Just north of the Clinchfield intermediate signals and Osborne's Curve in Dungannon, the 73rd annual Santa Train passes an ancient crossbuck and nice white fence as it hurries to maintain its equa... (more)

The 73rd Annual of the CSX Santa Train splits the intermediate signals near Dungannon on the former Clinchfield Railroad

I wonder how many trains and how many locomotives and cars the L.G.Osborne & Son store just north of Dungannon, VA, on the former Clinchfield Railroad, has witnessed. This is milepost 56.1 (from E... (more)

Engineer Tim Decker brings the Q696 passed the signal at Dungannon with coal dust blowing off the top of the first few cars.

Close to halfway on its journey from Shelbiana, Kentucky to Kingsport, Tennessee, the 72nd Annual Santa Clause special comes around a curve and under an overpass as it pulls in to Dungannon to han... (more)

The 2014 edition of the annual CSX Santa Train rolls around Log Cabin Curve (named for the log cabin inside the curve visible in this photo) on its approach to the stop in Dungannon where a massiv... (more)

The Santa Train is arriving a few minutes ahead of schedule and will make a gift-tossing stop in this small SW Virginia community.

With the Clinch River in the background, the 72nd running of the Clinchfield Santa Train eases into Osbourne's Curve with SD40-3 No. 4047 leading the way. The train has already completed several g... (more)

A southbound unit coal train loaded in West Virginia and routed south via the Dry Fork Branch and Carbo rolls down the former Clinchfield main of CSX just north of Dungannon. This popular photo sp... (more)

Locomotive historians have had a difficult time deciding the actual model designation for the 800. In actual technical EMD model terms, the unit was built as a late F3. Although it was never a for... (more)

Many locomotive historians count SCL No. 1 (a de-rated SD35) as the first one to be lettered for the "Family Lines," a non-railroad that served as a combined moniker for the companies under (then)... (more)

Yet another big train of company hoppers loaded with balck diamonds heads south round the aptly named radius.

This is the 1989 edition of the Santa Train, coming around "Log Cabin Curve" just north of Dungannon, VA. At that time, Santa and his helpers threw off candy, gifts and other plunder to everyone t... (more)

CSX 4043 leads the 71st annual Santa Train into Dungannon and around Osbourne Curve on a sunny afternoon.

Leaning into Osborne's curve east of Dungannon, the 71st running of the Clinchfield Santa Train catches the afternoon sun on its annual trek to Kingsport from Shelby along the scenic Clinchfield m... (more)