Information about the connection between the Interstate Railroad and the Clinchfield Railroad will be added in the days ahead. The following are excellent resources for those of you wanting to explore and learn more about the Clinchfield Railroad. These sources of information also serve as reference and historical materials for Clinchfield.org.

2013年10月11日 · The NS track is that railroad’s mainline from Norton to Bluefield, Va., known as the Clinch Valley District. Further north, a train of empty ethanol tankers emerges from Sandy Ridge Tunnel at Trammel, Va., while splitting classic Clinchfield signals that stand guard at the south end of a short passing siding.

The Clinchfield was the last Class I railroad built in the U.S. east of the Rocky Mountains. The 266-mile railroad provided access to numerous scenic wonders of the Appalachian region and is probably best known for the state-of-the-art railroad engineering techniques applied in its construction, as exemplified by the Clinchfield Loops climbing ...

The Norfolk & Western Railway (N&W) was the first railroad to complete and operate its rails in 1890 running east to west. The N&W followed the Clinch River on a portion of its route westward from Roanoke VA to Norton VA. The Carolina Clinchfield & …

Clinch River Railroad’s intentions were to construct/operate a narrow or broad gauge railroad near the Clinch River in Russell County to Speers Ferry, VA. Branch lines were not to be over fifteen miles long. The railroad anticipated building a Speers Ferry connection with the N&W at Goodson (Bristol) or Abingdon.

2023年1月2日 · The Clinchfield became the catalyst that created the city of Kingsport. Along the way the railroad also became a major player in the movement of seasonable perishables from Florida to the Midwest and mixed freight linking its major southern connections, the Atlantic Coast Line in Spartanburg, S.C., the Seaboard Air Line in Bostic, N.C., and the ...

This guide covers, in great detail, the CSX ex-Clinchfield from the terminal in Erwin, Tennessee, thru Elkhorn City, Kentucky, and then continues on the ex-Chesapeake and Ohio to Shelby Yard in Shelbiana, Kentucky, a distance of about 149 timetable miles. You'll do much, much more driving than just 149 miles, however.

The Interstate Railroad (reporting mark INT) was a railroad in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Virginia. It extended from the Clinchfield Railroad at Miller Yard in northeastern Scott County north and west to Appalachia and north to the main yard at Andover, with many branches to the north into the mountains.

The Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway was built to carry coal from Southwest Virginia to customers in the southeastern United States. The 277-mile long railroad stretched from Elkhorn City, Kentucky to Spartansburg, South Carolina. Trains began hauling from Dante in 1909. The extension to Elkhorn City was completed in 1915.

2024年11月5日 · It provided an additional interchange point when a 17-mile extension (the so-called Guest River Extension) opened from Norton to the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio (Clinchfield Railroad) at Miller Yard. The CC&O itself was a powerful but compact coal road, operating a 277-mile spine from Elkhorn City, Kentucky to Spartanburg, South Carolina.