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SB CSX Coal Train
Title:  SB CSX Coal Train
Description:  SB CSX Coal Train exiting Vance Tunnel @ Altapass, NC amid beautiful fall foilage
Photo Date:  10/19/2006  Upload Date: 10/30/2006 12:30:32 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Robert Richardson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 4809(SD70MAC)
Views:  590   Comments: 1
CSX 52
Title:  CSX 52
Description:  Southbound loads exit Vance Tunnel.
Photo Date:  10/21/2006  Upload Date: 5/19/2007 11:06:47 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Brian Rackley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 52(AC44CW)
Views:  901   Comments: 4
CSX 507
Title:  CSX 507
Description:  Q696 in the hole for a meet.
Photo Date:  10/21/2006  Upload Date: 5/19/2007 11:10:19 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Brian Rackley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 507(AC44CW)
Views:  549   Comments: 0
CSX 402
Title:  CSX 402
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/21/2006  Upload Date: 5/19/2007 11:07:32 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Brian Rackley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 402(AC44CW)
Views:  597   Comments: 0
CSXT 4734 exits Blue Ridge Tunnel
Title:  CSXT 4734 exits Blue Ridge Tunnel
Description:  An Extra South exits Blue Ridge Tunnel and will soon pass the former site of the Ridge passing siding. This train is about to coast down through the Loops.
Photo Date:  11/25/2006  Upload Date: 11/25/2006 11:16:33 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
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Views:  453   Comments: 1
Tunnel Vision
Title:  Tunnel Vision
Description:  Looking strait through the tunnel.
Photo Date:  11/25/2006  Upload Date: 1/9/2007 8:27:28 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Hunter Williams
Categories:  Tunnel,Signal
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Views:  269   Comments: 0
Clinchfield Caboose
Title:  Clinchfield Caboose
Description:  Clinchfield caboose across the creek from the tunnel and the tracks. The tunnel is seen just to the right of the caboose.
Photo Date:  11/25/2006  Upload Date: 1/9/2007 8:22:34 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Hunter Williams
Categories:  RollingStock,Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  1000   Comments: 0
Slowing Down
Title:  Slowing Down
Description:  314 slows down to wait for another train. Note the conductor walking the second locomotive.
Photo Date:  3/31/2007  Upload Date: 3/31/2007 8:16:10 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Hunter Williams
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 314(AC44CW)
Views:  426   Comments: 0
Slowing Down
Title:  Slowing Down
Description:  314 slows to wait for another train.
Photo Date:  3/31/2007  Upload Date: 3/31/2007 10:31:27 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Hunter Williams
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 314(AC44CW)
Views:  402   Comments: 0
Taking Off
Title:  Taking Off
Description:  The other train has just entered the passing zone...time to pass!!
Photo Date:  3/31/2007  Upload Date: 3/31/2007 10:36:30 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Hunter Williams
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 314(AC44CW)
Views:  503   Comments: 0
Entering the Loops
Title:  Entering the Loops
Description:  Another southbound coal train prepares to go down the mountain on the loops.
Photo Date:  3/31/2007  Upload Date: 3/31/2007 10:54:50 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Hunter Williams
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 332(AC44CW)
Views:  457   Comments: 0
20 MPH
Title:  20 MPH
Description:  Random pic of a truck on a hopper.
Photo Date:  3/31/2007  Upload Date: 3/31/2007 11:02:58 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Hunter Williams
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  229   Comments: 0
Peppers Creek Signals
Title:  Peppers Creek Signals
Description:  The signals near Peppers Creek Road. If you could see the milepost on the signal on the left, it says 194.6.
Photo Date:  4/2/2007  Upload Date: 4/8/2007 10:31:15 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Hunter Williams
Categories:  Signal,Track
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Views:  265   Comments: 0
Open Hoppers
Title:  Open Hoppers
Description:  Southbound loaded coal train stopped at Halltown Rd. to allow 2 trains to pass on the other track.
Photo Date:  4/6/2007  Upload Date: 6/13/2007 9:48:59 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Hunter Williams
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal
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Views:  287   Comments: 0
CSX N382
Title:  CSX N382
Description:  A coal train for Wateree, SC, is topping out at Altapass, the highest point on the former Clinchfield. Soon the train will enter Blue Ridge Tunnel and will coast down through the Loops.
Photo Date:  5/20/2007  Upload Date: 5/21/2007 8:02:16 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 477(AC44CW) CSX 331(AC44CW)
Views:  725   Comments: 1
CSX 5887
Title:  CSX 5887
Description:  5887 sits alone with some cars on July 4th, 2007.
Photo Date:  7/4/2007  Upload Date: 7/23/2007 11:10:27 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Hunter Williams
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 5887(B36-7)
Views:  508   Comments: 0
CSX 5887
Title:  CSX 5887
Description:  588; sits in the middle of the passing zone on July 4 2007.
