CRR 800 pokes out of the tunnel as it will coast to a stop at Berta Jct so that tons of gifts can be thrown out at the Santa Train stop at Haysi.

Awaiting it's early morning curtain call, Clinchfield F7A 800 sits on the former C&O mainline at Shelbiana, Kentucky; the start of the Santa Train's 110 mile trip through the Appalachian Region. ... (more)

Clinchfield 800 pops out of the tunnel at McClure at it leads the 75th annual Santa Train south for Kingsport.

Built in September of 1971, Seaboard Coast Line SD45 number 2024 has worn a number of paint schemes over its career. It was restored to its original SCL scheme in February of 2016 by the Southern ... (more)

The Clinchfield's first diesel locomotive, F3A number 800, has been restored to its original paint scheme by CSX's Huntington Locomotive Shop in West Virginia. Built in December of 1948, and often... (more)

I know it was SBD at this point but hey, I won't tell if you won't. I'm pushing the idea of a Ohio to Savannah MRL-type railroad with equal access and we could name it, well, Clinchfield. I can ... (more)

Clinchfield management eventually determined their motive power pulled the same tonnage, clean or filthy, so they didn't spend much time washing their fleet. The extremes of the latter are shown h... (more)

F7B disguised as a passenger car so the public would not notice it when it was used with the little 4-6-0 steam engine they had.

The Builder's Plate to 802 as a F5A.

802 was a F5 when the CRR got her in 12-16-48 later upgraded to a F7A. Retired in 8-79, was painted black in 1974. Shipped to EMD 2-15-80 on an SCL order.

The CRR employees were very friendly. This hostler invited us into the cab of F7A 802 as he moved the engines along the ready track for fuel and sand.

GP 7 915, GP 7 909, F 7A 805

If you've taken photos as long as I have, I'm sure you've had some "down" periods when you didn't get out quite so much, and didn't pursue the hobby as vigorously. It can be attributed t... (more)

Pooled Clinchfield SDs have an L&N coal train marching upgrade at Dorchester Junction. Until 1973, L&N and the short line Interstate did a major interchange business here for Clinchfield traffic v... (more)

A trio of class units, F7 800, GP38 2000, and U36C 3600 sit under the sanding tower in the Erwin yard on the Clinchfield RR. Its evident that a journey 50 yards to the south to the wash rack would... (more)