Clinchfield SD45 #3632 leads a Heritage Railroad freight south back to K-25 on their last day of operation before Watco takes over.

Clinchfield SD45 #3632 leads a Heritage Railroad freight south back to K-25 on their last day of operation before Watco takes over.

Clinchfield SD45 #3632 leads a Heritage Railroad freight south back to K-25 on their last day of operation before Watco takes over.

Clinchfield #800 leads a 3 car passenger train through the snow on the last day of operation for the Heritage Railroad before Watco takes over.

Clinchfield #800 leads a 3 car passenger train through the snow on the last day of operation for the Heritage Railroad before Watco takes over.

Clinchfield SD45 #3632 leads a Heritage Railroad freight south back to K-25 on their last day of operation before Watco takes over.

Clinchfield SD45 #3632 leads a short freight on the Heritage Railroad as they pose for photos next to the Wheat Shack at K-25 during their last day of operation before Watco takes over.

Clinchfield 800 moves another locomotive around the Y-12 property at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum

Yes, OK it is SBD and that's its short lived new number but I want to hang on to "our railroad" a little longer. This is what happens when a locomotive that's been filthy all it's like ... (more)

Obviously at Dante though not on the slide. Neither was a photographer. It must have just been repainted as these got filthy, often unreadable in a very short time on this coal hauler.

It's a little scary out there high above the creek and the Southern line below as a East Tennessee NRHS steam-only excursion heads back south.

Rounding the a curve is a northbound steam excursion, all steam, courtesy of an East Tennessee Railfan Association (RIP).

For the 75th running of the Clinchfield Railroad's Santa Train, current owner CSX pulled a surprise on everyone and had two Clinchfield units pull the train. The 800 was an actual Clinchfield Unit... (more)

The 75th Clinchfield Santa Train eases across the massive Copper Creek trestle near Clinchport, Virginia.

Santa Comes Early. The Santa Train, covering the former Clinchfield Railroad between Shelbiana, Kentucky and Kingsport, Tennessee, traditionally operates on the Saturday before Thanksgiving... (more)