Clinchfield GP7 913 working at Erwin, TN || March 1971

A unique set of Clinchfield EMD power passes the signal at the north end of Erwin Yard in this March 1971 scene.

Clinchfield was 277 miles in length, and Train 94 passes M.P. 275 at the north edge of terminus Spartanburg.

Clinchfield's only boiler-equipped F7 for passenger service (which ended in 1954) No. 200 leads a northbound freight over the South Fork of the Holston River just a couple miles from Kingsport, Te... (more)

Clinchfield SD40 3012 and U36C 3604 await their next work at Spartanburg, SC || June 1969

F7-A 813 and three matching B units tug on Clinchfield's daily coal Train No. 26 southbound between Gray's Station and Boone, Tenn. on Oct. 12, 1963. Two F or GP-7 pushers are on the rear shoving... (more)

This photo was taken by the late Wiley M. Bryan, of Raleigh, NC. The train is a northbound on the pre-"High Line" grade of the Clinchfield, as it drops downgrade into Johnson City. Besides the two... (more)

Did someone call a "cab?" Four Clinchfield F-7 A units lead southbound Train 26 across the south fork of the Holston River at Kingsport, Tenn. on Nov. 21, 1966.

Three of Clinchfield's SD45-2s - yellow number boards and all - are parked beside an ancient building in the back shop area. That's the Erwin 'hump' in the background.

A northbound train goes over the short rolling stretch of line just south of the tunnel passing under NS(SR).

A hot and muggy Summer day in 1974 finds Clinchfield SD45-2 3608 awaiting it next work at Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Clinchfield SW7 No. 353 was taking a break between shifts at Erwin, TN on May 22, 1976.

CRR SD45-2 No. 3623 and F7A No. 800 were laying over at the CRR engine facility in Dante, VA on Nov. 12, 1977.

It's hot, the haze hugs the trees, the "jarflies" are buzzing in the trees as smells of diesel exhaust, cratering grease and creosote waft from the old engine terminal. The whole place seems to b... (more)

It's not clean, it's "Clinchfield clean", which means you can read the roadname and the number. You should see one that's dirty.