Timetables of the Clinchfield Railroad
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Clinchfield Railroad Timetables
Researched and chronicled by Scott Jessee and Sandhi Kozsuch
Below are some initial timetables from the Clinchfield, both freight and passenger. More will be added in the days ahead.
- 1925 Clinchfield Passenger Timetable with mileposts
- 1941 Clinchfield Passenger and Double Daily Freight Timetables
- 1947 Clinchfield Freight and Passenger Timetables
- 1962 Clinchfield Freight Timetables
Types of Clinchfield Trains
- Odd Numbered: Northbound
- Even Numbered: Southbound
- 1st Class: Passenger and one Perishable Manifest Freight
- 2nd Class: Time Freights, running on daily schedules
- 3rd Class: Through Freights, running slower, with more stops
- 4th Class: Locals, Shifters, Turns, and Mine Runs
- Extras: They are not listed on these timetables, but most of the trains on the Clinchfield ran as Extras. They didn’t run on a schedule, but ran as needed. Many were loaded coal trains, empty coal trains, locals, and mine runs.
- Sections: If business and traffic was heavy, some trains were split into seperate trains to handle more cars. For example, train #94 could run as #194 and #294.
Clinchfield Freight/Passenger Timetables
1947 CRR Timetable
Click here to see all the pages of the 1947 CRR Timetable
Clinchfield Freight Timetables
Clinchfield’s Daily Double Freight Timetable from 1941
Clinchfield Passenger Timetables
Clinchfield 1941 Passenger Timetable
Clinchfield 1925 Passenger Timetable with Mile Posts
CSX Pocket Timetable Feb 2023 by Thomas Pittman
Thomas Pittman has done an outstanding job of creating a pocket timetable that we all can use to railfan and photograph the CSX Blue Ridge Subdivision. Below is one of the pages of his pocket timetable.
Click here for both pages, plus a downloadable PDF you can print out.
Clinchfield.org Sources and Resources
The following are excellent resources for those of you wanting to explore and learn more about the Clinchfield Railroad. These sources of information also serve as reference and historical materials for Clinchfield.org. Much of the content on the website is verified across multiple sources.
- Association: Carolina Clinchfield Chapter National Railway Historical Society
- Association: Louisville & Nashville Railroad Historical Society
- Association: George L. Carter Railroad Historical Society
- Association: Watauga Valley Railroad Historical Society
- Personal maps, timetables, track charts, and memorabilia
- Archives of Appalachia – ETSU, Johnson City TN
- Book – Drury: ‘The Historical Guide to North American Railroads’
- Book – Goforth: ‘Building the Clinchfield’ and ‘When Steam Ran the Clinchfield’
- Book – Graybeal: ‘The Railroads of Johnson City’
- Book – Helm: ‘The Clinchfield Railroad in the Coal Fields’
- Book – Irwin & Stahl: ‘The Last Empire Builder: The Life of George L. Carter’
- Book – King: ‘Clinchfield Country’
- Book – Marsh: ‘Clinchfield in Color’
- Book – Poole: ‘A History of Railroading in Western North Carolina’
- Book – Poteat & Taylor: ‘The CSX Clinchfield Route in the 21st Century’
- Book – Stevens & Peoples: ‘The Clinchfield No. 1 – Tennessee’s Legendary Steam Engine’
- Book – Way: ‘The Clinchfield Railroad, the Story of a Trade Route Across the Blue Ridge Mountains’
- Magazines – ‘Trains‘ , ‘Classic Trains‘
- Newspaper Articles – Newspapers.com
- Online Article – Scientific American: ‘The Costliest Railroad in America‘
- Online Article – Classic Trains: ‘Remembering the Clinchfield Railroad‘
- Online Article – Railway Age: ‘This Coal Road Is Also A Speedy Bridge Line,’ Sept 1, 1952 edition
- Online Article – ‘Railway Signaling and Communications‘
- Online Article – Flanary: ‘The Quick Service Route, The Clinchfield Railroad‘
- Online Article – Flanary: ‘Men Against Mountains, Running Trains on the Clinchfield‘ October 2001
- Online Video – Ken Marsh on Kingsport area railroads and region’s history Video #1
- Online Video – Ken Marsh on railroads and region’s history Video #2:
- Website – Carolana.com – North Carolina Railroads, South Carolina Railroads
- Website – Johnson’s Depot hosted by StateOfFranklin.net
- Website – RailFanGuides.us for Johnson City and for Erwin
- Website – The Radio Reference Wiki
- Website – SteamLocomotive.com
- Website – VirginiaPlaces.org – Railroad History of Virginia
- Website – Multimodalways.org
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