CRR 3600 at the Erwin diesel shop.

CRR 813 sitting in the yard at Dante.

A-B-A set of Clinchfield F units crossing Lake Marion near Marion, NC in 1970.

Clinchfield 2007, 200 and 3010 at Dante, VA in 1974.

Clinchfield 361 working the yard at Erwin, TN in 1974.

Inbound freight with the biggest teamed up with nearly the smallest. Note extended range D/B on CRR unit, not on SCL 45-2s. Dig those number boards!

All dressed up and no place to go, literally. CRR had the nice habit of paintin' em up real purdy and auctioning them off to the public. Where has all the class gone?

This is one I wish I had seen on a train. I believe it was originally Monon and gave from L&N. What happened to the original 1065?

Nearly new and already acquiring a CRR patina, known to the less sophisticated as grime.

Always one of my favorites, I guess this is a GP-11, everything is there, except FL rated them at 1600 HP while the other GP-11s were 2000. Needless to say the Clinchfield "patina" was acquired r... (more)