CSX Santa Train with Clinchfield 100 at South End Trammel

CSX Santa Train at South End Trammel

The 77th CSX Santa Special cruises south past the signals at Trammel preparing to make its next stop at Dante.

The DPU's on N313 shove the rear of the loaded coal train through the signals at South End Trammel and into Sandy Ridge Tunnel.

The 2018 Santa Train passes the SE Trammel siding and about to enter Sandy Ridge Tunnel behind.

The 75th anniversary CSX “Clinchfield” Santa Train is southbound just north of their next stop of Dante, Virginia, while en-route to a final stop in Kingsport, Tennessee. Here CSX P901-18 is k... (more)

VLIX F7 8016, decorated as Clinchfield #800, leads the 75th running of the Clinchfield/CSX Santa Train southbound passing the north end of the siding at Trammel, VA.

During the big maintenance jamboree the crews cleaning mud and improving drainage at Sandy Ridge tunnel have cleared up to allow a northbound ballast train to pass on a day when the weather could ... (more)

CSXT 53 is on a pusher set which is pushing a train through Sandy Ridge Tunnel. Right here they are at what's known as Trammel.

C126-24's pushers crest the grade in the small community of Trammel as the southbound loaded coal train disappears into the boar of the former Clinchfield Railroad's Sandy Ridge Tunnel. These uni... (more)

Climbing upgrade after stopping at Fremont, the 72nd Annual Santa Clause Special rumbles under the abandoned and virtually forgotten coal loader at Roaring Fork on its way to Dante.

The head-end has been augmented by the big GE and after a failed attempted the southbound coal train is again on the move. Soon it will enter Sandy Ridge Tunnel and reach the top of the grade.

I guess this is another one that falls into the "strange but true" category. On Nov. 12, 1977, four DMIR SD18s were leading a northbound Clinchfield Railroad empty hopper train at Trammel, VA. I... (more)

Northbound CSX Q697 working through a winter wonderland scene at Trammel, VA on the former Clinchfield mainline.

On Top Of The World (at least for a little while), CSX 5465 has finally achieved the summit of Sandy Ridge after a 6* hour trip covering 30+ miles on the former Clinchfield (* due to MOW work near... (more)