ST. PAUL, Va. — Portions of the CSX Transportation’s former Clinchfield Railroad mainline are seeing an uptick in traffic as the railroad is using the famed coal line as a reliever route. Trains‘ Tishia Boggs caught CSX AC440CW-H No. 516 leading empty unit coal train W103-20 headed northbound over a crossover with Norfolk Southern at St. Paul, on Thursday, Sept. 21, headed into storage. That portion of the Clinchfield that includes St. Paul was slated for mothballing in late 2015 due to declines in coal traffic.
UPDATE: Further information from railroad observers. New headline. Sept. 21, 2017, 3:36 p.m. Central time.
Hope traffic keeps picking up
How about getting those tunnel clearances corrected and the old Clinchfield can run double stacks. Take some miles off coming from the Midwest. We can only hope..
It’s a P.C. world Howard, I remember as a kid hugging a searchlight signal in Hesperia Calif. as the eastbound Super C roared through at 100 +, trespassing? Oh yea, thrilling? OH YEA! I’m glad I did it.
In many cases the railroads ave 100-foot rights-of-way, meaning that if you are within 50 feet of the track your are very likely trespassing. As in many areas of life, where you stand to take a shot is a personal decision. You might note that crossing signals and gates are typically a whole lot closer to the track than 50 feet.
No need to be nasty HOWARD.
Philip, like the grammatical experts who post useless time wasting posts, we do not need to focus on where you are standing or how you took the shot, please respect that the vast number of posters on this site are not stupid crazy foamers and we do not need self appointed enforcers who insult our knowledge and discretion.
Don’t forget 696 and 697.
This is good news. Does anyone how many trains a day they will be running on the Clinchfield?
Did anyone else notice that by standing on the ballast that the videographer is actually trespassing on railroad property?
There are at least 4 trains a day, Waycross to Kingsport and Hamlet to Kingsport. Northbound coal to Brice and southbound limestone, plus empty moves and at least one ethanol train. Not anywhere close to the old days, but better.