Clinchfield
The Clinchfield railroad is a bridge road, like the
RF&P, between the North and South, with no yards or
interchanges to mark the beginning or end. Railroads
on either end would shuttle cars from one yard to the
other. Through trains did not occur regularly until
the merger of Seaboard and Chessie into CSX. This
SD45-2 now rests in the Elk Yard on the C&O in 1988.
Power
This powerful SD45-2, without the trademark flared
radiators of the earlier SD45's, performs switching
duties in Elk Yard before going back on the road.
All of the SD45-2's have since been sold and some
have been leased back to CSX through Helm Leasing.
CC&O
The railroad began as the Clinchfield, Carolina
& Ohio but just before reaching the Ohio river
in eastern Kentucky the railroad fell on hard
times and sold the northern end to the B&O
which later turned over control to the C&O.
This wood caboose on display trackside near
the Loops in North Carolina shows its history.
Family
After the creation of Family Lines, which was
controled by Seaboard Coast Line which was in
turn controled by the C&O, many of the cars and
engines were repainted but retained their identities.
