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By:Jimmie Fisher
Dates:5/23/2009 - 12/31/2011
Album Info:Pictures taken in the state of North Carolina (my home state) During the years 2009 through 2011.
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May 22, 2009
Title:  May 22, 2009
Description:  In the west end of the Asheville, NC, NS yard, a pair of GP38-2s build a train for Canton, NC, while a track inspector runs the eastbound main.
Photo Date:  5/22/2009  Upload Date: 12/27/2009 3:30:24 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5559(GP38-2) NS 5554(GP38-2)
Views:  1458   Comments: 0
July 2, 2009
Title:  July 2, 2009
Description:  A pair of westbound GPs blast through Sylva at 10 mph while my wife Jann watches. They are just a few hundred feet from the Southern Concrete Products plant where they will couple to empty sand hoppers and return to Canton, NC. Just beyond the SCM plant is the interchange for the Great Smokey Mountain Railroad.
Photo Date:  7/2/2009  Upload Date: 12/27/2009 5:00:18 PM
Location:  Sylva, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5065(GP38-2) NS 7083(GP50)
Views:  1136   Comments: 4
September 13, 2009:  Train 134
Title:  September 13, 2009: Train 134
Description:  NS eastbound train 134 roars through Marshall, NC, on an otherwise quiet and sunny Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  9/13/2009  Upload Date: 12/14/2009 1:08:14 PM
Location:  Marshall, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9913(C40-9W)
Views:  434   Comments: 1
Dec 16, 2009.  Grain train
Title:  Dec 16, 2009. Grain train
Description:  NS eastbound grain train 40A crosses the French Broad River at Ivy, 2 1/2 miles east of Marshall
Photo Date:  12/16/2009  Upload Date: 12/16/2009 6:30:15 PM
Location:  Marshall, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9912(C40-9W)
Views:  712   Comments: 4
Dec 20, 2009:  NS 9844
Title:  Dec 20, 2009: NS 9844
Description:  Dec 20, 2009: Eastbound empty wood chip train entering Biltmore.
Photo Date:  12/20/2009  Upload Date: 12/14/2009 11:35:40 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NS 9844(C40-9W)
Views:  544   Comments: 1
March 21, 2010:  Train 134
Title:  March 21, 2010: Train 134
Description:  Eastbound NS train 134 crosses Stoner Road just after leaving the Asheville yard
Photo Date:  3/21/2010  Upload Date: 3/24/2010 7:22:29 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9001(C40-9W) NS 9126(C40-9W) NS 9231(C40-9W) NS 5191(GP38-2)
Views:  529   Comments: 0
Mar 23, 2010:  Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
Title:  Mar 23, 2010: Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
Description:  Great Smokey Mountains Railroad 1755 has just dropped 3 empty grain cars from the P & R Farms feed mill in Andrews, NC, at the interchange point with the NS Railroad. The locomotive is now on the main track and facing towards the home shops in Dillsboro. The conductor is getting ready to re-align the crossover switch on the siding.
Photo Date:  3/23/2010  Upload Date: 3/24/2010 7:46:21 AM
Location:  Sylva, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  GSMR 1755(GP9)
Views:  873   Comments: 5
April 5, 2010:  Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
Title:  April 5, 2010: Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
Description:  Great Smoky Mountains Railroad 777 backs into the NS/GSMR interchange point next to Harold Street at the Jackson Paper Products plant. The empty grain hopper has come from the P & R Farms feed mill in Andrews, NC, a distance of 50 miles. The feed mill, which supplies an egg producer, is the only freight customer on the GSMR, which is known mostly as a tourist railroad.
Photo Date:  4/5/2010  Upload Date: 4/9/2010 8:56:51 PM
Location:  Sylva, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  1859   Comments: 7
April 10, 2010:  Empty chip train
Title:  April 10, 2010: Empty chip train
Description:  The setting sun is below the mountains behind an eastbound empty wood chip train which has just finished descending the loops below Ridgecrest, NC, on the Norfolk Southern "S" line.
