CSXT 5233 brings M693-19 out of Enoree, SC along the Spartanburg Sub headed south for Greenwood & Augusta.

With a fresh crew from Spartanburg, CSX M693-18 passes the ACL era concrete milepost at the AK 544 with an aging YN2 AC44 leading.

Begins its descend down the infamous Clinchfield loops, CSX M693 very slowly makes its way out the icy south portal of the blue ridge tunnel, after holding for a NB grainer at the North Toe siding... (more)

After a heavy rain storm, CSX M693 breaks the silence through Penland at last light as the clouds begin to clear.

CSX M693 breaks the silence of the valley as it blows through the crossing at Penland, with CSX 1967 leading the charge.

After some spray paint removal, Newly painted CSX 1967 finds its way snaking through the Carolina mountains on point of CSX M693.

Having arrived on the day's prior M692, the P&LE and C&O heritage units are headed back south on the Big Sandy Subdivision.

With the waterfall frozen over, CSX M693 shakes the mountain as it peaks out of the south portal of the Blue Ridge Tunnel. CSX 7000 leads the 8,000 ton train solo, with CSX 3387 brining up the rea... (more)

Southbound M693 crosses US 23 and the NS Appalachia District at Speers Ferry, VA.

A pair of ES44AC's lead CSX manifest M693 as it takes the siding and rolls under the C&O signals at EM Cabin in Emma, Kentucky. M693 is following loaded coal C760 through the siding as they meet n... (more)

Late fall color clings to the hillsides in Catlettsburg, Kentucky as a pair of ES44AC's ease manifest M693 along the Big Sandy River. The train is taking headroom here as it works the Marathon Ref... (more)

The last of the Fall colors shined brightly as the sun began to set at Copper Creek with CSX 391 Spirit of Dante doing the honors on the former Clinchfield line.