Empty hoppers from Cliffside roll eastward by the Seaboard station and caboose at Matthews. This train is off of its normal route due to the closure of the former Clinchfield.

Empty hoppers from Cliffside climb the grade into Pinoca Yard on the Charlotte Subdivision. This train is off of it's normal route due to the closure of the former Clinchfield.

Due to the devastation on the former Clinchfield between Spruce Pine and Erwin, coal for Duke Energy's Cliffside Plant is taking circuitous routes. Here, empties head railroad north (geographical... (more)