Photo Date:  7/23/2007  Upload Date: 7/23/2007 11:10:30 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Hunter Williams
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 5887(B36-7)
Views:  457   Comments: 0
CSX 55
Title:  CSX 55
Description:  2 AC44CW's lead an empty coal train north through Altapass, NC.
Photo Date:  9/3/2007  Upload Date: 9/3/2007 5:56:41 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Hunter Williams
Categories:  Tunnel,Signal
Locomotives:  CSX 55(AC44CW) CSX 45(AC44CW)
Views:  844   Comments: 0
CSX 55
Title:  CSX 55
Description:  CSX 55 looks handsome as it passes through Altapass, NC.
Photo Date:  9/3/2007  Upload Date: 9/3/2007 5:56:37 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Hunter Williams
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 55(AC44CW) CSX 45(AC44CW)
Views:  875   Comments: 0
CSX 4789
Title:  CSX 4789
Description:  2 SD70MAC's lead a loaded coal train south through Altapass, NC.
Photo Date:  9/3/2007  Upload Date: 9/3/2007 5:56:38 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Hunter Williams
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives:  CSX 4789(SD70MAC) CSX 4787(SD70MAC)
Views:  634   Comments: 0
T646
Title:  T646
Description:  Loaded train T646 charges out of Altapass Tunnel on its way down into the loops.
Photo Date:  10/18/2007  Upload Date: 1/20/2008 12:44:56 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Chris Denbow
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 526(AC44CW) CSX 53(AC44CW)
Views:  657   Comments: 0
Warning!
Title:  Warning!
Description:  Seaboard System warning decal on a crossing signal at Camp 2 in Altapass, NC.
Photo Date:  10/18/2007  Upload Date: 1/25/2008 7:38:06 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Chris Denbow
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  148   Comments: 2
CSX 580
Title:  CSX 580
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/20/2007  Upload Date: 10/21/2007 9:08:14 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Brian Rackley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 580(AC44CW)
Views:  516   Comments: 0
Southbound hoppers pass whats left of the fall colors here
Title:  Southbound hoppers pass whats left of the fall colors here
Description:  At the lower elevations, the leaves had hardly started to turn. Up here at the top, its past peak. Oh well, I'll try again next week on the lower elevations.
Photo Date:  10/27/2007  Upload Date: 10/29/2007 8:26:32 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Tim Huemmer
Categories:  Scenic,Action
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Views:  351   Comments: 0
CSX 4802
Title:  CSX 4802
Description:  A pair of SD70MAC's pull empty hoppers back to the mines.
Photo Date:  12/29/2007  Upload Date: 12/30/2007 9:57:23 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Hunter Williams
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 4802(SD70MAC)
Views:  437   Comments: 0
Big Power on the Clinchfield
Title:  Big Power on the Clinchfield
Description:  Another AC44CW approaches the top of the mountain on the old Clinchfield line.
Photo Date:  12/29/2007  Upload Date: 12/30/2007 9:56:22 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Hunter Williams
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 238(AC44CW) CSX 213(AC44CW)
Views:  666   Comments: 0
CSX 95
Title:  CSX 95
Description:  CSX T13507 exits Vance Tunnel.
Photo Date:  6/14/2008  Upload Date: 6/15/2008 2:21:05 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Brian Rackley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 95(AC44CW) CSX 301(AC44CW)
Views:  481   Comments: 0
Back to KY
Title:  Back to KY
Description:  Northbound empties going under the Blue Ridge Pkwy on the old Clinchfield line.
Photo Date:  10/19/2008  Upload Date: 2/6/2009 12:41:36 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  DOUG COLDIRON
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  266   Comments: 1
on the old "Clinchfield Loops"
Title:  on the old "Clinchfield Loops"
Description:  raw tunnel on the CSX line, under the Blue Ridge Parkway
Photo Date:  10/19/2008  Upload Date: 2/12/2009 11:07:26 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  DOUG COLDIRON
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  393   Comments: 0
CSX 782
Title:  CSX 782
Description:  A pair of ES44AC's pull a L-O-N-G mixed freight up and over the mountain, seen here at Altapass. This train was moving extremely slow (no more than 10 mph) when it passed.
Photo Date:  12/27/2008  Upload Date: 1/13/2009 9:34:16 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Hunter Williams
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 782(ES44AC-H) CSX 763(ES44AC-H)
Views:  608   Comments: 0
CSX 825
Title:  CSX 825
Description:  An ES44AC and an AC44CW pull this loaded coal train over the crest of the Blue Ridge here at Altapass, NC.
Photo Date:  12/27/2008  Upload Date: 1/13/2009 9:34:15 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Hunter Williams
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 825(ES44AC-H)
Views:  777   Comments: 1
Help!
Title:  Help!
