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Climbing the Clinchfield Loops

Grinding up the famed Clinchfield loops with roughly 8700 tons of ballast for Poplar, W361-27’s pair of veteran CW44’s split the US&S intermediates at ‘Avery’ on a beautiful summer morning. This Bostic crew sure put on a heck of a show clawing their way to the Eastern Continental Divide at Altapass!

 

It sure is good for the soul to see CSX’s massive effort to rebuild the northern end of the Blue Ridge Sub after Hurricane Helene devestated the region nearly a year ago.

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Uploaded on July 28, 2025
Taken on July 27, 2025