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CSXT 6783 |
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A former SCL GP40 is looking pretty bad in YN1 paint. Notice the Seaboard Coast Line lettering showing through on the long hood. |
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7/9/2005 Upload Date: 7/10/2005 9:20:36 PM |
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Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 6783(GP40) |
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Remnants of the SCL |
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CSXT 6783's long hood shows evidence of its heritage. Seaboard Coast Line lettering in clearly showing through the deteriorating CSX paint. |
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7/9/2005 Upload Date: 7/10/2005 9:20:56 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 6783(GP40) |
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CSXT SD40's |
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Two SD40-2's sandwich an unrebuilt SD40 at Marion, NC. These units offer a reminder of what coal train power looked like before the GE and AC invasion on the former Clinchfield. |
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7/9/2005 Upload Date: 7/10/2005 9:14:42 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 8103(SD40-2) CSX 4606(SD40) CSX 8812(SD40-2) |
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SD40's at Marion |
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Three EMD's await an assignment in the small yard at Marion, NC. The NS connection track to the right feeds into the NS passing siding at Clinchcross. CSX ballast trains loading at Enka, NC, on NS now use this connection track. |
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7/9/2005 Upload Date: 7/10/2005 9:15:05 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 8812(SD40-2) CSX 4606(SD40) CSX 8103(SD40-2) |
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CSX U302 |
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CSX coal train U302 heads south on the mainline at Marion, NC, behind a pair of YN3 AC's. In the siding at Marion is work train W047, which is tying down and preparing for the next day's unloading. Three SD40's are tied down in the small yard here. |
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7/9/2005 Upload Date: 7/10/2005 9:21:52 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 595(AC44CW) CSX 8812(SD40-2) CSX 4606(SD40) |
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CSX W047 |
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The CSX Blue Ridge Subdivision maintenance jamboree is about to begin as B36-7 5853 pulls work train W047 into the siding at Marion. The machinery would be unloaded the next day. |
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7/9/2005 Upload Date: 7/10/2005 9:31:40 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 5853(B36-7) CSX 8812(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
CSXT 2545 |
| Description: |
CSXT 2545 is looking gritty at Spruce Pine, NC. Note the radio control equipment. |
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12/26/2005 Upload Date: 12/26/2005 10:07:13 PM |
| Location: |
Spruce Pine, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 2545(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
CSXT 2616 |
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The Spruce Pine Local's engine is tied down in Spruce Pine. A dusting of snow has added a little to the Christmas scene. |
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12/26/2005 Upload Date: 12/26/2005 10:07:35 PM |
| Location: |
Spruce Pine, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 2616(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
CSXT 372 South |
| Description: |
An Extra South descends through the Loops at Ashford, NC. |
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12/26/2005 Upload Date: 12/26/2005 10:10:52 PM |
| Location: |
Ashford, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 372(AC44CW) |
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CSXT 372 South |
| Description: |
A loaded coal train rolls by the south end of Sevier. |
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12/26/2005 Upload Date: 12/26/2005 10:09:45 PM |
| Location: |
Sevier, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 372(AC44CW) |
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CSXT 403 North |
| Description: |
Empty hoppers roll by the south end of Green Mountain siding on a blustery Boxing Day. |
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12/26/2005 Upload Date: 12/26/2005 10:08:57 PM |
| Location: |
Green Mountain, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 403(AC44CW) |
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CSXT 403 North |
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Northbound empty hoppes roll past the Spruce Pine depot and the local engine which has tied down for the Christmas weekend. |
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12/26/2005 Upload Date: 12/26/2005 10:06:46 PM |
| Location: |
Spruce Pine, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 403(AC44CW) CSX 2616(GP38-2) |
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CSXT 5843 at Explosive Supply |
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A work train is tied down at the Explosive Supply crossing north of Spruce Pine. Note the rotary beacon that protects the crossing, featured in American Altavista's Clinchfield video series. |
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12/26/2005 Upload Date: 12/26/2005 10:08:04 PM |
| Location: |
Spruce Pine, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 5843(B36-7) |
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| Title: |
Clear Signal |
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The northbound signal at the south end of Green Mountain is a mix of old and new. A new hooded signal head has replaced the Clinchfield-era installation for the top aspect. The lower head is still the old style. |
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12/26/2005 Upload Date: 12/26/2005 10:35:20 PM |
| Location: |
Green Mountain, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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South End signal |
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A side view of the northbound signal at South End Green Mountain shows that a new hooded head and new ladder system have been added to the old signal. |
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12/26/2005 Upload Date: 12/26/2005 10:35:45 PM |
| Location: |
Green Mountain, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
Signal |
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A Clinchfield-era signal installation still protects train movements at Ashford, MP Z-202.0. |
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2/12/2006 Upload Date: 2/13/2006 10:23:47 PM |
| Location: |
Ashford, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
CSXT 275 South |
| Description: |
Having just met a northbound empty train at Toe River, CSXT 275 South gets moving through Altapass, NC. |
