Easing along streamside this southbound coal train has light dynamics going and will soon reach the crossing with NS at St. Paul where it will begin the long wind down the Clinch River. The lead ... (more)

After climbing south from Elkhorn City to Trammel and cutting their pushers off in Dante, CSX southbound loaded coal train U355-18 rounds a sweeping curve as it parallels the NS Clinch Valley Dist... (more)

Having just come of the NS Clinch Valley Sub, this southbound coal train will ride the former Clinchfield CSX line southbound to Frisco where it will regain home rails.

Conducting one of its largest gift stops along the 110-mile route, families gather around CSX's West Virginia business car as Santa and helpers distribute gifts to families in downtown St. Paul, V... (more)

Union Pacific's Challenger No. 3985 is disguised as Clinchfield 676 for the 50th running of the Clinchfield's Santa Train. CSX went all out to make the anniversary one to remember.

Back when they were pretty new and had their old numbers i was thrilled to see a "Not-a-GE" on this southbound. They stopped to give the conductor time to hot foot it to the nearest fas... (more)

After all the other 45s were gone N&W kept a few with a C-C slug coupled between them for helpers and mine runs. These denizens of the Pocahontas Division were masters of tractive effort in those... (more)

Probably the railfan event of the last century, at least here, was UP 3985's visit to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Clinchfield "Santa Train" disguised as CRR 676. Unfortunately the wye... (more)

With a "Franken40" in the lead this Santa train departs southbound for more stops to distribute goodies and hopefully, better weather. The track at left is the connection to the NS westbound and ... (more)

Unable to turn on the tight wye at Kingsport, UP 3985 in disguise was towed NB to await the employee appreciation train which it would pull back south. Here a SB coal train eases past as the fait... (more)

Norfolk Southern's Virginian heritage unit eases over US-58 Alternate at St. Paul, Virginia. The Virginian Railway was located in Virginia and West Virginia where it mainly hauled coal from the co... (more)

NS 3565 leads an eastbound coal train into Boody, VA on the Clinch Valley District. May 1, 2013.

NS' Southern and Conrail heritage engines bring a loaded export coal train downhill into St. Paul, VA as it crosses Highway 58A on a rainy summer evening. The train loaded earlier in the day near ... (more)

Union Pacific 3985 and her support cars are at St. Paul,Va on the ferry move back home from Kingsport,TN. The 3985(CRR 676) had to be towed backwards from Kingsport because of the tight wye there.... (more)

Back twenty years ago you might find the local switching cars into Forney Industries (You do remember the furniture industry, don't you?) This crew must have been on what we USAF tiypes called a ... (more)