3 Years Ago Today.....Up And Out Early. The return of "The Santa Train" for 2022 was greeted with the CSX Office Car Train in its Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) tribute paint for... (more)

B651 heading up the Clinchfield for Chicago behind two KCS Gevos.

M692 making its way down the Big Sandy through Kentucky in golden hour, After a long day of waiting for trains the last couple hours of the day sure made up for it as we caught a couple of trains ... (more)

This year I had the opportunity to visit CSX's former Clinchfield route between Elkhorn City, KY and Kingsport, TN, to witness the 82nd running of the CSX Santa Train, which annually travels throu... (more)

Railfans are getting their shots as the "Clinchfield 676" (UP 3985) has changed crews and is getting underway on ex-Clinchfield rails at the end of the old C&O. The occasion was the 50th... (more)

Empties for McClure cross the Russell Fork

After holding to meet the northbound M692, loaded CSX coal train C313 is on the move south on the Big Sandy Subdivision as it crosses the bridge over the Russell Fork River in Elkhorn City, Kentuc... (more)

Northbound M692 enters the Big Sandy Subdivision, departing the Kingsport Subdivision.

A coal drag for the Carolinas crosses the Russell Fork in Elkhorn City, Kentucky.

Northbound CSX train M692-10 crosses the Pool Point bridge, spanning the Russell Fork just South of Elkhorn City, Kentucky. Leading the train is CSX 3194, the specially painted “Honoring Law Enf... (more)

It's just after daybreak and the fog is still hanging as CSX P001-19, the 80th anniversary of the CSX Santa Train heads south across Pool Point trestle in Elkhorn City, KY.

Up And Out Early. The return of "The Santa Train" for 2022 was greeted with the CSX Office Car Train in its Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) tribute paint for the first time. There... (more)

DPs shove hard on the back of this loaded coal train bound for the Brice power plant at Terrell, NC. In a 2x2 DP setup, 4 GEs locomotives work these 108 loads as they begin the climb out of Elkhor... (more)

CSX K428 cruises across the Russel Fork at the famous Pool Point trestle near Elkhorn City, KY.

K447 (Charlotte, NC Ethanol) crosses the Russell Fork into Elkhorn City, KY on a beautiful December afternoon along the former Clinchfield mainline.