The 68th CSX Santa train on the Clinchfield

[E.M. Bell]

I dont do it very often, but thats what the lounge is for

Carmon, Butch Adkins and myself made a rather hasty and last minute decision last Friday evening to head over and shoot the CSX Santa Train between Elkhorn City, Ky and Kingsport, TN. The weather had looked "iffy" all week, but the forecast for the weekend was mostly sunny for the area, but boy did they get that wrong! To be honest, if I had known that mostly sunny would equal nothing but clouds, we would have stayed home.

We left home at 0230 Saturday morning, picked up Butch in Lexington, and made the long trek to Pikeville to meet up with a couple of folks who would be our guides for the day. It had been 9 years since I had been in the area, and the expert guide was most appreciated! We got to Elkhorn City just after sunrise, and spent the rest of the day shooting the Santa train...in the clouds. Someone made the comment that devil must have had to turn up the heat, seeing as how I was out shooting CSX, but a little change is good every now and then, and atleast it DID have a pair of EMD's on it

Check the link for my shots from the trip..who knows when you might see me post something shot on CSX again!

http://www.pbase.com/kd4jsl/gallery/csxsanta2010

[blacksheep]

great.. baby judd and the CXS. like you said, at least a couple EMD's.

[JCagle]

That bridge near Kingsport appears to be the same one I had mentioned to you. It looks a lot better with the leaves off the trees. I bet it would be a great shot in fall color too.

[steveiez]

Does anyone know the history on those business cars? I think a couple are ex Conrail cars.
Thanks

[butch]

I'll add one of it crossing the river north of Kingsport

[John Owens]

Since everyone else is sharing pictures of the CSX Santa Train on the Clinchfield... I'll go ahead and throw my pictures up too.

Clinchco, VA - http://jowens.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2317830 and http://jowens.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2317831

Dante, VA - http://jowens.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2317833

Dungannon, VA - http://jowens.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2317834 and http://jowens.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2317835

Fort Blackmore, VA - http://jowens.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2317836

Clinchport, VA - http://jowens.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2317837 and http://jowens.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2317838

Kingsport, TN - http://jowens.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2317839 and http://jowens.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2317843

Johnson City, TN - http://jowens.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2317845

John Owens