75th Clinchfield Santa Special
Jun 8, 2018 09:26:42 #
ClinchfieldPaul
Loc: Salisbury NC
Clinchfield F7 800 leads the special exiting tunnel and arriving at Clinchco and arriving to the crowds at Dungannon, VA. At the Streamliner event it was C&O #8016 before being repainted to its original Clinchfield colors for this event
Jun 8, 2018 10:07:36 #
Beautiful regalia! Why was the Clinchfield 800 known as the “Santa Special”?
Jun 8, 2018 10:19:11 #
ClinchfieldPaul
Loc: Salisbury NC
rjaywallace wrote:
Beautiful regalia! Why was the Clinchfield 800 known as the “Santa Special”?
The Clinchfield Railroad, 75 years ago began running part of its route from Elkhorn City, KY to Kingsport, TN. It is known as the Santa Special because it provide gifts to the less fortunate children and families in Southwest Virginia's coal region. The predecessor companies that operated the Clinchfield Railroad kept the tradition going. It is run the Saturday before Thanksgiving. The gifts have been collected and provided by the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce. The Clinchfield #800 was restored for this special occasion as well as the SD45 in traditional Clinchfield black.
Jun 8, 2018 14:06:36 #
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