The Santa Train Returns - After several years of cancellation due to Covid, the Clinchfield Santa Train made its glorious return thanks to new CSX President Joe Hinrichs. A Clinchfield tradition, CSX typically sends its OCS to its predecessor’s trackage annually in order to distribute gifts to many locals within the trackside communities between Shelbiana, Ky and Kingsport, Tn. This year, the more recently repainted OCS made its first run down the Clinchfield wearing its B&O paint scheme, shown here passing a former Clinchfield crossing sign in Dungannon, Va.
Railroad
CSX Transportation
Class
F40PH-2
Road Number
P001, CSX 1, CSX 2, CSX 3
Line/Subdivision
Kingsport Subdivision
Location
Dungannon, Virginia, USA
Date Taken
November 19, 2022
Date Uploaded
August 11, 2023
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124
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The Santa Train Returns - After several years of cancellation due to Covid, the Clinchfield Santa Train made its glorious return thanks to new CSX President Joe Hinrichs. A Clinchfield tradition, CSX typically sends its OCS to its predecessor’s trackage annually in order to distribute gifts to many locals within the trackside communities between Shelbiana, Ky and Kingsport, Tn. This year, the more recently repainted OCS made its first run down the Clinchfield wearing its B&O paint scheme, shown here passing a former Clinchfield crossing sign in Dungannon, Va.
Micah Turner is a photographer, videographer and author from Eastern Kentucky. He owns and operates Micah Turner Photography, as well as a YouTube media outlet titled RailfanMicahTurner, which both captures hidden arts of Eastern Kentucky’s beautiful landscape and wildlife, as well as their coal heritage. His first book, titled “Down The Mine,” follows a local mine disaster and the recovery efforts that followed. Written to bring light upon a well forgotten disaster, the book has sold over 850 copies worldwide, with purchases seen in 6 different countries. Following the success of “Down The Mine,” he recently released his second book, titled “Over The Gravels We Travel,” which follows his grandfathers life from 1940 to present through his stories and highlights Appalachian Culture at its finest. His goal is to document the rarely seen trackage of Eastern Kentucky’s Cumberland Valley Subdivision.
P001, CSX 1, CSX 2, CSX 3 is a class F40PH-2 and is pictured in Dungannon, Virginia, USA. This was taken along the Kingsport Subdivision on the CSX Transportation. Photo Copyright: Micah Turner uploaded to Railroad Gallery on 08/11/2023. This photograph of P001, CSX 1, CSX 2, CSX 3 was taken on Saturday, November 19, 2022. All Rights Reserved.
