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On our first chase on the northern half of the Clinchfield, we made Clincho our primary stomping ground as we awaited the YN2 duo on X852. There are many iconic shots to choose from in this area, and so we took what we could get and went with it. This was the first time we had ever shot anything between Boody and Elkhorn City, and so we made the most of the opportunity.

In what I call a fantastic outcome of shots, CSX 1850 leads M652 across the old Clinchfield N&W overpass in Saint Paul, Virginia. I have seen dozens of images staged here with various units of all types, yet this was the first time we had caught anything in Saint Paul in general. The closest we had came was amidst our chasing of the Santa Train, where we passed through. Until the Clinchfield Heritage Unit is done, and runs this way, this will have to do for now. Hey, wouldn't this be Family Lines?

CSX W03617 rounds the corner in Waycross, VA on former Clinchfield trackage.

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.

The CSX Santa Train heads south over the copper creek viaduct on his way into kingsport.

The CSX Santa Train trundles across the Russel Fork bridge at Pool Point, just south of Elkhorn City, Kentucky.

The 2022 CSX Santa Train arrives at its scheduled stop in Fort Blackmore, Virginia.

CSX1 leads the 80th anniversary CSX Santa Train across Copper Creek at Clinchport, Virginia.