A soft, gentle rain falls on the mountains of deep, rural North Carolina as Q696 follows the former Clinchfield southward through a beautiful autumn scene at Relief.

With fall foliage painting the mountains of the Clinchfield vibrant colors, Q696 heads south through Unicoi splitting the Clinchfield era intermediates that continue to protect a couple trains a d... (more)

The lone SB that currently runs this portion of the ex-CRR is Q696, seen here crossing the Catawba river (and Lake James) near Marion, NC. In the distance you can see Brown mountain and Table Roc... (more)

CSX Q69623 glides down the famous Clinchfield loops through the 3 consecutive tunnels (Speedy, Lower Pine, and Byrd) on a gloomy fall morning one week after the closing of Erwin, TN terminal.

Eastbound on the C&O Big Sandy Subdivision to Shelby, brand new GE ES44AC's No. 3070 and No. 3074 lead mixed freight, CSX Q696 alongside the rural Big Sandy river valley. These new ES44AC's are sp... (more)

A pair of brand new CSX GE ES44ACs bring southbound freight train Q696 through the classic Clinchfield signals at Quarry between Johnson City and Unicoi on a snowy March morning.

On a dreary and wet afternoon in eastern Kentucky, a pair of brand new GE ES44AC's from Erie lead their first revenue train, CSX Q696 from Russell to Erwin eastbound on the C&O Big Sandy Subdivisi... (more)

Fresh releases from General Electric in Erie, CSX ES44AC's No. 3077 and No. 3078 lead Russell-Erwin manifest, CSX Q696 alongside the Ohio River at Mansbach Metal in downtown Ashland. The locomotiv... (more)

On their first revenue run since being released from GE in Erie, CSXT 3070 and CSXT 3074 lead the Russell-Erwin mixed freight, CSX Q696 along the Big Sandy River valley in eastern Kentucky.

Less than a week old, brand new GE ES44AC's No. 3070 and 3074 lead Russell-Erwin mixed freight, CSX Q696 along the Big Sandy River valley in eastern Kentucky.

The day after a heavy and wet snowfall blanketed the coalfields region of southwestern Virginia southbound CSX freight Q696 crosses Route 652 at Nora, VA on a bridge that still shows its Clinchfie... (more)

Southbound CSX freight Q696 working through the reverse curves at Phillips Yard, just south of Dante in the heart of former Clinchfield RR country following a quick snowfall the night before.

A heavy snowfall the previous night has left the northern end of the former Clinchfield RR in a winter wonderland scene as southbound freight Q696 gets underway at the south end of Allen siding af... (more)

The newest set of CSXT's ES44AC Gevo's round the famous "Osbornes Curve" enroute to Erwin,Tn.

Fresh from Erie...Brand new DPU equipped ES44AC's 950-953 make their first ever appearance on the former Clinchfield hauling freight south towards Erwin.