This is Clinchfield! CSX Hotshots - Erwin to Spartanburg

The Clinchfield in the early 1990s was a colorful scene. With the recent CSX merger, fallen flag paint schemes were still plentiful along with new CSX paint. In this VHS program released by American AltaVista in 1991, you'll follow trains down the southern portion of the Clinchfield route between Erwin, Tennessee and Spartanburg, South Carolina. It's quite a show watching trains with a variety of motive power battle the tough grades of this unforgiving line!
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[@MukesBoy]

My cousin lived in a house that was literally so close to the Monon Railway tracks that if the train fell over it would completely cover his house. This was in the late 70s. I was 15 in 91 and that train was a pain the butt for 3 times a day because it crossed major roads coming through new Albany Indiana,over the K&I bridge into Portland neighborhood in Louisville Kentucky.

[@traintraveler5413]

“New Dash 8”
Boy has it changed…

[@mvg2x34]

This is a great production.

[@colinmulder6806]

This is the CSX I'LL always remember. CSX when it was a collective mix of predecessor paint schemes & foreign visitors from other railroads before the 2000's. CSX in the early 90'S.

[@toddabowden]

Exactly the same thoughts I have. That is the railroad I loved. How things change.

[@colinmulder6806]

@@toddabowden Exactly.

[@trainfan1980]

The old red crossing beacon light s are still there to this day in spruce pine NC

[@pigwerks]

Walked across the Yancey bridge and took a few 35mm slides back in the 90's Have a slide taken from the Yancey bridge of CSX #1 on point of a SB. Clinchfield was busy back then. You could count on seeing a train or two if up in that area. Sad to see the Clinchfield so sparse now..

[@throttlebottle5906]

I remember when they moved the main dispatch to Jacksonville, Florida, because my grandfather cussed about it non stop, always being an issue of long distance phone calls, which often were bad quality, disconnected mid call and endless fumbling on their end.

[@kelvintorrence5994]

Your grand pa,cussed them out day and night

[@bluegrassman3040]

When did they move it to Jacksonville?

[@Steve51983]

DVD is available via Green Frog Productions. 1 of 3 videos in the series. Great videos.

[@embwhitton9792]

Wow! A nice change from todays world. Thanks for putting this out !

[@jasonpetersrailadventures]

Cool video

[@chriswarner126]

What a wonderfully done video!

[@crrguy1625]

This is great

[@slashmaster2]

I like loud flange squeal and engines at full power.

[@centraliowarailproductions2810]

Nice video!

[@williamjohnson6624]

Wow it was sad to those beautiful seaboard coast line engines vanish.

[@ib1rcnut]

Erwin is all but a ghost town now. Almost all the yard tracks are gone. They were supposed to tear down the building that was the Clinchfield headquarters. All that remain are memories of days gone by.

[@shanerickert1304]

There is something so strange about this footage. I’ve never been to this line, never watched trains going alone it. However I grew up in Ohio around this same time… and something about this is so familiar.

[@brianbooher7318]

i dont no wht part of ohio yor from but im from nea erwin an ive been to south ohio am their is a line thats called the peavine its now abandoned or part of it is an it remindsme of this line alot

[@allenhughes12]

You would think that the narrarator would find out how to pronounce the names of places before publishing this.

[@scotabot7826]

It's a shame that all this was shut down in 2015.

[@user-bq1wv3xv4p]

특대형 디젤전기기관차 7430호가 운전실이 복구가 안될정도로 심각하게 파손되면서 원격제어 차량으로 개조되었다.

[@mistersurogat]

nice locomotive

[@brianbooher7318]

I was in erwin today working on a house

[@csxns]

Now Erwin is dead.

[@AppalachianRailroader_]

Special thanks to Obama and Cindy sanborn

[@csxns]

@@AppalachianRailroader_ 110% correct.

[@ib1rcnut]

It's pretty sad. There are about two trains a week down the Clinchfield to the Spartanburg yard now. In the 70's it was wide open. Lots of coal and freight.

[@matthewconner2667]

Where should find the music that’s throughout the video?

[@blueridgerails]

Can we possibly use a couple of these videos for a modern day clinchfield documentary? All credit and links will be provided, Thank you!

[@chriswarner126]

Ghost trains paint scheme.

[@grated_lemon5630]

can you upload the elkhorn - erwin tape?

[@matthewconner2667]

Please upload This Is Clinchfield! Cab Ride (Erwin to Spartanburg).

[@josephjoestar3275]

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[@ScottHBrown]

It's funny, 8475 still works for CSX. Not sure about the 7564.

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[@anthonypuch8473]

Honestly, based. ZSP.