Shelby may be empty right now, but it's been hopping all day with the reopening of the Kingsport Sub (former Clinchfield) following the week-long maintenance Jamboree. Number 53 is in charge of a... (more)

CSX 483 is stopped waiting for an Extra North to clear the path. In the background is downtown Kingsport along with the old Clinchfield freight station to the right.

CSX 8410 (C&O 7559) leads a SB grain train over Copper Creek as shown from river level. A set of NS pusher engines makes a perfect pass on the NS Appy Div under the Clinchfield.

Loading Kentucky coal for the long haul to Florida.

Norfolk Southern loaded westbound out of Norton Yard.

A northbound commuter train pulls into the station nearly on-time.

A northbound empty hopper train glides onto the CSX Big Sandy Subdivision at Elkhorn City as it approaches the humble Elkhorn City Railroad Museum and its outdoor collection of relics from railroa... (more)

Foam on the water! Railfans take to the river to get a shot of the Santa Train crossing the curved bridge at Clinchco.

Brand new "Ace", CSX 4834 sits idle in the siding at Ford's Branch near West End of Shelby Yard pointing EB. This is my first sighting of the new power.

A walk in the woods next to Deep Hollow Road allows for this wooded vantage point of SB manifest 143 as it passes throught cut number 3 on the Rathole with a former Conrail motor up front.

Brand new and sparkling CSX GEVO's 745 and 746 rest in front of the Shelby Yard office as an eastbound loaded coal train enters the yard in the left of the frame.

CSX Q690-19 exits the tunnel at Frisco on the way to Copper Creek and points north.

Yet another beautiful location on the Blue Ridge Sub, the north end of the Green Mountain siding hosts our southbound, stretching out for a brief run on straight trackage. The abundant pine trees ... (more)