Nestled 15 miles west of Asheville along the former Southern Railway Murphy Branch is Coburn. It's been over 30 years since the merger and this location has seen Southern, NS and now Blue Ridge S... (more)

Blue Ridge Southern job T59 slowly makes the eastbound return trip to Canton as it begins the climb up the Balsam grade.

Blue Ridge Southern job T59 slowly makes the eastbound return trip to Canton on this cool March morning in western North Carolina.

A lot has changed here in Asheville yard. In the last few days, Blue Ridge Southern has changed all of their train symbols, what used to be T31 is now BLU 01. In the last few months, the historic ... (more)

The dynamic brake fans howl as Blue Ridge Southern (BLU) train T31 heads from Canton to Asheville, NC. The classic whistle post identifies this as a former Southern Railway line, now operated by ... (more)

EMD's rule the former Southern Railway Murphy Branch as four Blue Ridge Southern SD40-3's cut through a field in rural western North Carolina.

Continuing downgrade eastbound from Canton, North Carolina, Blue Ridge Southern 4201 leads T31 through an s - curve and under a road overpass on the outskirts of Canton on the former Southern Rail... (more)

On the second day of 2015, a trio of Blue Ridge Southern SD40-2's assigned to T31 switch the paper plant in Canton, North Carolina before working eastbound to the NS interchange in Asheville.

Right as the chase of T31 starts on a crisp clear morning in Decemeber, a driver takes a chance and crosses right infront of the Blue Ridge Southern Eastbound Freight.

The chase of the Blue Ridge Southern train T31 would just about come to an end as it crosses high above us on its way back to the yard in Canton, NC to drop off loads from Asheville, NC

T31 has finished its work in Asheville and is now returning west to Canton, rolling down and climbing up hills the whole way. A cut of loaded NS coal hoppers sits on the Enka siding as the train s... (more)

T31 pulls ahead out of the Evergreen plant and heads for the mainline, where it will reverse to the same end of the yard and pick up a few loads for Asheville.

T31 soars over one of the many small valleys between Canton and Asheville on a perfectly clear December day. The train is almost back to its home terminal and has a good string of loaded cars in t... (more)

After working Asheville, the T31 turn is running back west to Canton with one of two Blue Ridge Southern SD40-2 carbody engines leading. This unit also has a lighter shade of yellow and is the onl... (more)

Blue Ridge Southern's T31 train crosses the French Broad River as it Norfolk Southern's yard in Asheville. The train will work for about an hour before heading back west to Canton.