With empties out of Shelbiana in tow, R240 pops out of the McClure Tunnel and rolls past the Clinchfield signal at Haysi (formerly Berta Jct).

CSX P001-23 makes its way east as it rolls by on former Clinchfield trackage along the banks of the McClure River in Dickensen Co. Virginia. With the line twisting and turning as it follows the ri... (more)

P001-23 emerges from the northern tunnel in Haysi.

CSX ES44AC 789 emerges from one of the many tunnels on the former Clinchfield as it leads manifest freight Q693 through Haysi, Virginia on a misty mountain morning.

Coal is no longer the 'king' it once was on CSX’s former Clinchfield mainline. Mines and tipples–both large and small alike have continued shudder across the region since the late 1980’s fol... (more)

CSX mine run C871 exits the tunnel in Haysi, Virginia on its way from Shelbiana to the mine in McClure.

The 76th anual Clinchfield Santa Train keeps the tradition alive in coal country as it makes its way past a shut down coal tipple in deep Appalachia, shortly after departing its fourth stop of th... (more)

CRR 800 pokes out of the tunnel as it will coast to a stop at Berta Jct so that tons of gifts can be thrown out at the Santa Train stop at Haysi.

The triumphant return of Clinchfeild 800 to home rails was a welcomed and highly anticipated event for hundreds of photographers. The EMD product of 1948 was featured leading CSXT's 75th Anniversa... (more)

The Santa Train slows for its station stop in Haysi.

CSXT 142 emerges into a gloomy, rainy Sunday morning from one of the multiple tunnels on the CRR.

Emerging out from one of the many tunnels on the former Clinchfield Railroad, an empty coal train returning from Duke Energy in Brice, North Carolina powers through Haysi, Virginia on a cold and w... (more)

Southbound Coal train U302 exits Russell Tunnel at Haysi, Va.

After stalling in the Breaks Gorge, the first cut of X800 rolls Southbound out of McClure Tunnel, passing the Clinchfield era signal. Moves on this stretch of railroad are very rare.....but slowly... (more)