Photo Date:  4/10/2010  Upload Date: 4/11/2010 8:42:02 PM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  NS 8740(C40-8)
Views:  403   Comments: 1
Apr 27, 2010:  Local P-59 to Sylva
Title:  Apr 27, 2010: Local P-59 to Sylva
Description:  Westbound local P-59 enters Balsam and stops for i`spection before starting down the grade to Sylva
Photo Date:  4/27/2010  Upload Date: 4/29/2010 10:18:24 PM
Location:  Balsam, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5065(GP38-2) NS 5558(GP38-2)
Views:  1020   Comments: 1
Apr 27, 2010:  Inspection befkre starting down the Balsam grade
Title:  Apr 27, 2010: Inspection befkre starting down the Balsam grade
Description:  The conductor walks down the left side of train P-59 and checks the air hose connections before starting down the grade to Balsam. He will walk up the right side on his way back to the locomotive.
Photo Date:  4/27/2010  Upload Date: 4/29/2010 10:21:32 PM
Location:  Balsam, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5065(GP38-2) NS 5558(GP38-2)
Views:  1026   Comments: 3
Apr 27, 2010:  Local P-59 starting down the Balsam grade
Title:  Apr 27, 2010: Local P-59 starting down the Balsam grade
Description:  After the conductor's inspection, NS local P-59 starts down the Balsam grade to Sylva
Photo Date:  4/27/2010  Upload Date: 4/29/2010 10:24:15 PM
Location:  Balsam, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  733   Comments: 0
Apr 27, 2010:  Bridge on the Balsam grade
Title:  Apr 27, 2010: Bridge on the Balsam grade
Description:  Local P-59 crosses over Dark Ridge Road while going down the Balsam grade to Sylva
Photo Date:  4/27/2010  Upload Date: 4/29/2010 10:28:16 PM
Location:  Balsam, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5065(GP38-2)
Views:  929   Comments: 0
Apr 27, 2010:  NS local P-59 at the end of the Balsam grade
Title:  Apr 27, 2010: NS local P-59 at the end of the Balsam grade
Description:  NS local P-59 is slowing down as it enters the east side of Sylva. About 500 feet away is a LPG distribution center where the train's 5 LPG tank cars will be dropped and the empty tank cars picked up. 4 boxcars on the train will be taken another mile to the Jackson Paper Products plant in Sylva, where other box cars will be picked up for the return trip to the NS yard in Canton, N.C.
Photo Date:  4/29/2010  Upload Date: 4/29/2010 10:31:22 PM
Location:  Sylva, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5065(GP38-2) NS 5558(GP38-2)
Views:  888   Comments: 1
May 11, 2010:  Silverlinh Plastics local
Title:  May 11, 2010: Silverlinh Plastics local
Description:  Norfolk Southern local PA-01, with Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad #2365 as power, switches plastic pellet hoppers at the Silverline Plastics'pipe plant on a rainy day
Photo Date:  5/11/2010  Upload Date: 5/20/2010 9:14:54 PM
Location:  Woodfin, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NPBL 2365(MP15DC)
Views:  982   Comments: 0
Jun 4, 2010:  NS Train 135 enters Biltmore
Title:  Jun 4, 2010: NS Train 135 enters Biltmore
Description:  BNSF 4761 leads Norfolk Southern westbound train 135 with 90 cars enters Biltmore just before pulling into the Asheville yard.
Photo Date:  6/4/2010  Upload Date: 6/4/2010 6:28:27 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4761(C44-9W) NS 8983(C40-9W) NS 9888(C40-9W)
Views:  728   Comments: 0
Jun 4, 2010:  Yard switchers
Title:  Jun 4, 2010: Yard switchers
Description:  Yard switchers work a long cut of freight cars into the Asheville Norfolk Southern yard.
