Doing something we may never see again this unit departs northbound with a long string of empty unit coal cars.

Northbound empties roll through Unicoi, Tennessee on a warm May day in 1982. After following the ET&WNC from Johnson City to Elizabethton and return, we decided to go to Erwin in search of the Cli... (more)

Passing through the small community of Rock Creek, just north of Erwin, a well worn, veteran SD70MAC leads a southbound grain train by the Classic Clinchfield Signals as it begins slowing down for... (more)

After meeting the northbound Kingsport Turn at Hannum, CSX 3232 leads it's southbound SCWX coal train by the Classic Clinchfield Signals at Rock Creek, Erwin, Tennessee.

Southbound train departing Erwin, TN during the summer of 1986.

In beautiful afternoon sunlight, a run of the mill GE product works southbound past the Clinchfield Signals at NE Hannum with a train of Bad Orders for the Erwin Car Shop. These signals are not l... (more)

Roaring out of town under threatening skies with three units on line and three along for the ride this freight train passes another bygone landmark.

As much as some people liked "stealth" apparently motorists didn't and the expedient fix was this, called YN2 as I recall. It is fairly unusual to see a mom and slug at Erwin.

Pretty new, clean and looking good.

In beautiful afternoon sunlight, a pair of matching YN2 CW44AC's lead a southbound coal train past the classic Clinchfield signal at Rock Creek just north of Erwin. This train came off the L&N CV... (more)

On a beautiful summer afternoon in Erwin, Tennessee, two Generations of GE locomotives await assignment at the former Clinchfield Diesel Shop. CSXT 3251 is a new GE ET44AH, and meets all of the T... (more)

Back when more than two units was the norm this gigantic string roars along accompanied by a foreign GE for visually effects. This is yet another SB coal train just leaving the yard and headed fo... (more)

The northbound "Yellow Dog" freight heads north after passing a stopped Q696-03 and the classic Clinchfield signals.

Almost into Erwin Yard, CSX 3234 leads southbound T137-23 past the Classic Clinchfield Signal at Rock Creek. The line in the foreground turns into the back Yard Lead, and the background track is ... (more)

Shortly after passing a banner test, CSX T137-23 takes the siding at NE Hannum and passes the Classic Clinchfield Signal on the right. This train would meet eventually meet a northbound at SE Hann... (more)