Built in the late 1870s, the Old Fort Loops were built by more than 3,000 men and several hundred women, nearly all incarcerated African Americans.
It’s been a long time since a crowd of people gathered at the center of this small town at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains to watch a train pass by. But this was no ordinary train. The Norfolk ...
Freight trains westbound toward Asheville are back on the tracks for the first time since Tropical Storm Helene ravaged ...
OLD FORT, N.C. -- Norfolk Southern returned to Old Fort in western North Carolina on Saturday, drawing a crowd of keen train spotters in the process. The return of the locomotive came about ...
Norfolk Southern returned to Old Fort in western North Carolina on Saturday, April 18, drawing a crowd of keen train spotters in the process.The return of the locomotive came about one-and-a-half ...
A photo of the Norfolk Southern geometry train that passed through the Old Fort Loops in early April 2026 to test the tracks before they are put back into use. A key section of freight railway has ...
Historic rail loops near Old Fort are soon set to reopen to rail traffic after Tropical Storm Helene, a key step for WNC rail.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — After Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina, a section of the railroad through Asheville and Old Fort Loops was wiped out. But on Saturday, a train traveled those tracks again.
When does a freight train make people cheer and cry with joy? When it’s the first to roll into town since Tropical Storm Helene ravaged this mountain community in September 2024. Watch as the Norfolk ...
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