First Norfolk Southern freight train marks official reopening of Old Fort Loops

After a lengthy repair and rebuild period, Norfolk Southern ran the first freight train up the Old Fort Loops west to ...

Norfolk Southern train returns to western NC track for first time since Hurricane Helene

After Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina, a section of the railroad through Asheville and Old Fort Loops was wiped ...

For the first time since Helene, a train passes through NC’s Old Fort Loops

The 146-year-old railroad through rugged mountainous terrain is the last to reopen after the storm slammed Western North ...