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.

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.

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.

A pair of brand new CSX GE ES44ACs (950 and 953) sporting the modified CSX 'boxcar' logo lead train Q696 southbound by the south end of Starnes siding on the former Clinchfield. Thanks goes to Cha... (more)

A pair of brand new CSX GE ES44ACs (950 and 953) sporting the modified CSX 'boxcar' logo lead train Q696 southbound through the elevated curve at milepost 68 on the north end of the former Clinchf... (more)

CSX Q696 passes through downtown Toecain, NC as a few people stand around a little community church after morning service.

SB CSX Q696 is about to cross the Nolichucky River for the first time and then cross back over in the heart of the Nolichucky River Gorge just before reaching Poplar, NC.

SB CSX Q696 is easing around the twist and turns that is the Nolichucky River Gorge, it is about to enter the gorge proper as it will veer away from civilization and reappear in North Carolina at ... (more)