Blue Ridge Southern 3939 kicks up dust pulling a long string of storage cars out of Flat Rock.

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.

Blue Ridge Southern T59 departs Canton for Waynesville as the sun tries to burn through the early morning fog on a July morning.

T59, with white "extra" class light lit, sits at Balsam while the conductor sets the retainers. The downgrade for the next several miles east is very steep, upwards of 5%. This Tuesday run consist... (more)

T59 heads east a few miles from it's destination. Normally the train would not run on a Tuesday and normally it would stop in Sylva, but today the train ran on rarely used trackage to Dillsboro to... (more)