75th Anniversary of the SantaTrain

The 75th annual Clinchfield Santa Train  was pulled by two restored "Clinchfield diesel locos" on November 18th:  a 1948 Electro-Motive F7 Diesel #800 and a former Seaboard Coast Line SD45 2024 repainted and renumbered as the Clinchfield #3625.

The following shots were taken at Charlotte Street just west of Kingsport:

The following shots were taken in the CSX yard in Kingsport before it left going back to Jacksonville.