Photo Date:  6/4/2010  Upload Date: 6/4/2010 6:38:26 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NPBL 2365(MP15DC) NS 5558(GP38-2)
Views:  740   Comments: 0
Jun 24, 2010:  Local work
Title:  Jun 24, 2010: Local work
Description:  CSXT 6011 is in the middle as it switches cars for the days local work in Downtown Spruce Pine, NC
Photo Date:  6/24/2010  Upload Date: 6/25/2010 7:16:03 AM
Location:  Spruce Pine, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 6011(GP40-2)
Views:  579   Comments: 0
Jul 30, 2010:  Local P31
Title:  Jul 30, 2010: Local P31
Description:  A quartet of EMDs brings NS train P31 from Canton, NC, into the west end of the NS yard at Asheville, NC, with mostly empty coal and wood chip cars. This train is based in Canton, NC, next to the Evergreen Packaging paper plant. The train makes the daily round trip from Canton to Asheville on the NS Murphy Branch which ends in Andrews, NC.
Photo Date:  7/30/2010  Upload Date: 8/1/2010 8:34:42 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 3203(SD40-2) NS 7018(GP50) NS 7069(GP50) NS 5261(GP38-2)
Views:  1073   Comments: 3
Aug 6, 2010:  Close clearance
Title:  Aug 6, 2010: Close clearance
Description:  I have never seen an occupied building this close to a mainline rail. Eastbound NS train 134 passes the book store at the west end of downtown Marshall, OC, at 1:22pm, on the NS "S" line
Photo Date:  8/6/2010  Upload Date: 8/6/2010 10:51:40 PM
Location:  Marshall, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8939(C40-9W) UP 7875(AC45CCTE)
Views:  1509   Comments: 3
Aug 6, 2010:  NS train 134
Title:  Aug 6, 2010: NS train 134
Description:  NS train 134 enters thd yard at Asheville pulling 60 cars at 2:47pm.
Photo Date:  8/6/2010  Upload Date: 8/6/2010 10:59:26 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8939(C40-9W) UP 7875(AC45CCTE)
Views:  660   Comments: 0
Aug 28, 2010:  KWLX EMD GP40-2LW
Title:  Aug 28, 2010: KWLX EMD GP40-2LW
Description:  Knoxville Locomotive Works #9613 is dead in tow in westbound NS train 165. The trip origin and destination for this locomotive is unknown. KLW is a subsidiary of Gulf & Ohio, Inc, a short-line group.
Photo Date:  8/28/2010  Upload Date: 9/12/2010 10:34:39 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  KLWX 9613(GP40-2LW)
Views:  490   Comments: 1
Sep 4, 2010:  3 EMDs of color
Title:  Sep 4, 2010: 3 EMDs of color
Description:  Eastbound Norfolk Southern freight M62 prepares to leave the NS yard at Asheville, NC. Power is 3 EMD SDs of different colors.
Photo Date:  9/4/2010  Upload Date: 9/4/2010 6:51:08 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NS 2599(SD70M) GMTX 9097(SD60) UP 8107(SD9043MAC)
Views:  1145   Comments: 1
Oct 27, 2010:  NS Train 165
Title:  Oct 27, 2010: NS Train 165
Description:  Westbound NS train 165 is just starting the trip from Asheville to Knoxville, TN, on a rainy morning. It had been sitting at the crossing, ditch lights off, waiting for a clear signal on the signal bar. The crossing gates were down, and the lights were flashing, and a crew member in a green safety vest was flagging traffic through the crossing. After a few minutes the crewman got on the locomotive, the ditch lights came on, the horn was blown, and the train started rolling to Knoxville.
Photo Date:  10/27/2010  Upload Date: 10/28/2010 7:43:34 AM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9817(C40-9W)
Views:  613   Comments: 0
 Nov 2, 2010:  NS train 165
Title:  Nov 2, 2010: NS train 165
Description:  NS 6670 running long hood forward as it enters the NS yard at Asheville, NC, with 2 ex-SOO Line SD60 trailing. The NS SD60 is set up for LHF running, with the long hood end marked as the front.
