Trip to Tennessee, Kentucky and North Carolina - 8

Hi, This was the best day of the trip and as a result it is the longest post.

The day was devoted to the Blue Ridge Southern.

Just after 8:00 AM the Waynesville Turn was switching the west end of the Canton, NC yard. It is shown here crossing the Pigeon River with the Evergreen Packaging plant in the background.

All of the power we saw was painted in this, the WATCO corporate scheme. This photo was taken off Waitsel Road on the east side of Clyde.

Continuing west we photographed the train on the west side of Clyde.

Entering Waynesville the train passed the Evergreen Packaging plant. It would switch here on its return east to Canton.

However, first the train continued west to switch Giles Chemical

and then ran around its train (above and two below).

Returning east the train passed a park

before reaching Evergreen Packaging (above and five below).

The Asheville Turn went on duty at noon on this day. About 12:20 it headed for Asheville shown with the Evergreen Packaging plant in the background (above and below).

There is a large trestle about a mile east of Canton along US Route 23.

We caught the train four more times (above and three below) before it reached Asheville).

In Asheville we photographed the train eastbound and

westbound crossing the French Broad River.

On the way out of Asheville the train passed Louisiana Avenue and then

the Vulcan Materials Quarry in Candler (above and below).

We photographed the train three more times east of Canton (above and two Below) before breaking off the chase.

Thanks for looking.