Rolling along SB at a spot called Morefield Bottoms the annual Santa Train looks spiffier than usual but nowhere near as nice as the 2024 version.

The Santa Train At 77. Thousands of people, if not tens of thousands, braved the driving rain to come out to see the 2019 CSX Santa Train (P936-23) 5 years ago today on Saturday, November, ... (more)

Replacing a bunch of coal trains on the former Clinchfield was a few unit trains such as this string of ethanol tankers coiling through the narrow hollers on the way to the south.

A northbound grain train at a place called Morefield Bottom.

Southbound executive tour of the former Clinchfield. I can’t believe the motorcade missed the best lit spot. But they wuz a bunch of flatlanders anyway. LOL.

CSX N312 knocks a few inches of snow of the Clinchfield mainline as it clears the signal at the north end of Boody siding

Norfolk Southern train U44 heads east with coal loads at Castlewood, Virginia.

The 2018 edition of the CSX Santa Train rolls southbound through Castlewood, Va. .

CSX P90217 rolls up the Clinchfeild at Castlewood, Virginia with the train's handpicked power we all know about.

This is what it's all about. Santa's back there and the friendly crew are his greeters and somebody will remember the day, the train and CSX for the rest of her life.

As they enter the straight part of the main along Boody Siding the watchful concern for safety is evident on the faces of the crew of the Santa Train appoaching the grade crossing and a bunch of w... (more)

NB Freight is winding its way along Boody siding.