Photo Date:  11/2/2010  Upload Date: 11/2/2010 9:14:00 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 6670(SD60) CEFX 6017(SD60) CEFX 6010(SD60)
Views:  1086   Comments: 0
Nov 2, 2010:  NS Train 162
Title:  Nov 2, 2010: NS Train 162
Description:  Two BNSF GEs lead NS Train 162 through Biltmore in Asheville, eastbound to the NS yard in Linwood, NC.
Photo Date:  11/2/2010  Upload Date: 11/2/2010 9:44:54 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6041(ES44AC) BNSF 7618(ES44DC)
Views:  757   Comments: 0
Nov 22, 2010:  Local PAO1 crossing Riverside Drive
Title:  Nov 22, 2010: Local PAO1 crossing Riverside Drive
Description:  Local PAO1 has just left full hoppers of plastic pellets at the Silverline Plastics pipe plant in Woodfin, NC, and is now returning with 5 empties to the NS yard at Asheville. This crossing has no gates or lights and is not flagged. PAO1 makes this trip 3 or 4 times a week, and is the only rail traffic on this spur.
Photo Date:  11/22/2010  Upload Date: 11/22/2010 8:35:28 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 4613(GP59) NS 3017(GP40-2)
Views:  866   Comments: 0
Nov 22, 2010:  Local PAO1 crosses Riverside Drive
Title:  Nov 22, 2010: Local PAO1 crosses Riverside Drive
Description:  Local PAO1 has just left full hoppers of plastic pellets at the Silverline Plastics pipe plant in Woodfin, NC, and is now returning with 5 empties to the NS yard at Asheville with NS 4613 leading long hood forward. This crossing has no gates or lights and is not flagged. PAO1 makes this trip 3 or 4 times a week, and is the only rail traffic on this spur.
Photo Date:  11/22/2010  Upload Date: 11/22/2010 8:50:46 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 4613(GP59) NS 3017(GP40-2)
Views:  841   Comments: 0
Nov 22. 2010:  Local PAO1 enters the NS yard
Title:  Nov 22. 2010: Local PAO1 enters the NS yard
Description:  Local PAO1, with 5 empty plastic pellet hoppers, is returning to the NS yard in Asheville after delivering loaded pellet hoppers to the Silverline Plastics pipe plant in Woodfin. NS 4613 is leading long hood forward
Photo Date:  11/22/2010  Upload Date: 11/22/2010 8:59:47 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 4613(GP59) NS 3017(GP40-2)
Views:  1311   Comments: 5
Nov 22, 2010:  Local P31 enters the NS yard
Title:  Nov 22, 2010: Local P31 enters the NS yard
Description:  Local P31 enters the Asheville NS yard after leaving the Canton yard, about 20 miles west, with 26 cars, mostly empty wood chip hoppers from the Evergreen Packaging paper plant in Canton.
Photo Date:  11/22/2010  Upload Date: 11/22/2010 9:09:42 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CEFX 7091(SD40-2) CEFX 7105(SD40-2) NS 3266(SD40-2) NS 3528(B32-8)
Views:  906   Comments: 2
Jan 22, 2011:  NS Train 165
Title:  Jan 22, 2011: NS Train 165
Description:  Westbound Norfolk Southern train 165 leaves Asheville, NC.
Photo Date:  1/22/2011  Upload Date: 1/23/2011 12:29:43 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  GMTX 9051(SD60) NS 9977(C40-9W) NS 2619(SD70M)
Views:  641   Comments: 0
Feb 5, 2011:  Depot, north side
Title:  Feb 5, 2011: Depot, north side
Description:  North side of the Southern depot in Marion, NC, built about 1867 and restored in 2005. The section on the east end is used'by the Marion Business Association. The main building is used, among other things, for community events.
Photo Date:  2/5/2011  Upload Date: 2/6/2011 8:58:09 AM
Location:  Marion, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  432   Comments: 0
Feb 5, 2011:  Depot, south side
Title:  Feb 5, 2011: Depot, south side
Description:  South side of the Southern depot in Marion, NC. The depot, now owned by the city of Marion, is beside the Norfolk Southern "S" line which runs from Linwood, NC, to Knoxville, TN.
