Southbound coal loads roll though Sam’s Branch, snaking along the Nolichucky River between Poplar and Huntdale. This stretch of the former Clinchfield was completely rebuild following damage fro... (more)

W081 passes the Toe River Free Will Baptist Church at Huntdale with ballast loads.

Northbound CSX P001, with a deadhead move of the office car special bound for an event in Erwin, passes between Piegonroost and Huntdale, North Carolina on their trip North along the Toe River. Th... (more)

Clinchfield Heritage Engine leading C758 the first official train down the Blue Ridge Subdivision after its rebuild from Hurricane Helene destruction last year

Passing the famous church scene at Huntdale, two of CSX’s new GE-repowered SD40-2s make their first trip down the former Clinchfield on the point of a southbound work train.

CSX Q693 at Huntdale

Clinchfield At Church. On the night of Saturday, November 18, 2017, a very special "post ending" to the day of the CSX The Santa Train was arranged in Huntdale, North Carolina as Clinchfiel... (more)

A trio of UP power leads Q693 by the classic Clinchfield scene at the Huntdale church.

A pair of KCS units pass the classic church at Huntdale, NC on it's southbound run to Charlotte.

Stop At Church. Upon the completion of the 75th Anniversary running of the CSX/Clinchfield Santa Train, the equipment returned immediately to Jacksonville, Florida. But a very special stop ... (more)

A lone SD70MAC leads southbound ballast train W035 past the classic scene at Huntdale.

B650 passes the classic Clinchfield scene at Huntdale with a BNSF H2 leader.

CSX P001-23 rounding the curve at Huntdale under the cover of darkness in the cold mountain air.

CSX P001-23 with the CSXT CSX1 breaks the silence of a cold January night through the remote western North Carolina town of Huntdale. The OCS is on the return leg to Jacksonville, Fl. after a leng... (more)

It's 4:40 am on a cold November morning in Huntdale, NC. A rare appearance of a CN heritage motor was enough to get me out of bed at 3:00 for the hour + drive to Huntdale. The silence is broken ... (more)