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.
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.
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..
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