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2/12/2006 Upload Date: 2/12/2006 10:52:35 PM |
| Location: |
Altapass, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 275(AC44CW) |
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CSXT 275 South |
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A loaded coal train splits the signals at the Spruce Pine Holdout. A winter storm has left a blanket of snow. |
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2/12/2006 Upload Date: 2/12/2006 10:52:36 PM |
| Location: |
Spruce Pine, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 275(AC44CW) |
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CSXT 275 South |
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Two CW44AC's lead a southbound by the Sullins Branch Baptist Church sign at the Spruce Pine Holdout. It's a beautiful winter Sunday morning. |
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2/12/2006 Upload Date: 2/12/2006 10:52:36 PM |
| Location: |
Spruce Pine, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 275(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSXT 320 North |
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An Extra North is passing through Altapass, NC, and is about to meet a southbound ahead at Toe River. |
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2/12/2006 Upload Date: 2/12/2006 10:52:37 PM |
| Location: |
Altapass, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 320(AC44CW) |
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CSXT 320 North |
| Description: |
Blue skies suddenly turned to gray and snow started pouring from the sky as our northbound arrived at Green Mountain. |
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2/12/2006 Upload Date: 2/12/2006 10:52:38 PM |
| Location: |
Green Mountain, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 320(AC44CW) |
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CSXT 320 North |
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The Extra North is about to take the Restricting signal into the siding at Toe River as a wind gust stirs up some fallen snow. The wye at Altapass is now gone and the storage yard here is now only one track. |
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2/12/2006 Upload Date: 2/12/2006 10:52:38 PM |
| Location: |
Altapass, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 320(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
Summer Spike in winter |
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CSXT 385397, the C&O Business Unit "Summer Spike" car, rolls through snowy Green Mountain, NC. |
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2/12/2006 Upload Date: 2/12/2006 10:52:40 PM |
| Location: |
Green Mountain, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
CSXT 4702 North |
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It's snowing...again! Here comes an empty hopper train through Ashford late Sunday afternoon. The sky was blue and there was no snow falling at Sevier, but a few miles north we ran into this. |
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2/12/2006 Upload Date: 2/12/2006 10:52:39 PM |
| Location: |
Ashford, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 4702(SD70MAC) |
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CSXT 5119 South |
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Some occasional snow flurries weren't enough to cover the ground at Marion, but looking at the ridge behind this waiting southbound tells another story up in the hills. |
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2/12/2006 Upload Date: 2/13/2006 10:28:13 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 5119(AC44CW) |
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CSXT 79 South |
| Description: |
An Extra South crosses one of several bridges still lettered for the Clinchfield Railroad. This is at Pigeon Roost, just north of Relief, NC. |
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2/12/2006 Upload Date: 2/12/2006 10:52:34 PM |
| Location: |
Pigeonroost, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 79(AC44CW) CSX 366(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSXT bathtubs and snow |
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2/12/2006 Upload Date: 2/12/2006 10:52:41 PM |
| Location: |
Green Mountain, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
Winter Wonderland |
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Near Red Hill, NC, where the road to Toecane (and the Clinchfield) joins NC226, is this picturesque old mill. I've always wanted to take a picture of it, but I was always in pursuit of some train. Today seemed to be the perfect day to pause for a shot. |
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2/12/2006 Upload Date: 2/13/2006 10:24:39 PM |
| Location: |
Red Hill, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
End of the chase |
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A northbound would have to get away from us, because the roads were getting more snow covered and slick. We turned around here, but would come back 30 minutes to find the road mostly clear. |
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2/12/2006 Upload Date: 2/12/2006 10:52:42 PM |
| Location: |
Green Mountain, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
Toe River Road snowstorm |
| Description: |
We came here for this! |
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2/12/2006 Upload Date: 2/12/2006 10:52:41 PM |
| Location: |
Green Mountain, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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Snow storm |
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Blowing snow lays down another layer of white across the Toe River Valley Sunday afternoon. In chase of a northbound, we gave up here! |
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2/12/2006 Upload Date: 2/12/2006 10:52:34 PM |
| Location: |
Green Mountain, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
Extra South |
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Engine 460 leads a southbound coal train past the signals at "Big John's," MP Z-202.1. A summer thunderstorm is brewing, and the 460 will get a bit of a bath around the bend at Sevier, NC. |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:35:23 PM |
| Location: |
Ashford, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 460(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
Extra South |
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Here comes the rain from a summer afternoon thunderstorm, as the 460 gets those black diamonds rolling after meeting an empty man at Sevier. |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:36:08 PM |
| Location: |
Sevier, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 460(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
Extra North |
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Engine 4792 leans into the curve approaching the south end of Sevier. The train is made up of new Freight Car America CITX aluminum tubs, built in Danville, IL, in July. |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:36:45 PM |
