Preparing for the running of the 71st Santa Train on Nov. 23rd, the equipment gets a first class cleaning.

Pulling a train of all matched covered hoppers this GE product and its companion will tackle the grade along the Toe/Nolichucky river with helpers.

CRR 806 F unit has emerged from the paint shop without its yellow breast, and is being refueled at Erwin, Tenn. before taking a coal train south on Jan. 8, 1965.

A trio of mixed Clinchfield power moves through a switch in the yard in Erwin, TN. This was a typical style lashup for the Clinchfield during this time, as management and yardmasters took the idea... (more)

When the Clinchfield took delivery of their new GP7's in December 1950, it did not take management and crews to realize that they should have purchased the units with dynamic brakes. With the next... (more)

Clinchfield southbound 92 sits at the south end of the Erwin yard awaiting clearance to enter the single track that covers a significant portion of the Clinchfield in the Nolichucky River Gorge. T... (more)

One of the early ventures into dieselization that the Clinchfield did was on EMD's F-units. Delivered in December 1952, 818 was a standard F7A that the railroad initially planned to run on the rai... (more)

Power is gathered around the Erwin diesel shop. The Clinchfield would service power that would keep heading north or south with sand and fuel. Major repairs were done in the shops on the other end... (more)

After delayed in production and delivery to the Clinchfield, EMD delivered 10 new SD45-2's. These 3600 HP monsters were major coal haulers and excellent road freight locomotives for the Clinchfiel... (more)

Originally built as Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis 753, and later Louisville & Nashville 1753, Clinchfield GP7 919 was acquired in 1965 and is unique to the Clinchfield roster as it was the on... (more)

Known as a brute coal hauler in the southern states, the Clinchfield was very well known for its other attraction: excursions. The star of that show was the famous Clinchfield "One Spot". Here, a ... (more)

To help supplement the 4 axle fleet on the railroad, the Clinchfield purchased 10 GP38's in 1967. The units were great all purpose units that could be used for mine runs, extra units for mainline ... (more)

To help supplement the 4 axle fleet on the railroad, the Clinchfield purchased 10 GP38's in 1967. The units were great all purpose units that could be used for mine runs, extra units for mainline ... (more)

In 1971, the desperately power short Clinchfield elected to go outside of EMD, which had made up their entire roster, to attain new power. They went to GE, which delivered the first 7 U36C's ever ... (more)

Clinchfield GP7 901 sits outside the Erwin shops, awaiting its next duty. The unit was in the first batch of GP7's that the railroad purchased in 1950, the GP7's never met expectations mainly due ... (more)