A loaded rock train rolls through the gates at Holman Hill Road outside of Spruce Pine, North Carolina on March 8, 2014.
CSX locomotive number 3151 leads a loaded coal train through the community of Altapass, just outside of Spruce Pine, North Carolina on March 8, 2014.
CSX locomotive number 3151 leads a loaded coal train through downtown Spruce Pine, North Carolina on March 8, 2014.
CSX SD60I number 8732, a locomotive formerly owned by Conrail, leads a southbound manifest train over the crest of the Blue Ridge outside of Spruce Pine, North Carolina on December 27, 2013.
A northbound inspection train passing through Spruce Pine.
A northbound train on the old Clinchfield approaching Spruce Pine.
CSX local power at Spruce Pine, NC.
Northbound CSX Q692 rolls through downtown Spruce Pine on CSX's Blue Ridge subdivision.
An interesting mix of Clichfield RR power leads a northbound freight through Spruce Pine, NC during the summer of 1970.
CRR Spruce Pine local power resting during the summer of 1970.
The northbound Clinchfield RR Spruce Pine local working in its namesake town in July of 1971.
A wild mix of Clinchfield EMD power leads a northbound freight up the mountain at Camp Two in the summer of 1970.
Southbound Clinchfield freight behind an F unit and two SDs passing through Spruce Pine, NC in the summer of 1970.