A beam of light exits the Altapass Tunnel, backlighting the classic Clinchfield signal, as an empty coal train heads southward, screaming through tight confines as it negotiates the Black Mountain... (more)
CSX Q69623 glides down the famous Clinchfield loops through the 3 consecutive tunnels (Speedy, Lower Pine, and Byrd) on a gloomy fall morning one week after the closing of Erwin, TN terminal.
Ever since leaving the south end of the yard on Love Hill at Erwin. TN, train 94's four F-units have been pulling upgrade, and most of the time in Run 8--full throttle. Behind the drawbar of the r... (more)