The Santa Train eases across Copper Creek bridge on its annual southbound run.

Following the annual maintenance jamboree on the former Clinchfield Railroad, CSX executives make an inspection run across the line. Their OCS is seen here crossing Copper Creek Viaduct behind 999... (more)

Southbound coal crosses Pool Point Bridge on a beautiful fall morning.

The morning fog still lingers over Copper Creek and the Clinch River as the peace and quiet of this July morning is interrupted by the passing of a northbound empty hopper train led by a single CW... (more)

A walk in the woods next to Deep Hollow Road allows for this wooded vantage point of SB manifest 143 as it passes throught cut number 3 on the Rathole with a former Conrail motor up front.

A trio of SD40-2's lead a westbound grain train into the setting sun with sanders blasting away at the West End of Shelby Yard on a warm September evening. A lashup like this anywhere on the Big ... (more)

A set of helpers work hard to get a southbound loaded coal train through Breaks Interstate Park on the former Clinchfield Railroad. They are seen crossing Pool Point trestle with the Russell Fork... (more)

A former C&O GP9 has called Millard, KY home for years and years with no movement and has seen countless eastbound coal drags like this one on a very warm March afternoon.

A pair of bright future painted engines hitch a ride on the rear of this eastbound loaded coal train into Shelby Yard near Pikeville. Shelby is former C&O and is a hub for helpers and helper crew... (more)

The North Fork of the Catawba River is flowing strong as CSX 783 crosses and rounds the big horseshoe curve in the community of Ashford, NC. The train has just completed the journey south down th... (more)

It looks like something out of Sleepy Hollow, but it's actually the Blue Ridge Sub.

Tocane Missionary Baptist Church is one of the may trackside churches along the former Clinchfield Railroad and sits oblivious to yet another anonymous string of coal loads rumbling by in the earl... (more)

Yet another beautiful location on the Blue Ridge Sub, the north end of the Green Mountain siding hosts our southbound, stretching out for a brief run on straight trackage. The abundant pine trees ... (more)

Looking across this bend in the Nolichucky River provided an unobsturcted view of the SB coal train travelling down the picturesque Blue Ridge Sub. This was one of only two southbounds called all ... (more)

The sun peaks out from behind the Blue Ridge Mountains to illuminate the Toe River Freewill Baptist Church and the southbound CSX coal train at this famous former Clinchfield trackside location. T... (more)