Photo Date:  2/5/2011  Upload Date: 2/6/2011 8:59:00 AM
Location:  Marion, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fishdr
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  412   Comments: 0
Feb 5, 2011:  Eastbound coal train
Title:  Feb 5, 2011: Eastbound coal train
Description:  An eastbound Norfolk Southern boal train approaches the Marion, NC, depot on a late sunny afternoon.
Photo Date:  2/5/2011  Upload Date: 2/6/2011 8:54:56 AM
Location:  Marion, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9896(C40-9W)
Views:  477   Comments: 0
Feb 5, 2011:  Eastbound by depot
Title:  Feb 5, 2011: Eastbound by depot
Description:  An eastbound coal train clows by the depot at Marion, NC, on a sunny late afternoon.
Photo Date:  2/5/2011  Upload Date: 2/6/2011 9:00:12 AM
Location:  Marion, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9896(C40-9W)
Views:  522   Comments: 0
Feb 26, 2011:  Westbound at crossing
Title:  Feb 26, 2011: Westbound at crossing
Description:  Westbound empty lime train at the only crossing in downtown Marshall.
Photo Date:  2/26/2011  Upload Date: 2/26/2011 8:37:58 PM
Location:  Marshall, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9539(C40-9W)
Views:  584   Comments: 1
Feb 26, 2011:  Westbound close clearance
Title:  Feb 26, 2011: Westbound close clearance
Description:  Picture #32 in this album shows an eastbound freight on the other side of the store on August 6, 2010. A westbound empty lime train goes by a book store at the west end of Marshall. The distance from the building to the closer rail is 7 feet 4 inches, with a train speed of 30 to 35 miles per hour.
Photo Date:  2/26/2011  Upload Date: 2/26/2011 8:48:39 PM
Location:  Marshall, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9539(C40-9W)
Views:  751   Comments: 2
Mar 3, 2011:  Colorful SD40-2 quartet
Title:  Mar 3, 2011: Colorful SD40-2 quartet
Description:  A quartet of SD40-2s (one ex-Conrail and 3 leased) sits next to the Evergreen Packaging plant at Canton, NC at 4:00 in the afternoon. This is probably Norfolk Southern local P33 getting ready for a night run to Asheville and back.
Photo Date:  3/3/2011  Upload Date: 3/6/2011 7:12:14 PM
Location:  Canton, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  NS 3361(SD40-2) CITX 3087(SD40-2) HLCX 8165(SD40-2) CITX 3096(SD40-2)
Views:  1239   Comments: 1
Mar 12, 2011:  Light engine move
Title:  Mar 12, 2011: Light engine move
Description:  Westbound light engine move entering Asheville, NC, just as the sun was coming up.
Photo Date:  3/12/2011  Upload Date: 3/15/2011 8:50:51 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  NS 9405(C40-9W) NS 9660(C40-9W)
Views:  508   Comments: 1
Mar 12, 2011:  Westbound NS train 165
Title:  Mar 12, 2011: Westbound NS train 165
Description:  Westbound NS train 165 leaving Asheville with more than 125 cars
Photo Date:  3/12/2011  Upload Date: 3/15/2011 8:54:45 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4628(C44-9W) NS 7582(ES40DC) NS 9736(C40-9W)
Views:  697   Comments: 0
Mar 12, 2011:  NS Local P31
Title:  Mar 12, 2011: NS Local P31
Description:  Local P31 enters Asheville from Canton, NC.
Photo Date:  3/12/2011  Upload Date: 3/15/2011 9:00:11 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CITX 3087(SD40-2) CITX 3096(SD40-2) NS 3220(SD40-2)
Views:  1083   Comments: 1
Mar 12, 2011:  Eastbound NS train 134
Title:  Mar 12, 2011: Eastbound NS train 134
Description:  Eastbound NS train 134 beside the French Broad Qiver
Photo Date:  3/12/2011  Upload Date: 3/15/2011 9:04:06 PM
Location:  Marshall, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 2714(SD70M-2)
Views:  570   Comments: 3
Mar 12, 2011:  Westbround NS train 16>
Title:  Mar 12, 2011: Westbround NS train 16>
Description:  Norfolk Southern train 165 westbound beside the French Broad River.
