Been awhile since I have posted and with good reason ! I have been busy working on BAR Woodchip hoppers and re-deploying from Iraq !! But - as luck would have it I got invited to an operating session on Saturday Sept 23rd on the Clinchfield Northern, a single track layout built by my good friend Nate Stone.
There were 11 of us there to operate the Clinchfield Northern !
Needless to say, we had a great time. Nate's Clinchfield Northern represents the Clinchfield RR from Spartanburg SC to Elkhorn City and he has done an awesome job recreating several well known locations on the Clinchfield. Like Bostic Yard, The gorge, Toe River, Rocky, Caney, and others
The photo to the left is looking up the gorge at Rocky where a passing siding is located. As you can see on the skyline 'Bald Mountain' looms in the distance. Nate set up the operating session for near present day so we ran all 2nd and 3rd generation CSX power on the road. The session lasted nearly 5 hours with an hour break for lunch....
I will post a couple of videos as soon as I figure out how to do it on the blogger.

All for now,
Mike