A mine run returns to the Dante yard. Mine turns were run 5-6 days a week and yielded a strong majority of the coal on the Clinchfield. Coal would return to the yard in Dante and would be weighed ... (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)

Elkhorn City, Kentucky, the northern most point on the Clinchfield Railroad. Despite this, it was common practice for Clinchfield trains to run north to Shelby, KY. to drop trains in the Chesapeak... (more)

Even prior to the excursion era that president Tom Moore initiated and was made famous by the Clinchfield 1, the Clinchfield still conducted special passenger trains and utilized their beautiful f... (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)

Clinchfield B-unit #865 awaiting its next assignment at Erwin, TN || March 1971

A solo SD40 switches a cut of loaded coal hoppers out in the Dante yard south of the scale house. By 1979, seeing a unit still in original gray and yellow was rare as most of them had been in the ... (more)

A trio of Clinchfield power is started up in the yard at Spartanburg, SC. In a few years, seeing a trio of all gray and yellow locomotives would become harder and harder to see as the black and ye... (more)

In 1947, to help meet the demands of the post war coal boom, the Clinchfield purchased 6 used 4-6-6-4 Challenger-type locomotives from the Denver, Rio Grande, and Western. Despite being very big p... (more)

A big coal train begins its charge southbound out of Erwin with veteran F7 800 on the point. The train is about to enter one of the most beautiful parts of the whole railroad, the Nolichucky River... (more)

A pair of Clinchfield high horsepower workhorses sit at the Dante Engine terminal being prepared to make another journey out onto the scenic line. During this time, this could have been a very goo... (more)

When the One Spot was not to pull an excursion, the Clinchifield would call on FP7 200 and F7 800. Even though both were not exempt from freight service, but when they were needed, they were shiny... (more)

A six pack of first generation geeps power a heavy southbound coal train towards Kingsport, Tennessee. At this time, this was certainly a rarity, especially considering the railroad had SD40's, S... (more)