By 1981, all but 4 of the F-units were gone from the CRR roster, either by sale of trade in to EMD for new units. However, 4 tough covered wagons were still pushing on at this stage; relegated to ... (more)

In the early 1970's, EMD and GE simply could not meet the power demands of railroads, and as a result, railroads such as the Clinchfield, who ran big trains in mountain territory and required big ... (more)

In the early 1970's, EMD and GE simply could not meet the power demands of railroads, and as a result, railroads such as the Clinchfield, who ran big trains in mountain territory and required big ... (more)

During the Tom Moore era, excursions were a very common practice to help promote the railroad. Pulling this short excursion is CRR 200, the only F-unit that the Clinchfield owned that had an onboa... (more)

By 1980, most of the Clinchfield roster had lost a lot of the gray and yellow units that had made the Clinchfield as beautiful as the country that it operated in. Despite this, the roster was sti... (more)

The true headless horseman of the mountains: the Haysi Railroad 1. Originally CRR 852, the B-unit was sold and converted to be operated by radio control between the tipples. The locomotive still e... (more)

With the help of two B units, the mighty Clinchfield 1 spot pulls hard with 12 coaches in tow. The little 10 wheeler would often struggle to pull two of the coaches that the Clinchfield owned, but... (more)

A southbound coal drag roars out of Pool Point Tunnel in notch 8. From here to Sandy Ridge Tunnel, just north of Dante, VA, it is a steady grade that requires helpers, and with the long coal drag... (more)

CRR 3013, an SD40 from the first batch of SD40's the Clinchfield ordered from EMD sits in Spartanburg, SC awaiting their next assignment. Another batch of SD40's would follow a year after this ph... (more)

The first slide I ever purchased; a local freight returns to the Elkhorn City yard and passes an F7 sitting in the Elkhorn City locomotive terminal. 35mm slide from my collection, photo by Robert... (more)

One of the most popular rebuild programs of the 1970's and 1980's was the Paducah GP11 rebuild. The talented mechanics for the Illinois Central Gulf at the Paducah, KY shops developed a program t... (more)

In the last years of the Clinchfield, the railroad acquired 3 transfer cabooses. These were used mainly on mine runs and were beneficial due to the large platform that made protecting shoves safe... (more)

Uploaded just for RP contributor Joe Hinson, The Clinchfield 100 was the railroad's special monster weight business car built by the railroad, and ironically, the number according to estimates was... (more)

By 1980, the family lines scheme had overtaken a lot of the classic Clinchfield roster, as is evident with one of the railroads older power units, GP38 2002. Shown with the Marion shifter, it sits... (more)

Easily the most unique on the Clinchfield roster and one of the rarest diesels in the US was the EMD NW3. This diesel was a standard switcher that was 1 of 7 built in 1942 for the Great Northern,... (more)