Heading Southeast. After running down the W Line from Asheville, W44 passes by Fletcher Hardware and near the Fletcher Town Hall.

Working. After running down the W Line from Asheville to Hendersonville, W44 efficiently and carefully works Kimberly Clark.

Following the Southern. What once was SOU W44 and is now BLU W44 departs Asheville Yard through Biltmore, passing below a remnant SOU signal bridge as it heads onto the W line to proceed t... (more)

Remnant Southern Signals. BLU's version of the W44 heads east on the W line toward Hendersonville, passing two remnant Southern signals that sadly work no more, looking away from what once... (more)

Watco's Blue Ridge Southern train W44 arrives in Asheville with several stored woodchip hoppers off the W-line coming back into service.

Blue Ridge Southern's less photographed W line local arrives into Asheville on a beautiful Winter afternoon with seven cars for the outbound NS 135.

Watco's Blue Ridge Southern job W44 works SCM concrete in Fletcher, NC along the former A&S line to Spartanburg.

Watco's Blue Ridge Southern train W44 crosses Interstate 40 on it's evening run westbound into Asheville.

Watco's Blue Ridge Southern W44 departs Asheville under the classic Southern Railway signal bridge at Biltmore.

A lonely spring switch indicator still guards the East End of the Naples siding, nearly five years after NS removed the signals from service, and 18 months after NS sold the line to current owner ... (more)

Eastbound BRS train W44 slowly creeps its way down the W-Line as it crosses I-40 in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Blue Ridge Southern's W44 makes a rare daylight run on the former Southern "W" Line in western North Carolina. The signals, now off and turned sideways are a reminder of the once import... (more)

On a cool October night Blue Ridge Southern train W44 departs Asheville on its return trip to Arden, NC.