Photo Date:  3/12/2011  Upload Date: 3/15/2011 9:09:41 PM
Location:  Marshall, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4628(C44-9W)
Views:  604   Comments: 2
Apr 1, 2011Norfolk Southern train M34
Title:  Apr 1, 2011Norfolk Southern train M34
Description:  Norfolk Southern eastbound freight M34 getting ready to head down the NS loops between Ridgecrest and Old Fort.
Photo Date:  4/1/2011  Upload Date: 4/8/2011 9:09:45 PM
Location:  Ridgecrest, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9087(C40-9W) UP 9166(C40-8) HLCX 5976(SD60) NS 9614(C40-9W)
Views:  598   Comments: 0
Apr 1, 2011:  NS train M34
Title:  Apr 1, 2011: NS train M34
Description:  Eastbound Norfolk Southern train M34 is about to enter the downhill loops between Ridgecrest and Old Fort.
Photo Date:  4/1/2011  Upload Date: 4/8/2011 9:14:29 PM
Location:  Ridgecrest, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9087(C40-9W) UP 9166(C40-8) HLCX 5976(SD60) NS 9614(C40-9W)
Views:  613   Comments: 2
Apr 10, 2011:  NS train 165
Title:  Apr 10, 2011: NS train 165
Description:  Norfolk Southern westbound train 165 rolls under the Craggy bridge in Woodfin, about 4 1/2 miles north of the Asheville NS yard, west end. 165's next stop is at Sevier Yard in Knoxville, TN. I got a friendly open-hand wave from the conductor as he went by.
Photo Date:  4/10/2011  Upload Date: 4/10/2011 7:43:03 PM
Location:  Woodfin, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  NS 8742(C40-8)
Views:  607   Comments: 2
May 6, 2011:  Train NS 134
Title:  May 6, 2011: Train NS 134
Description:  On May 6, 2011, 5:35 pm, eastbound Norfolk Southern train 134 pulls into the Asheville yard, doing a slow roll by the Wedge artists’ studios in Asheville’s arts district.
Photo Date:  5/6/2011  Upload Date: 5/14/2011 5:19:05 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8960(C40-9W) NS 2747(SD70M-2)
Views:  460   Comments: 0
Jul 27, 2011:  Train 134
Title:  Jul 27, 2011: Train 134
Description:  Eastbound Train 134 runs through Craggy just before entering the NS yard at Asheville, NC.
Photo Date:  7/27/2011  Upload Date: 7/27/2011 10:35:24 PM
Location:  Woodfin, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9565(C40-9W)
Views:  505   Comments: 0
Jul 27, 2011:  NS Train 745 power
Title:  Jul 27, 2011: NS Train 745 power
Description:  Three engines, with NS 9974 leading have just left the shop at the NS yard in Asheville, NC. After going out the west end of the yard to switch tracks, they are now backing up to couple to a waiting train. In about 30 minutes they will leave Asheville as train 745 westbound with 102 empty coal gondolas owned by Duke Power Company. UP 9157 is a leased unit.
Photo Date:  7/27/2011  Upload Date: 7/27/2011 10:42:39 PM
Location:  Asheville, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NS 9974(C40-9W) NS 9761(C40-9W) UP 9157(C40-8)
Views:  619   Comments: 0
Jul 29, 2011:  Train 165 beside the river
Title:  Jul 29, 2011: Train 165 beside the river
Description:  Westbound NS train 165 enters Marshall on the NS "S" line about 30 minutes after leaving the NS yard in Asheville. The train will run beside the French Broad River from Asheville to about 5 miles east of Newport, TN, on its trip to Sevier yard in Knoxville.
Photo Date:  7/29/2011  Upload Date: 7/30/2011 8:28:01 PM
Location:  Marshall, NC
Author:  Jimmie Fisher
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  NS 8366(C40-8W)
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