Going, going, gone... 1st coal drag of the day has just left the former C&O tracks and have now entered the Breaks Gorge and the former tracks of the Clinchfield.

CSX 4738 crosses the old C&O bridge in Elkhorn City.

With the 1st snow still visible, its business as usual as this set of pushers make their way south into the gorge.

Note the rise of the grade beginning here, near the end of the old C & O line, and the beginning of the Clinchfield. And I think they could use another No Trespassing sign here...

CSX 31 and a "Diversified" AC60CW perform pusher duty over Pool Point near the KY/VA border.

Bird's eye view of the northern beginning mile of the Clinchfield Railroad shot from the other side of the gorge showing the rock and tight confines that make up the CRR.

The 2007 CSX Santa Train is still on C&O rails as it crosses the Russell Fork of the Big Sandy River and slows to stop for the large crowd ahead. Elkhorn City is one of the premier stops for the ... (more)

Moving left to right, pushers have just exited Pool Point Tunnel, crossing the Pool Point Trestle, and are now crossing Potter Flats on their way into Breaks Gorge.

Dirty power doing what it does best, hauling coal.

Fall has finally appeared in the Gorge as CSX 659 drags these MTY's over the old Clinchfield line.

Another day begins on the former Clinchfield with pushers on the rear heading upgrade through the Breaks Gorge and the trip to Dante, Va.

Continuing the trend of CW60AC leaders along the former Clinchfield, CSXT DIM 5001 heads North.

Rumbling over the "The Grand Canyon Of The East", 442 returns a load of MTY's to the yard at Shelbiana.