Yesteryear Scenes. T59 works the BLU yard in Canton with the paper mill huffing and puffing in the background. That mill now has closed and, while BLU still serves this line, its operation... (more)

Shortly after start-up, a Blue Ridge Southern crew gets cars ready at the Evergreen Paper Plant in the mountains of North Carolina. WAMX 4203 was built as DRGW EMD SD45 5323 in 1967. It was later ... (more)

Blue Ridge Southern power sits in the shops at Canton on a March afternoon.

Blue Ridge Southern is just minutes from their yard in Canton, with traffic from Norfolk Southern in Asheville.

As the Canton Evergreen mill begins to shutter operations in the Canton, NC area BLU T31 crosses the High Bridge on the daily turn to Asheville.

Blue Ridge Southern train T31 crossing the High Bridge east of Canton

Arriving back from Asheville, T31 crosses the Pigeon River as the Evergreen paper mill looms in the background. With just weeks left before its closure, BLU operations on the T Line face a rocky f... (more)

Blue Ridge Southern T31 drags over high Bridge East of Canton with a hefty train in tow.

Blue Ridge Southern T59 switches the East end of Canton Yard digging out cars for T31 to interchange with NS in Asheville as some impressive storm clouds hang overhead.

Blue Ridge Southern T31 pulls 'the bottom' at Canton on a nice sunny morning building their train to interchange with NS in Asheville.

T31 slowly crosses the bridge east of Canton with a train of interchange traffic off NS.

Four SD45 carbodies lead a long T31 back into Canton.

Blue Ridge Southern T31 swings across the Pigeon River in Canton while building their train for Asheville.

A scene that is on borrowed time. A daily routine of BLU T31 pulling 'the bottom' which is the track of outbound cars from the paper mill in Canton, NC is coming to a close due to the mill announc... (more)

It's July 26, 2014, the first day of operations on the newest Carolina shortline, the Blue Ridge Southern, and crews are going over some last minute matters. No doubt some pointers on safety and h... (more)