Originally built as Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis 753, and later Louisville & Nashville 1753, Clinchfield GP7 919 was acquired in 1965 and is unique to the Clinchfield roster as it was the on... (more)

Known as a brute coal hauler in the southern states, the Clinchfield was very well known for its other attraction: excursions. The star of that show was the famous Clinchfield "One Spot". Here, a ... (more)

Elkhorn City, Kentucky, the northern most point on the Clinchfield Railroad. Despite this, it was common practice for Clinchfield trains to run north to Shelby, KY. to drop trains in the Chesapeak... (more)

Even prior to the excursion era that president Tom Moore initiated and was made famous by the Clinchfield 1, the Clinchfield still conducted special passenger trains and utilized their beautiful f... (more)

To help supplement the 4 axle fleet on the railroad, the Clinchfield purchased 10 GP38's in 1967. The units were great all purpose units that could be used for mine runs, extra units for mainline ... (more)

To help supplement the 4 axle fleet on the railroad, the Clinchfield purchased 10 GP38's in 1967. The units were great all purpose units that could be used for mine runs, extra units for mainline ... (more)

In 1971, the desperately power short Clinchfield elected to go outside of EMD, which had made up their entire roster, to attain new power. They went to GE, which delivered the first 7 U36C's ever ... (more)

Clinchfield GP7 901 sits outside the Erwin shops, awaiting its next duty. The unit was in the first batch of GP7's that the railroad purchased in 1950, the GP7's never met expectations mainly due ... (more)

Clinchfield B-unit #865 awaiting its next assignment at Erwin, TN || March 1971

A southbound train enters the yard at Dante, VA. CRR 2005 was one of the GP38's to receive the Family Lines gray and yellow. The train is passing the Union Baptist Church in the background, a Dant... (more)

A solo SD40 switches a cut of loaded coal hoppers out in the Dante yard south of the scale house. By 1979, seeing a unit still in original gray and yellow was rare as most of them had been in the ... (more)

A Clinchfield switchman finishes his paperwork as his train, led by SD45-2 3619 sits outside the locomotive shop in Erwin, TN. These locomotives were delivered late and were the reason that the Cl... (more)

A late snow has covered Ashville, NC as a rare visitor makes its way into town. A trio of Clinchfield units make their way past the old depot with a mixed freight. 35mm slide from my collection, p... (more)

A northbound empty hopper train crosses the Copper Creek Viaduct with a mix of Family Lines and Clinchfield power. 4 months from now, the Clinchfield would be no more as the formation of Seaboard ... (more)

Northbound 97, known as the Florida Perishable, sits by the sanding tower in the yard at Erwin, TN. This train earned this name due to it hauling reefer cars from the ACL in Spartanburg, and later... (more)