Unit coal train NS 722 crosses Copper Creek en route to a coal hungry southeastern power plant. The Clinchfield's famed Copper Creek Viaduct towers above NS 722.

A Yuma Turn, NS 607, traverses NS's much less impressive trestle over Copper Creek.

NS 4001 leads NS 744 across Copper Creek viaduct along the former Clinchfield.

On a beautiful but cool morning, a Norfolk Southern Heritage unit train crosses the Copper Creek viaduct bound for Kingsport TN

A friend and myself ventured out the morning of February 3rd, 2017 with the goal of catching the once a week Loyall to Eastman coal train on the ex L&N Cumberland Valley. After arriving at Hagans ... (more)

NS 744 rolls across the former Clinchfield mainline and across the highest viaduct of Copper Creek with NS 4001 in the lead

1990's or 2016? A four pack of Norfolk Southern standard cab locomotives lead northbound loaded coke train 686 across the Clinchfield Railroad's Copper Creek Viaduct on a picture perfect afternoo... (more)

Photographed from the rear platform of a CSX office car on the deadhead move of the Santa train from Kingsport, TN to Shelby, KY, an EMD-GE tandem is at full throttle shoving behind an eastbound c... (more)

Four units, four paint schemes: a northbound empty hopper train crosses CSX's former Clinchfield Copper Creek Viaduct. At the time, 30 or more trains a day crossed this bridge. Today---maybe two t... (more)

Using trackage rights over CSXT's Copper Creek Viaduct, NS southbound coal train 799 glides along the former Clinchfield Railroad shortly after the passing of the 73rd running of the Santa Claus S... (more)

The 73rd annual running of the Santa Train rolls across the famous Copper Creek viaduct with the NS Appalachia District seen below.

A loaded NS coal train using trackage rights crosses over Copper Creek Trestle shortly after the Santa Train crossed.

As of the date of this photo it has been eight days since CSX has operated any of its own trains over this segment of the former Clinchfield from Frisco, TN to Dante, VA. After CSX's announcement ... (more)

Brand new CSX GE ET44AH #3258 leads a southbound loaded SCWX coal train across the Copper Creek Viaduct enroute to Erwin, TN and points south. The engine was released from GE Erie less than a week... (more)