After making its way up the Clinchfield loops, CSX M652 wastes no time as it hustles its way to Kingsport, where it would recrew, and continue north to Kentucky.

A trio of UP power leads Q693 South at Relief.

An SD40-2 finds its way on the point of Q693 headed South along the former Clinchfield.

P001-23 winds its way down the former Clinchfield, crossing Pigeon Roost Road.

CSXT 883 rolls over a Clinchfield RR bridge in Relief, NC during a snowstorm.

Just south of Poplar, NC; Q693 winds its way down the old CRR main over the bridge at Pigeons Roost.

A loaded coal train for Duke Energy`s Cliffside power plant at Brice NC crossing the Pigeon Roost bridge near Relief NC

A soft, gentle rain falls on the mountains of deep, rural North Carolina as Q696 follows the former Clinchfield southward through a beautiful autumn scene at Relief.

Running southbound along the former Clinchfield Railroad, CSX Q697-25 is surrounded by North Carolina's beautiful fall colors as it crosses a Clinchfiield bridge in Pigeon Roost near Relief, NC on... (more)

Two days after CSX announced the closure of Erwin, TN terminal; CSX northbound manifest Q697 continues it's way up the former Clinchfield Route (CSX Blue Ridge Subdivision). Seen here crossing Pig... (more)

The southbound deadhead return trip of the 73rd Santa Train breaks the silence at Relief on this cold November night. This scene has played out year after year on this same night, but will 2015 b... (more)

Seaboard System F units leading an excursion southbound along the Toe River near Relief, NC || April 1984

A Southbound CSX grain train is making good time up the Toe River Gorge, as it passes over this deck girder bridge showing the line's heritage just North of Relief NC.

A pair of CSX GE ES44ACs lead a southbound SCWX loaded coal train through Piegon Roost on the Blue Ridge Sub late on a summer evening.