July 26, 2019 – After a week of visiting family and railfanning in NC, SC and TN I’m finally back home in Kentucky. On the return trip yesterday I stopped by in hopes of catching the Blue Ridge Southern Railroad running at Canton, North Carolina, but like many short lines they weren’t moving at all since it was a Saturday. However, I was able to catch this nice shot of WAMX 3943 and several other of their locomotives sitting in the yard. I’ll have to make a trip back during the week and get some photos of them in operation! Thanks to John DeVasto for recommending this shortline! I’ve passed here many times over the years and have never stopped.
According to their website: Receiving its name from the Blue Ridge Mountains which overlook this scenic North Carolina railroad, the Blue Ridge Southern Railroad (BLU) was Watco’s first property located in the state of North Carolina beginning in 2014. The BLU operates 92 miles of track, consisting of three branch lines that feed into Norfolk Southern’s terminal in Asheville, North Carolina: the T-Line to the west of Asheville, the W-Line to the south, and the TR-Line, which branches off the W-Line. The BLU primarily ships commodities such as wood chips, paper, plastics, cement, coal, and products used in the manufacture of Epsom Salt.
