The 75th Anniversary Santa Train operated by CSX over former Clinchfield territory between Shelby KY and Kingsport TN. This year featured special power provided by the Southern Appalachian Railway... (more)

75 years in the making.

Clinchfield F3A fits right in at the north portal of the Twin Tunnels near Hill Station, VA.

CSX train P90108 has just passed through 2nd Washburn Tunnel and back into the dense fog in the mountain tops along the Clinchfield Loops. Clinchfield F3A #800 is dead-in-tow, making a quick run f... (more)

SARM's restored Clinchfield F-unit looks right at home passing a classic scene along the former Clinchfield at the Penland post office.

Clinchfield 800 looks right at home as CSX train P90108 passes the 1925 Erwin, Tennessee, depot.

Well never expected this. CSX P901 with the recently repainted CRR in tow heads to Charlotte as it comes through Mount Holly, NC. Now you want to say historic moves this was one.

The newly lettered Clinchfield Railroad SD45 3632 basks in the ambiance of a cool fall evening. A big thank you and congratulations to all at Southern Appalachia Railway Museum and CSX Transportat... (more)

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)

A surprise at the end of a southbound Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac train was this Clinchfield caboose.

A typically grimy Clinchfield EMD F7 leads a southbound freight train over a low timber trestle. This location is between Wakenva and Trammel, north of Dante in far western Virginia.

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)

Loads south, empties north – That’s the prevalent flow for the main commodity of coal on the Clinchfield. That rule is illustrated here as two trains meet at the passing siding near Gray, Tenn... (more)

Southbound Clinchfield coal rolls into passing siding territory at Gray, Tennessee. The three SD’s will hold the main at the other end of the double track to wait for a train of northbound empt... (more)