The CSX office car special streaks through the Duff Mountain gorge adorning its fancy new paint scheme.

Having announced their approach with a vigorous horn blast the celebrity of the day rounds what is possibly the sharpest curve on the former CRR main and enters the aspiring ghost town.

Approaching the north end of the yard the special is almost abreast of the old depot, now stripped to bare brick walls and slated for restoration. Ahead railfans have flocked to the church, site ... (more)

P001-23 races south across Boones Creek on the north side of Johnson City, TN

CSX P001-23 makes its way east as it rolls by on former Clinchfield trackage along the banks of the McClure River in Dickensen Co. Virginia. With the line twisting and turning as it follows the ri... (more)

P001-23 emerges from the northern tunnel in Haysi.

76th annual Clinchfield Santa Train is heading south, leaning into the curve at North Starnes. #9992 is now CSXT3, #9999 survives as such (slated to be CSXT4) and #9993 (freshly rebuilt) is now C... (more)

76th annual Clinchfield Santa Train is heading south. Really miss these runs. #9992 is now CSXT3.

Southbound executive tour of the former Clinchfield. Good photo location between Haysi and St. Paul are very few and far between. They met NB freight 694 here..

P001-23 proceeds southward (railroad east) down the Big Sandy Sub and as it rounds the curve at EM Cabin.

Southbound executive tour of the former Clinchfield. Good photo location between Haysi and St. Paul are very few and far between.

P001-23 heads by the Union Church at the north end of Dante Yard. This spot was a favorite for the Santa Train and had attracted much of the chase team this day, so I went high with Airwolf to ca... (more)

Wrapped VIA 6402 leads VIA 63 past a parked CN B730.

CSX P001-23 the OCS with the CSXT CSX1 in the lead cruises east along the former C&O Big Sandy Subdivision towards a crew change in Shelby, KY. The train is back underway after making a stop at Da... (more)

CSX P001-23 with the CSXT CSX1 breaks the silence of a cold January night through the remote western North Carolina town of Huntdale. The OCS is on the return leg to Jacksonville, Fl. after a leng... (more)