The crowds came out all over for the run of the 75th Anniversary of The Santa Train! In St. Paul, Virginia on the afternoon of November 18, 2017, people flocked from all over to see Ricky Skaggs a... (more)
Credit where credit is due. Employees CSX, members of the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum and associates posed in front of Clinchfield 800 (F3A) at the end of the day on November 18, 2017. Afte... (more)
Down low. Recently restored Clinchfield Railroad 800 (F3) sits in Shelbiana, KY on November 17, 2017 before the running of The Santa Train by CSX for the 75th Anniversary. Thanks goes out to the S... (more)
The 75th Anniversary Clinchfield Santa Train operated by CSX and led by special guest locomotives CRR 800 and SCL 2024 masquerading as CRR 3632 cross the famous Copper Creek Trestle.
The immaculately restored Clinchfield 800 leaves St. Paul crossing the Clinch river enroute to deliver more Christmas cheer!
Santa arrives behind to the massive crowds at Kingsport on an EMD led sleigh!
The 75th Annual Santa Train passes Caney on the Clinchfield as we got a break in the clouds for some very nice light on the CRR 800.
Engineer Tony King gracefully guides the Clinchfield Railroad's Santa Train across the Holston River bridge just north of Kingsport, TN, as the 75th running of this landmark train comes to a close... (more)
CRR 800 (EMD F3) leads CSX P901 through Dungannon, Virginia
Lead by a classic Clinchfield F3A the tradition of the Santa Train continues as it heads south for Kingsport Tennessee.
A Clinchfield duo leads the Santa Train south as it departs Clinchco.
As they creep over the bridge in preparation for their stop at Toms Bottom, Clinchfield 800 leads the Santa Train over the Russel Fork.
Slowed down to a crawl crossing the "World Famous Copper Creek Viaduct", Engineer Tony King puts on a show!
"Clinchfield 800 South, clear signal at the world famous Copper Creek Trestle. P901, out." -Engineer Tony King's radio transmission as the 75th Clinchfield Santa Train started acr... (more)