Clinchfield 806 and its EMD mates left Erwin less than 6 miles behind with coal Train 22 to get a run for the Blue Ridge. The train is about the cross Tennessee's Nolichucky River behind the cam... (more)

As Clinchfield coal train #26 passed southbound through Kingsport, Tenn., its pushers were in their normal waiting area -- the south end of the CTC siding, on Nov. 26, 1966. Those F unit helpers,... (more)

"It's embarrassing when I got called on duty before my face could get washed, so I just have to go like it is." The 55 tunnels on the 277-mile Clinchfield kept its diesels in need of frequent wa... (more)

A trio of mixed Clinchfield power moves through a switch in the yard in Erwin, TN. This was a typical style lashup for the Clinchfield during this time, as management and yardmasters took the idea... (more)

The Clinchfield 1 spot does a photo run-by for passengers aboard the short excursion that departed Erwin, TN. that morning. The train is currently at the Tennessee-North Carolina border in a commu... (more)

Awaiting its final departure, Clinchfield NW2 359 sits in Kilgore Creek, VA on May 27, 1993. The locomotive was sold to Clinchfield Coal in 1983 after the formation of Seaboard System and worked t... (more)

Clinchfield GP38 2008 rests in the yard at Spartanburg, SC. The GP38's were great for shifters, locals, and mainline trains as they provided good power, but also a better option than the GP7's the... (more)

Sitting in the yard waiting to head south is CRR 3015. A somewhat rare sight is seeing the marker lights on, set to white symbolizing the train as an extra. Bostic was an interchange point for the... (more)

Clinchfield F7 802 sits in the L&N yard in Loyall, KY. L&N trains that held trackage rights over the Clinchfield would sometimes have Clinchfield power attached to them, and the power would find i... (more)

When the Clinchfield took delivery of their new GP7's in December 1950, it did not take management and crews to realize that they should have purchased the units with dynamic brakes. With the next... (more)

Delivered in 1942 from American Car and Foundry, 1062 was 1 of 7 of the FC-5 class that was patterned after, but different from the design that was common on Santa Fe trains. These cabooses were d... (more)

Clinchfield southbound 92 sits at the south end of the Erwin yard awaiting clearance to enter the single track that covers a significant portion of the Clinchfield in the Nolichucky River Gorge. T... (more)

One of the early ventures into dieselization that the Clinchfield did was on EMD's F-units. Delivered in December 1952, 818 was a standard F7A that the railroad initially planned to run on the rai... (more)

Power is gathered around the Erwin diesel shop. The Clinchfield would service power that would keep heading north or south with sand and fuel. Major repairs were done in the shops on the other end... (more)

A mine run returns to the Dante yard. Mine turns were run 5-6 days a week and yielded a strong majority of the coal on the Clinchfield. Coal would return to the yard in Dante and would be weighed ... (more)