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 pair of AA RS-2's pull a train north of Howell, MI. The RS-2's were acquired from the Green Bay and Western, one of Ann Arbor's interchange railroads via car ferries. 35mm slide from my collecti... (more)

To better serve customers, the creation of CSX corporation was decided to be the best option between Seaboard System and Chesapeake and Ohio. As a result, locations such as the former C&O engine t... (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)

After the state takeover of the Ann Arbor, the Tuscola & Saginaw Bay began to attempt to maintain operations on the railroad and create their own image. Despite that desire, the railroad's GP35's ... (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)

Westbound GTW 393 approaches the Newberry Rd. bridge with 79 cars. 393 likely picked up the autoracks on the head end from Torrey Yard in Flint before passing through Durand. 35mm slide from my co... (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)

A trio of big power units shove back on a cut of cars in the yard at Spartanburg, SC. By the time of this photo, Chessie System, Seaboard Coast Line, and Family Lines power was a common sight on t... (more)

Eastbound GTW 394 meets westbound GTW 251 just west of Durand, MI. This scene is one that is possible, but not likely as CN power has completely proliferated the area and GTW power is becoming muc... (more)

A trio of Clinchfield power is started up in the yard at Spartanburg, SC. In a few years, seeing a trio of all gray and yellow locomotives would become harder and harder to see as the black and ye... (more)

In 1947, to help meet the demands of the post war coal boom, the Clinchfield purchased 6 used 4-6-6-4 Challenger-type locomotives from the Denver, Rio Grande, and Western. Despite being very big p... (more)

Barely a month old, a pair of Clinchfield GP38-2's sit in the L&N yard in Chicago as they await to be delivered to the southern coal fields to begin their work. These would be the last 4 axle uni... (more)