A father and his two young sons get a unique perspective look at the passage of the 72nd CSX Santa Train.

The 72nd annual running the CSX Santa Train, crosses the Copper Creek Viaduct; which was constructed in 1907 by the Clinchfield Railroad.

A southbound CSX grain trains fly's high on the Copper Creek Viaduct as the shadows begin to slowly creep up on the edge of the Viaduct

The trees are budding out nicely on the afternoon of this April day in 1997. NS 9020 and two EMD assistants are about to do battle with a long stretch of grade that will reach 2 percent before the... (more)

Three CSX pusher units are at full throttle behind the Chessie System cab as this unit coal train crosses Copper Creek on NS trackage. At this point, the entire train is stretched out on the ascen... (more)

With the bright colors of fall again approaching, here's something from 24 years ago. This October 1990 shot of the former Clinchfield Copper Creek Viaduct at Speers Ferry, VA was shot from the US... (more)

A westbound CSX hopper train running on NS trackage hits the bottom of the long 1.7 percent grade as it crosses Copper Creek--literally in the shadow of the more imposing ex-Clinchfield structure.

An unlikely trio of units brings a northbound NRHS excursion over the Copper Creek Viaduct at Speers Ferry. The lead unit is a privately-owned F7A, painted in ACL purple and silver and lettered fo... (more)

The "final four" Seaboard System F-units hustle southbound with an NRHA special across the big trestle at Copper Creek.

The red bud is blooming in this portrait of a northbound NRHS special crossing the former Clinchfield Railroad Copper Creek Viaduct. The propulsion chores are handled today by the "Final Four... (more)

The Belmont Unit train, number 256, throttles up at Copper Creek, Va. After rolling either downgrade on on level track for the last five or six miles, the bridge marks a sharp vertical curve into ... (more)

CN 2154 and 2157 lead a southbound CSX freight over Copper Creek trestle near Clinchport, VA. The lower bridge is Norfolk Southern's.

A southbound unit coal train soars over Copper Creek, as viewed from the NS line below.

A northbound NS empty unit coal train with UP power crosses CSX's Copper Creek Viaduct in the early morning fog. This view is from the rarely photographed east side.

Returning from a trip to Tennessee today, my wife and I passed under the former Clinchfield bridge at Speers Ferry just as a northbound empty rail train passed overhead. I didn't have my camera, b... (more)