CSX M652 at Poplar

G817, loads for Case Farms at Shelby, NC on the Charlotte Sub, emerges from the Nolichucky Gorge and crosses the bridge rebuilt in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Several spans from the original we... (more)

CSX G817 with grain loads for Case Farms in Shelby, NC crossing the Nolichucky River at Poplar as it exits the Nolichucky Gorge

CSX M653 passing the now gone Clinchfield signal at North End Poplar

Southbound C904 rolls though Poplar along the open banks of the Nolichucky River, with a 2x2 coal train bound for Pennyroyal.

Southbound CSX train C345-26 crosses the new bridge over the Nolichucky River at Poplar, North Carolina this afternoon. This past week marked the official reopening of the Blue Ridge Subdivision b... (more)

The massive DeMag crane lifts the last remaining refurbished span back into place on the re-built bridge at the south entrance to the Nolichucky gorge on the former Clinchfield mainline. This bri... (more)

Crews work 7 days a week to shore up and raise bridge piers on the washed-out bridge at Poplar over the Nolichucky River on the former Clilnchfield mainline damaged during Hurricane Helene.

G691 emerges from the Nolichucky Gorge at Poplar on the Blue Ridge Sub and is about to meet a northbound at the siding just ahead. This bridge, along with most or all of the track northward to th... (more)

A trio of UP power leads Q693 out of the gorge at Poplar on the former Clinchfield.

A KCS pair lead Charlotte ethanol loads at the North End of the Poplar siding on the former Clinchfield.

A loaded coal train for Plant Marshall, NC thunders out of the gorge at Poplar.

CSX 911 and 1776 make their maiden run since being repainted on Q693 headed South along the former Clinchfield at Poplar.

Southbound Brice loads split the signals at NE Poplar on the former Clinchfield mainline.

Q693 exits the Nolichucky Gorge at Poplar, NC along the former Clinchfield mainline on a beautiful Fall morning.