Awaiting departure from Dante, the 73rd Annual Santa Clause Special rests at one of the most iconic shots on the Clinchfield Railroad -- Union Baptist at the North End of Dante Yard.

Emerging from the south portal of the Clinchfield's State Line Tunnel between VA and KY, the 73rd Annual Santa Clause Special interrupts the immense silence in the Breaks Interstate Gorge.

Seeing sunlight for the first time since it's 6:30am departure from Shelbiana, the southbound 73rd Annual Santa Train weaves through an s curve near the north portal of Russell Tunnel --- and a st... (more)

In absolutely beautiful morning sunlight deep in the hills of Southwest Virginia, the 73rd Annual Running of the Santa Clause Special crosses the McClure River at Clinchco, Virginia on it's way so... (more)

Almost to the end of its run (for today atleast), northbound P904-16 crosses the Clinchfield Bridge over the South Fork of the Holston River as it prepares to take the siding at SE Kingsport, and ... (more)

Running almost eight ours behind schedule due to opposing traffic south of Spartanburg, and MoW at Poplar, the northbound dead head of the 73rd Annual Santa Clause Special works across the Boones ... (more)

In better times on the Clinchfield Railroad, a pair of newer AC locomotives bring southbound Duke Power Coal Train U355-18 through a slow order and low hanging fog as it approaches the classic Cli... (more)

On a warm afternoon at Boones Creek, Engineer Kris Hazen brings one of the last northbound manifest to run the entire Clinchfield across the trestle at Boones Creek, Tennessee. Remember all the C... (more)

On a warm afternoon in September, a northbound Kingsport Turn takes the siding at SE Hannum while a southbound DKPX coal train awaits a clear track in Erwin Yard before proceeding south on the for... (more)

In beautiful afternoon sunlight, a pair of CW44AC's bring southbound manifest Q696-30 by the Classic Clinchfield Signals at Rock Creek, just north of Erwin Yard on the Kingsport Subdivision.

Shortly after the 72nd Annual Santa Clause Special comes to a stop at Berta Junction, the children of the community of Haysi, Virginia gather around the observation car, greeted by Santa Clause an... (more)

After completing some switching in Quinnimont Yard, a YN2 CW44AC leads Raleigh Mine Run H827-12 under the classic C&O Cantilever Signals on the New River Subdivison. Thanks to fellow RP photograph... (more)

At last light, a pair of CSX GE's lead southbound manifest Q696-30 through the Classic Clinchfield Intermediate Signals at Unicoi, just north of Erwin on the Kingsport Subdivision.

In this late fall perspective, a pair of CSX GE's command southbound manifest Q696-29 past the classic Clinchfield Railroad signal at Rock Creek, just north of Erwin, Tennessee on the Kingsport Su... (more)

After switching scrap gons at Omni Source in Legion Street Yard, ETRY 214 crosses an original Clinchfield bridge in Johnson City, Tennessee on it's way to the CSX interchange. East Tennessee Rail... (more)