P.O. Likens is a legend in Clinchfield Country. A lifelong railroader, CMO, restorer of #1, and a "helluva fine feller". Here he is greeting the return of a south end round trip in the good old ... (more)

The East Tennessee Railfan Association Special has just tacked on a gon and a caboose and has begun its return to Erwin on this rare steam-only fantrip. They are about to enter Vance Tunnel. Two... (more)

Waiting at the south end of Boody Siding for a SB train to pass the great impostor will soon proceed to the Wye at St. Paul and turn there to pull a the remainder of a trip north after being unabl... (more)

With great trepidation the East Tennesee Railfan Association offered tickets at $50 each for the only fantrips with #1 and no diesels. Here the old teakettle has gone to Altapass, turned, added a... (more)

With great trepidation the East Tennesee Railfan Association offered tickets at $50 each for the only fantrips with #1 and no diesels. Here the old teakettle has gone to Altapass, turned, added a... (more)

Clinchfield's SD-45 3612 is about to plunge into Speedy Tunnel (one of three in a straight-arrow row) at Mile Post 193.29 on the train's northbound climb up to the crest at Altapass, N.C. No di... (more)

Clinchfield SD-40 3000, an F B unit and another SD-40, tug on coal Train 26 south leaving Kingsport, Tenn. The smokestack in background was Borden Mills textile plant --- the plant doesn't exist ... (more)

F7 815 and GP7 903 and another F lead Clinchfield's daily coal Train 26 south through Colonial Heights south of Kingsport, Tenn.

Northbound Clinchfield Train 95 crosses Rotherwood Bridge over the north fork of Holston River west of Kingsport, Tenn. after SD-40's had shown up on the roster. Units 804-3003 and 3005

For most of its years, Clinchfield's little passenger train was handled with 4-6-2's, but when diesels took over, CRR ordered one FP-7 with a boiler, No. 200. Passenger service was discontinued i... (more)

Clinchfield's last four F-units were operated as an A-B-B-A set working out of the coalfield terminal at Dante in 1981. Here, the "final four" are taking a break from weighing coal. Thankfully, th... (more)

As it should be, a southbound coal train rolls past the headquarters best little big railroad in America. Some things should aways stay the same.

It's not just dirty, it's Clinchfield dirty. Notice a little clean under the radiator where the crew opens the doors frequently. Anyway this unit was on SCL for some reason well before the merge... (more)

Two Clinchfield SD45-2s are bracketed by two SD40s as the pooled six-motor units get underway to St. Paul, VA with a coal train at the L&N's Loyall, KY yard. Clinchfield power had only recently be... (more)

A set of Clinchfield power awaits its train by the company offices in Erwin, TN on May 22, 1976.