NS P42 (Spartanburg, SC to Gaffney, SC), led by a sharp looking high hood Geep, flies past Magnolia headed for Gaffney.

Norfolk Southern local P86 (Spartanburg, SC to Union, SC) picks up speed at Magnolia bound for the "W" line. The lead unit is one of only four GP38ACs left in active service on Norfolk Southern.

NS 204 flies past Magnolia with a GEVO up front.

Spare power resting in the ex-Clinchfield Yard in Spartanburg, SC.

Due to an excess of international container traffic in July of 2012, NS ran a number of extra 238s (Atlanta, GA to Charleston, SC). Seen here is I38 slowly picking up speed at Magnolia headed for ... (more)

Clinchfield GP38 2008 rests in the yard at Spartanburg, SC. The GP38's were great for shifters, locals, and mainline trains as they provided good power, but also a better option than the GP7's the... (more)

Delivered in 1942 from American Car and Foundry, 1062 was 1 of 7 of the FC-5 class that was patterned after, but different from the design that was common on Santa Fe trains. These cabooses were d... (more)

In 1971, when EMD informed the Clinchfield Railroad that they would not be able to fulfill an order for new power for at least a year. As a result, the power short and EMD-loyal Clinchfield went o... (more)

A NS southbound passes through downtown Spartanburg.

A trio of big power units shove back on a cut of cars in the yard at Spartanburg, SC. By the time of this photo, Chessie System, Seaboard Coast Line, and Family Lines power was a common sight on t... (more)

A trio of Clinchfield power is started up in the yard at Spartanburg, SC. In a few years, seeing a trio of all gray and yellow locomotives would become harder and harder to see as the black and ye... (more)

In the early 1970's, EMD and GE simply could not meet the power demands of railroads, and as a result, railroads such as the Clinchfield, who ran big trains in mountain territory and required big ... (more)

CRR 3013, an SD40 from the first batch of SD40's the Clinchfield ordered from EMD sits in Spartanburg, SC awaiting their next assignment. Another batch of SD40's would follow a year after this ph... (more)

Led by the first SD40 received by the Clinchfield, #3000 leads a train on the southern most point on the railroad, Spartanburg, SC. 35mm slide from my collection, photographer unknown.

NS #6791 leads northbound intermodal train 204 through the soon to be replaced signals at "Beaumont".