A loaded rock train rolls through the gates at Holman Hill Road outside of Spruce Pine, North Carolina on March 8, 2014.
CSX locomotive number 3151 leads a loaded coal train through the community of Altapass, just outside of Spruce Pine, North Carolina on March 8, 2014.
CSX locomotive number 3151 leads a loaded coal train through downtown Spruce Pine, North Carolina on March 8, 2014.
CSX SD60I number 8732, a locomotive formerly owned by Conrail, leads a southbound manifest train over the crest of the Blue Ridge outside of Spruce Pine, North Carolina on December 27, 2013.
A northbound inspection train passing through Spruce Pine.
A northbound train on the old Clinchfield approaching Spruce Pine.
Erwin bound empties snake through the community of Spruce Pine, northbound on the former Clinchfield mainline from Spartanburg to Erwin.
CSX local power at Spruce Pine, NC.
On a beautiful September evening in the peaceful town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, Erwin bound manifest CSX Q692 rides the heals of Q697 on CSX's scenic Blue Ridge Subdivision.
Rumbling through beautiful Spruce Pine, northbound CSX Q697 has made good time up the beautiful Blue Ridge Subdivision this afternoon.
After going on duty at 8am this morning and working an impressive 3.5 hours, CSX F772 sits tied down in a siding at Spruce Pine along the beautiful Clinchfield Railroad.
Halfway through the loops, CSXT 738 holds back a loaded Spartanburg bound coal drag.
On the tightest curve of the Clinchfield, a northbound Erwin empty train continues it's journey north on the Blue Ridge Subdivision.
Northbound CSX Q692 rolls through downtown Spruce Pine on CSX's Blue Ridge subdivision.
