Loaded coal for Brice, NC pulls from a stop at the South end of Towers siding in the Breaks Interstate Gorge on the route of the former Clinchfield. A very brief pocket of light opened up just in ... (more)

The 74th running of the Clinchfield Santa Train rolls through the Breaks at dawn in a drizzling rain. Soon the train will duck into the tunnel at Skaggs Hole and arrive at the 4th stop of the day,... (more)

Emerging from the south portal of the Clinchfield's State Line Tunnel between VA and KY, the 73rd Annual Santa Clause Special interrupts the immense silence in the Breaks Interstate Gorge.

Splashes of fall color enhance the breathtaking view from Stateline Overlook within Breaks Interstate Park as a southbound CSX coal train passes through Stateline Tunnel in the depths of the "... (more)

1200' deep in the Breaks Gorge, CSXT 5251 rolls out of the seldom seen north side Towers Tunnel portal, carved out of the rocky remnants left by the Russell Fork River...

As fall colors near their peak a pair of AC4400CW's power an empty hopper train south exiting the south portal of the Stateline Tunnel. This train will load at one of the mines on the Dante distri... (more)

Pusher set rolling north ducks into Towers Tunnel on the former Clinchfield...

Deep in the heart of the Breaks Gorge, CSX 624 rolls by the remnants of the only known loadout still standing in the interior of Breaks Interstate Park, a joint venture between the states of Kentu... (more)

CSX 4536 unloads a little smoke after exiting Towers Tunnel in the Breaks Gorge. Appeared to be laboring, and as it rolled by, poor guy didn't have any "helpers".

1200' feet below in the Breaks Gorge, the lead engines have just exited Stateline Tunnel and are now in Virginia.