CSX Santa Train 2024 - Kingsport, TN

            This year I had the opportunity to visit CSX's former Clinchfield route between Elkhorn City, KY and Kingsport, TN, to witness the 82nd running of the CSX Santa Train, which annually travels through communities along the route the Saturday before Thanksgiving, allowing Santa himself to distribute toys to children from the rear end of CSX's classy business car fleet.

In years past, the train has featured interesting mixes of motive power, and this year was no exception, with the train powered by CSX's three F40PH locomotives in classic B&O garb and headed up by the brand new "Clinchfield" heritage unit, CSXT 1902, one of the 21 ES44AH heritage units in the CSX "We are ONE" program that feature the corporate CSX yellow and blue scheme on the nose and a scheme painted on the rear two-thirds of the locomotive representing a "fallen flag" railroad absorbed into the current CSX system.

Here, the Santa train is nearing its final destination of Kingsport, TN, crossing over the North Folk Holston River on the west side of town.

Taken in: United States / Tennessee / Rotherwood Heights (show map)

Taken on: November 23, 2024

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Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T6i, f/6.3, 1/800 sec, 18mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS Rebel T6i
Lens:	EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	18mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Partial
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Lightroom 8.0 (Windows)
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