Description:  Helper unit on the rear of a coal train, at Altapass, NC
Photo Date:  12/27/2008  Upload Date: 1/13/2009 9:34:15 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Hunter Williams
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 933(ES44AC-H)
Views:  454   Comments: 0
Big Power at Camp 2
Title:  Big Power at Camp 2
Description:  3 ES44AC's take an empty coal train north at Camp 2 in Altapass, NC
Photo Date:  12/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/13/2009 9:34:18 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Hunter Williams
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 743(ES44AC-H)
Views:  484   Comments: 0
Same Train, Different Place
Title:  Same Train, Different Place
Description:  The same train as in the previous photo, I chased this train north a little ways to get this shot. This is just outside the south portal to the Blue Ridge Tunnel at Altapass.
Photo Date:  12/30/2008  Upload Date: 1/13/2009 9:34:17 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Hunter Williams
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 743(ES44AC-H)
Views:  416   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/4/2009  Upload Date: 9/28/2009 12:18:33 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  DOUG COLDIRON
Categories: 
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Views:  212   Comments: 1
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/4/2009  Upload Date: 10/5/2009 12:39:17 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  DOUG COLDIRON
Categories: 
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Views:  192   Comments: 1
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/4/2009  Upload Date: 9/27/2009 11:52:17 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  DOUG COLDIRON
Categories: 
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Views:  178   Comments: 1
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/4/2009  Upload Date: 10/5/2009 12:38:57 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  DOUG COLDKRON
Categories: 
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Views:  189   Comments: 1
CSX 801
Title:  CSX 801
Description:  The climb is almost over as U338 heads into Ridge tunnel.
Photo Date:  2/5/2009  Upload Date: 2/6/2009 8:31:43 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Brian Rackley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 801(ES44AC-H) CSX 557(AC44CW)
Views:  562   Comments: 1
CSX 720
Title:  CSX 720
Description:  Power swap at Toe River
Photo Date:  5/23/2009  Upload Date: 5/28/2009 6:02:03 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Darrell Krueger
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 720(ES44AC-H)
Views:  503   Comments: 0
CSX 720
Title:  CSX 720
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/23/2009  Upload Date: 5/28/2009 6:02:04 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Darrell Krueger
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 720(ES44AC-H)
Views:  510   Comments: 0
CSX 723
Title:  CSX 723
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/23/2009  Upload Date: 5/28/2009 6:02:05 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Darrell Krueger
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 723(ES44AC-H)
Views:  478   Comments: 0
Duke Power coal train
Title:  Duke Power coal train
Description:  The DUke Power train has just exited Vance Tunnel and rolls through Altapass
Photo Date:  6/20/2009  Upload Date: 6/21/2009 10:15:27 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Brian Rackley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 764(ES44AC-H)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
DPU
Title:  DPU
Description:  The DPU on the Duke Power train .
Photo Date:  6/20/2009  Upload Date: 6/21/2009 10:16:33 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Brian Rackley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 783(ES44AC-H)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
CSX Q696
Title:  CSX Q696
Description:  CSX train Q696 exits Vance Tunnel
Photo Date:  6/20/2009  Upload Date: 6/21/2009 10:05:27 PM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Brian Rackley
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives:  CSX 272(AC44CW) CSX 171(AC44CW)
Views:  434   Comments: 0
Kentucky coal
Title:  Kentucky coal
Description:  KY coal train bound for Spartanburg&SC, at Camp Two, on the old Clinchfield Loops.
Photo Date:  9/27/2009  Upload Date: 10/5/2009 12:17:16 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  DOUG COLDIRON
Categories: 
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Views:  198   Comments: 0
E153 CSX 733 Empty Coal north Ridge Tunnel
Title:  E153 CSX 733 Empty Coal north Ridge Tunnel
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/21/2009  Upload Date: 11/3/2009 9:12:32 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Scott Charlesworth
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 733(ES44AC-H) CSX 8334(SD40-2)
Views:  366   Comments: 0
Q696 CSX 588 south at Camp 2
Title:  Q696 CSX 588 south at Camp 2
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/24/2009  Upload Date: 11/3/2009 9:12:58 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Scott Charlesworth
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 588(AC44CW)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
Q696 CSX 588 southbound at Camp 2
Title:  Q696 CSX 588 southbound at Camp 2
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/24/2009  Upload Date: 11/3/2009 9:12:59 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Scott Charlesworth
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 588(AC44CW)
Views:  145   Comments: 0
Q697 CSX 4755 North at Camp 2
Title:  Q697 CSX 4755 North at Camp 2
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/24/2009  Upload Date: 11/3/2009 9:13:00 AM
Location:  Altapass, NC
Author:  Scott Charlesworth
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 4755(SD70MAC) CSX 8601(SD50) CSX 1172(MP15AC)
Views:  378   Comments: 0


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