CSX 2024 Santa Train at the Haysi stop as Santa throws gifts out at the crowd

CSX 2024 Santa Train at Splash Dam

The Santa Train stops at Haysi.

The Santa Train rolls out of the Haysi stop and past the photo line at the abandoned loadout.

The Santa Train rolls south, crossing the Russell Fork River at Splashdam, between the Toms Bottom and Haysi stops.

A YN2 AC44 is shoving on the rear of a coal train for Terrell, NC, reflecting in the water at Splash Dam on the old CRR.

The McClure Mine run scoots down the Clinchfield in the middle of the night, exiting the mountain and passing the classic Clinchfield signal at Haysi

Florida bound K819 pops out of the tunnel at Haysi with a nice SD70MAC leader.

The 80th Annual Santa Train disappears into a tunnel complete with a wave from Kris Kringle. The train is just moments away from its stop in Haysi, VA and is already slowing down.

Emerging from the Breaks Interstate Park at daybreak heading southbound on the former Clinchfield Railroad, now CSX Kingsport Subdivision, CSX P001-19 knocks down the signal at the south end of To... (more)

K447 (Charlotte, NC Ethanol) passes under the abandoned Collco tipple near Haysi, VA on a beautiful December afternoon along the former Clinchfield mainline.

With empties out of Shelbiana in tow, R240 pops out of the McClure Tunnel and rolls past the Clinchfield signal at Haysi (formerly Berta Jct).

CSX P001-23 makes its way east as it rolls by on former Clinchfield trackage along the banks of the McClure River in Dickensen Co. Virginia. With the line twisting and turning as it follows the ri... (more)

P001-23 emerges from the northern tunnel in Haysi.

CSX ES44AC 789 emerges from one of the many tunnels on the former Clinchfield as it leads manifest freight Q693 through Haysi, Virginia on a misty mountain morning.