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The Blue Ridge Southern Railroad Шаблон:Reporting mark is a Class III shortline railroad operating over Шаблон:Convert of track in Western North Carolina. The railroad is owned by Watco of Pittsburg, Kansas, and operates three lines that connect in the Asheville area that were previously owned by Norfolk Southern. The railroad is based out of Canton, North Carolina, and utilizes 11 locomotives. Operations began on 26 July 2014.[1]

History

Шаблон:See also The Blue Ridge Southern Railroad was formed on 25 June 2014 when Watco reached a definitive agreement with Norfolk Southern for the purchase of 91.8 miles of branchlines in Western North Carolina. The railroad began operations with a fleet of 11 diesel electric locomotives, which consist of three SD40-2s, four SD40M-2 rebuilds, and four GP39-2s.[1]

The announcement to sell the lines that would become the Blue Ridge Southern Railroad was made in a Norfolk Southern corporate meeting in April 2014.[2][3]

Lines operated

NS Line North/East terminus South/West terminus Industries
W Line (Saluda Line) Asheville - MP 1.0 East Flat Rock - MP 26.0 Southern Concrete Materials (numerous locations), Cane Creek Industrial Park, Kimberly Clark (Naples)
TR Line Hendersonville - MP 0.0 Pisgah Forest - MP 19.8 Out of service
T Line (Murphy Branch) Murphy Junction - MP 0.0 Sylva - MP 47.0 (Interchange w/ GSMR) Evergreen Packaging (Waynesville), Vulcan Materials Quarry (Enka), Southern Concrete Materials (Waynesville), Giles (maker of Epsom salts, Waynesville), T&S Hardwoods (Addie), Enterprise Solutions (Addie), Jackson Paper Manufacturing Co. (Sylva)

Roster

Файл:BLU 3943 Arden.jpg
Blue Ridge Southern 3943 at Arden.
Model Road numbers
EMD GP39-2 3932, 3939, 3940, 3943, 3945
EMD SD40-2 4205, has BLU logo on nose
EMD SD40M-2 4201 - 4204

See also

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References

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Further reading

External links

Шаблон:Watco Шаблон:North Carolina railroads Шаблон:Authority control