Having announced their approach with a vigorous horn blast the celebrity of the day rounds what is possibly the sharpest curve on the former CRR main and enters the aspiring ghost town.

Approaching the north end of the yard the special is almost abreast of the old depot, now stripped to bare brick walls and slated for restoration. Ahead railfans have flocked to the church, site ... (more)

Southbound executive tour of the former Clinchfield. Good photo location between Haysi and St. Paul are very few and far between. They met NB freight 694 here..

Southbound executive tour of the former Clinchfield. Good photo location between Haysi and St. Paul are very few and far between.

Southbound executive tour of the former Clinchfield. I can’t believe the motorcade missed the best lit spot. But they wuz a bunch of flatlanders anyway. LOL.