| Location: |
Sevier, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 4792(SD70MAC) |
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| Title: |
CSX E141 |
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Okay, Bob Loehne, "this is Clinchfield." I think of Bob's American Altavista video series on the Clinchfield every time I see a shot taken here. Engine 315 is heading up through the famous loops at Camp Two. |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:38:22 PM |
| Location: |
Camp 2, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 315(AC44CW) |
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CSX E141 |
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E141 disturbs the Sunday morning silence at Penland, NC, a little dot on the map north of Spruce Pine. Notice that trackside house is for sale! |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:39:15 PM |
| Location: |
Penland, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 315(AC44CW) CSX 108(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
Paradise Found |
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The rear of E141 clears the crossing at Penland. Wouldn't that front porch be a great place to watch trains all day? |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:40:18 PM |
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Penland, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
CSX N422 |
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N422 slides down the Loops past Camp Two, brakeshoe smoke rising all the way. The train was on the hillside above it just a few minutes ago, and will next negotiate a horseshoe curve and head the opposite direction toward the siding at Rocky, where they will meet a northbound. |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:42:27 PM |
| Location: |
Camp 2, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 147(AC44CW) |
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CSXT Q692 |
| Description: |
Northbound timefreight Q692 takes the siding at the south end of Sevier, where they will meet a southbound coal train. |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:43:47 PM |
| Location: |
Sevier, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 374(AC44CW) |
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CSXT Q697 |
| Description: |
Northbound Q697 from Hamlet, NC, meets an Extra South at Marion, NC. It's not uncommon for a train to meet another at every siding on the south end of the Clinchfield. |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:44:40 PM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 4753(SD70MAC) CSX 460(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
Approach Medium |
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An "Approach Medium" indication awaits southbound N422, which is drifting down the mountain on the hillside to the left and above the signals. This indication tells the crew they'll be taking the siding at Rocky, just around the horseshoe curve and to the right of the signals on the other side of the valley. |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:47:17 PM |
| Location: |
Camp 2, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Title: |
CSX U337 |
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This empty hopper train is moving a few tank cars on the head end as well. This view is just north of the Spruce Pine Holdout signal, along the Toe River. |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:48:58 PM |
| Location: |
Spruce Pine, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 635(AC60CW) |
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CSX V207 |
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Engine 146 leads a southbound coal train out of Vance Tunnel at Altapass, NC. The signal governs the south end of Toe River siding, which is just on the other side of the tunnel. |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:50:04 PM |
| Location: |
Altapass, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 146(AC44CW) |
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CSX V207 |
| Description: |
V207 rounds the blind curve just north of the road crossing at Penland. Trains hug rock formations at many locations along the Clinchfield's route. |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:50:54 PM |
| Location: |
Penland, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 146(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
CSX V207 |
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An Extra South coal train approaches the road crossing at Penland, NC. Note the old cast iron Clinchfield whistle post. |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:51:47 PM |
| Location: |
Penland, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 146(AC44CW) |
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CSX V207 |
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V207 passes a great trackside home, with a railfan-friendly front porch, that just happens to be for sale. |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:52:41 PM |
| Location: |
Penland, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 146(AC44CW) |
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CSX V350 |
| Description: |
A big AC60CW leads an EMD SD70MAC on a southbound at Altapass. |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:54:06 PM |
| Location: |
Altapass, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 638(AC60CW) |
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CSX V350 |
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The three way meet with Q692 and V373 accomplished, V350 gets underway. They're thundering by the south end of Sevier. They'll make it to Marion, the next siding south, to meet yet another. How many times a day is this scene played out? |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:55:05 PM |
| Location: |
Sevier, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 638(AC60CW) |
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CSX V350 |
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Engine 638 leads a southbound loaded train through downtown Spruce Pine. |
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9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:56:07 PM |
| Location: |
Spruce Pine, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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CSX 638(AC60CW) |
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| Title: |
CSX V373 |
| Description: |
V373 approaches the signal at Big John's. The rear of the train is coming around a horseshoe curve which takes the tracks over NC Highway 221. The tracks are on both sides of NC221 at this point as they climb from Sevier toward Rocky, Camp Two, and Altapass. |
| Photo Date: |
9/10/2006 Upload Date: 9/11/2006 7:56:55 PM |
| Location: |
Ashford, NC |
| Author: |
Marcus Neubacher |
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| Locomotives: |
CSX 462(AC44CW) |
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