Passing through Dante Yard on the former Clinchfield Railroad, the 72nd Annual Santa Clause Special weaves through rows of hopper cars waiting to be loaded with black diamonds.

Climbing upgrade after stopping at Fremont, the 72nd Annual Santa Clause Special rumbles under the abandoned and virtually forgotten coal loader at Roaring Fork on its way to Dante.

Shortly after stopping at Dante, the 72nd running of the CSX Santa Clause Special is right on schedule as it continues south under an overpass in Hamlin, Virginia on its way to St. Paul for the ne... (more)

Rebuilt by CSX's Huntington, WV Shops, CSX 4047 leads the 72nd running of the Santa Clause Special across the McClure River, adjacent from the Post Office in the small southwest Virginia town of C... (more)

A beautiful scene that has been repeated over and over again for the last 72 years; the former Clinchfield, now CSX Santa Clause Special throttles up as it leaves the 7:25 stop in Elkhorn City, Ke... (more)

As result of many Class 1 railroads repaying NS for power hours in 2014, a new BNSF Gevo leads westbound stack train 201 downgrade through historic Downtown Jonesborough on the former Southern Rai... (more)

Grinding upgrade on the former Clinchfield Railroad, a pair of CSX GE's split the signals at Unicoi as they work hard to bring their loaded TILX southbound unit coal train to Erwin and points beyo... (more)

On a sunny day in late October, a SOO Line SD60 leads two other foreign visitors and a heavy 37Q down grade westbound through the town of Jonesborough, TN bound for Knoxville.

Framed by the former Southern and Norfolk & Western joint passenger station in Bristol, NS 179 departs the yard westbound on the main towards Knoxville via the A-Line.

As a light fog sets in on the James River Valley, a brand new KCS ES44AC leads eastbound manifest 16T across the bridge in Natural Bridge.

Shoving hard on the rear of 744, Norfolk Southern's Virginian Heritage unit passes the Interstate Railroad's Clinch Valley connection as it makes its way west to Norton.

Blast from the Past: Steam passes the historic Norfolk and Western Depot in Downtown Marion on the Norfolk Southern Pulaski District.

With fresh snow covering most of the mountains in southern West Virginia, Norfolk Southern's Nickel Plate Road Heritage unit leads eastbound coal train 820 past the signals at Blake on the Christi... (more)

On a sunny day, an eastbound coal drag splits the N&W CPL's at Ada.

Grinding upgrade on the Buchanan Branch, NS 8045 leads U72 under the signals at Lyn Camp.