The "Clinchfield 676" dwarfs the Union Pacific support truck as the sparks fly from minor surgery taking place on the running board. The giant locomotive had sideswiped some coal hopper... (more)

Through traffic on the former Clinchfield has returned for now. This is the third "K" symbol train in a week's time to operate all the way through from Shelby to Spartanburg. This partic... (more)

A CSX caboose painted in an Operation Lifesaver scheme and with plated over windows rests at the south end of Carter Yard along Lincoln St. in Kingsport, TN. The caboose is used as a shoving plat... (more)

Just a another in the almost endless parade of southbound coal trains.

One a sweltering day the local switcher trundles by with the its East Tennessee economy air conditioner wide open.

CSX yard job Y122-29 works the yard in Kingsport, TN with CSX locomotives ES44AH 723 and SD70MAC 4581. The clock tower in the right background is part of the former Clinchfield Railroad passenger... (more)

NS T80 flies high on the ex-Clinchfield RR bridge above the North Fork of the Holston River. This train came from Yuma, on the Appalachia District, and is now taking coal loads to Eastman Chemical... (more)

A rare sight on the former Clinchfield trackage as the local rolls through the once bustling intermodal yard.

The 74th annual Santa Train from Shelby KY to Kingsport TN along the former Clinchfield Railroad crossing the North Holston River near Kingsport TN

After a interval of four years since our last meeting I caught this unit on a northbound train from an unusual spot.

Playing second banana to certain 4-6-6-4 this nice clean unit is preparing to pull the Santa train northward.

An NS coal train bound for Eastman Chemical Company crosses the Holston River Bridge on the old Clinchfield, but now CSX Kingsport Subdivision into Kingsport, TN.

Without doubt the greatest "Santa Train" ever on the old Clinchfield is loaded and ready to depart northbound with a mundane freight unit leading. It's the 50th anniversary and on the other end U... (more)

Two CSX trains sit beside Eastman Chemical, in Kingsport Yard waiting for crews.

After receiving a fresh crew in Carter Yard, a pair of CW44AC's lead a northbound empty coal train out of Kingsport, Tennessee on the Clinchfield Railroad, bound for the Southern at Frisco.