DPU's on a southbound coal train for Duke Energy at Brice shove through Penland on the former Clinchfield, with the Seaboard heritage unit bringing up the rear.

After a heavy rain storm, CSX M693 breaks the silence through Penland at last light as the clouds begin to clear.

CSX M693 breaks the silence of the valley as it blows through the crossing at Penland, with CSX 1967 leading the charge.

A trio of UP power leads Q693 South into Penland.

105 loads of coal for Terrell, NC swing into Penland on a rainy afternoon.

SARM's restored Clinchfield F-unit looks right at home passing a classic scene along the former Clinchfield at the Penland post office.

The silence of a dark and chilly night at Penland, NC is broken by a southbound CSX time freight passing the historic Penland Post Office enroute to Spartanburg and points south.

Northbound CSX freight Q692 passes by the classic former Clinchfield Railroad scene at the Penland Post Office on a peaceful November evening deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Caro... (more)

NB mty CSX hopper train eases pass the Penland, NC Post Office on a warm and pleasant Sat. evening in the early part of spring. Note the Buttercups sprouting at the base of the Sycamore tree.

It looks like something out of Sleepy Hollow, but it's actually the Blue Ridge Sub.

This section of the ex-Clinchfield is certainly "hurry up and wait" territory. This NB manifest stopped for meets at Rocky then Toe River before getting back up to speed passing through Penland as... (more)

U23B 9552 leading a short work train at Penland, NC.

As if trying not to disturb the stillness of the Toe River Gorge, 92 empties behind a pair of AC's make a deceptively quiet descent down the valley at 22:10. In just a few moments, darkness will ... (more)

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