CSX 2024 Santa Train at Clinchco

CSX's 82nd Annual Santa Train P001-23 heads South to Kingsport as they pass through Clinchco, VA.

The 2024 CSX Santa Train rolls over a small river in Clinchco, VA. The Clinchfield heritage unit leads while 3 F40s and passenger cars full of goodies trail.

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)

The Santa Train of 2023 was led by two GEVOs after complications with the F40s. Nevertheless, the train brought its scheduled holiday to the numerous children along the old Clinchfield. Here, th... (more)

Fall colors light up the mountain as southbound slop freight M653 negotiates the former Clinchfield railroad through Southwest Virginia.

Empties for McClure rolls South popping out of a tunnel near Clinchco.

M893 pops out of Sykes Mill Tunnel as they head down the former Clinchfield with an SD70MAC rebuild leading.

The 80th Annual Santa Train crosses a trestle moments after departing its stop at Clinchco, VA in some morning golden hour light. The train is led by CSX's 3 executive FP-40H-2s numbers 1, 3, and... (more)

The 80th anniversary of the CSX Santa Train has just departed from their stop in Clinchco, VA., on their way south to Kingsport, TN.

K447 (Charlotte, NC Ethanol) emerges from the south portal of Rinehart tunnel near Clinchco, VA on a beautiful December afternoon along the former Clinchfield mainline.

The CC&O was the last Class I railroad built east of the Rocky Mountains. While hit hard by alternate energy sources, it is still alive and kicking, with a Russell, KY to Waycross, GA manifest ex... (more)

A pair of CSX GE's emerge from a tunnel on a rainy morning in Clincho, Virginia as they lead manifest freight Q693 south over the former Clinchfield.

CSX train Q693 exits the 752' Sykes Mill Tunnel north of Clinchco,VA on its way south down the CRR.

Shortly after making their stop in Clinchco, the 77th Clinchfield Santa Train, now operated by CSX, departs Clinchco for its next stop in Fremont as the train crosses over the McClure River & VA S... (more)