With three F unit pushers on its rear, southbound coal Train 26 is clearing the north siding switch at Barrett Yard or Johnson City, Tenn. to allow Extra 817 North to proceed.
CRR 806 F unit has emerged from the paint shop without its yellow breast, and is being refueled at Erwin, Tenn. before taking a coal train south on Jan. 8, 1965.
Clinchfield 806 and its EMD mates left Erwin less than 6 miles behind with coal Train 22 to get a run for the Blue Ridge. The train is about the cross Tennessee's Nolichucky River behind the cam... (more)
As Clinchfield coal train #26 passed southbound through Kingsport, Tenn., its pushers were in their normal waiting area -- the south end of the CTC siding, on Nov. 26, 1966. Those F unit helpers,... (more)
"It's embarrassing when I got called on duty before my face could get washed, so I just have to go like it is." The 55 tunnels on the 277-mile Clinchfield kept its diesels in need of frequent wa... (more)