Southbound excursion has let a few die-hards off for some shots. What's not in this photo? It was done right, special excursion, special price and people who really wanted to be there.
It's a miserable rainy day and the NB East Tennessee Chapter NRHS excursion has stopped for water but what's better than steam in bad weather.
Clinchfield RR GP7 #907 awaiting its next work in Dante, VA - Sept. 1970.
Less than a month before the Clinchfield's "High Line" bypass of downtown Johnson City was complete, southbound freight #696 rolls through the busy Johnson City downtown area in October 1970 beind... (more)
CRR 805 with some leased SP power in Erwin, TN in the spring of 1971.
The northbound Clinchfield RR Spruce Pine local working in its namesake town in July of 1971.
A wild mix of Clinchfield EMD power leads a northbound freight up the mountain at Camp Two in the summer of 1970.
Clinchfield "One Spot" #1 being prepped for an excursion in Erwin, TN, May 1971.
Southbound Clinchfield freight behind an F unit and two SDs passing through Spruce Pine, NC in the summer of 1970.
Clinchfield SD40 and F unit at Spartanburg, SC - summer of 1969.
Clinchfield F7 #810 resting at Spartanburg, SC in March '71.
CSX borrowed UP's Challenger 3985 to celebrated the 50th anniversary of the annual Santa Train in 1992. The railroad dressed it up as a Clinchfield locomotive for this occasion.
CRR F7 #810 leading a southbound out of Vance Tunnel at Altapass, NC in the summer of 1970.
A SD40 / F7B / GP38 trio shove on the rear of a southbound loaded coal train at Spruce Pine, NC in 1970.
Northbound local through Spruce Pine in the summer of 1970.
