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)

Two CSX GE's (an AC44 and a C60) lead a southbound loaded coal train across Copper Creek Viaduct on a Spring morning.

Three brand new CSX GE ES44ACs (3073-3072-3071) bring a southbound Duke Power coal train across the Copper Creek Viaduct at Clinchport enroute to Erwin, TN and eventually Brice, NC.

A southbound CSX freight on the old Clinchfield crosses Copper Creek Viaduct at Speers Ferry, Virginia, on October 26, 1990. Two EMD SD50s power the train, led by Seaboard System No. 8539.

The 70th annual running of the Clinchfield Santa Train creeps across massive Copper Creek trestle situated just South of Clinchport, VA a balmy November evening along this highly scenic section of... (more)

Speers Ferry, VA 7/23/12 - Thirty minutes under the massive Copper Creek Viaduct on the former Clinchfield Railroad shows the rotation of the earth, pivtoing around the North Star. One general man... (more)

Speer's Ferry, VA 7/23/12 - With Norfolk Southern's Appalachia District below, CSX hopper train T-141 glides across the massive Copper's Creek Viaduct on the former Clinchfield Railroad. Just ahea... (more)

A lone AC unit takes empties across Copper Creek and back to the coalfields for a refill.

A CSX coal train crosses the Copper Creek Viaduct with an AC6000 on the lead.

This shot brings back some great memories of an event that will never again happen. Even today, I'm amazed I was a part of it. This scene was taken by my friend Joe Givens. I was on board the trai... (more)

Back in the day, they still painted railroad bridges. While Copper Creek looks pretty shabby today, in 1964 a trio of EMDs pulls through freight 94 across the freshly silvered structure on a cold ... (more)

Scene looks like a model set-up as the 69th CSX Santa Train slowing passes over the famous steel structure.

A northbound empty hopper train works its way across the famous Clinchfield RR "Copper Creek Viaduct" during the last of the afternoon light on this Fall afternoon. This particular angle wont be n... (more)

Two CSX GEs leading a southbound TILX loaded coal train N301 across the Copper Creek Viaduct as the morning fog is still burning out of the Clinch River Valley.

Southbound light engine move X098 with road slug 2367 leading its GP40-2 mother and a pair of freshly repainted GP38-2 rolls across the Copper Creek Viaduct at Clinchport. This set of power is bou... (more)