A great start to 2024, W020 crosses the trestle at Marion, NC behind a pair of standard cabs.

CSX 911 and 1776 (Honoring Our First Responders and Honoring Our Veterans engines) lead Q693 across Lake James on the former Clinchfield on their first run out of the paint shop in Huntington, WV

A single Tier 4 GEVO leads M653 under the NS Asheville District at Clinchcross on their way south on the former Clinchfield.

A standard cab SD40-2 leads Q693 across Lake James at Marion headed for Spartanburg and points South.

8204, still in Seaboard System livery, leads an empty hopper train north at Marion North Carolina on the former Clinchfield RR. 8204 was former L&N 3576.

Charlotte ethanol loads cross the Catawba River at Lake James near Marion, NC on a hot Summer morning in western North Carolina.

The sun has just risen over the Catawba River at Marion, NC on this cold Saturday morning. A rare northern visitor leads Wadesboro, NC ethanol loads down the former Clinchfield mainline.

Empty Charlotte ethanol train K446 crosses the Catawba River at Lake James near Marion, NC on a stunning Spring afternoon. The former Clinchfield has new life with ethanol traffic for Charlotte a... (more)

Empty Charlotte ethanol train K446 crosses the Catawba River (Lake James) in golden evening light along the former Clinchfield mainline.

Bridge to nowhere...This is all that's left of an industrial siding off the former Clinchfield RR just north of Marion NC. The siding served the American Thread Company, now known as Coats North A... (more)

CSX Q693 heads south on The Clinchfield as it seen crossing the Catawba River near Marion, NC.

Spring is in the air as storm clouds roll across the Blue Ridge Mountains along the former Clinchfield mainline. Coal for a few powerplants still move along the former mainline in western North C... (more)

N760 crosses Lake James near Marion, NC with Bald Mountain in the distance. The coal train is bound for Duke Energies plant at Cliffside.

N312, coal loads for Cliffside, crosses the Catawba River and Lake James just north of the Marion siding on the Blue Ridge Sub. The distinctive outline of Shortoff Mountain is in the distance.

CSXT 7001, fresh of it's recent rebuild leads empties off the FEC (Jacksonville) northbound along the former Clinchfield mainline crossing the Catawba River. These trains usually feature complete... (more)