Blue Ridge Rails

New video out now! Watch some classic EMDs and heavy unit trains tackle steep grades in the heat of the Mojave Desert. What a change of scenery!

https://youtu.be/Lf0kWFs1LJQ?si=EZy7w9tHoi_PnrVN

Thanks to everyone for coming out to the open housese yesterday! We had a great turnout with lots of even greater people. Cheers to next year!

For this year’s video, I focused on the railfan experience while shooting The Santa Train. We interviewed multiple railfans from different states to hear their views on the train, and videoed the major photo lines created by the crowd. We hope you enjoy the video! Premiers EST.

“A Clinchfield Christmas” | Railfans Gather For CSX’s Santa Train On November 23, 2024, CSX hosted the 2024 Santa Train event in Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee. The event is held in lower income communities for families ...

I’m super excited to announce that we have officially partnered with Camel City Mill. Camel City specializes in socks for trade (industrial) workers and people with similar jobs/interests (such as the railroad!)

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https://youtu.be/2zJ3fSD0RiY?si=6hcirjS_QAKc4DGO

Blue Ridge Subdivision Update And A Trip To Whitson’s | November 1st, 2024 I put the phone into “vlog mode” while walking around doing love commentary… something i’m not used to for sure! Keep in mind, this is not the normal style o...

We’re loaded up and heading west this morning. Please let us know if anyone you know needs any food/water!

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As many of you know, the Clinchfield Railroad was recently mostly destroyed record flooding. This area has been my favorite place to venture to for many years, it holds so many memories that can’t be found anywhere else in the world.

This video shows most of my recent Clinchfield adventures and pieces of our documentary on the area. All revenue from these hurricane videos will go straight to help these communities rebuild, we continue to pray for those we lost and everyone affected.

🫶Spruce Pine Strong🫶

Better Days. As many of you know, the Clinchfield Railroad was recently mostly destroyed record flooding. This area has been my favorite place to venture to for many year...

The past two days have been devastating for the WNC area. We pray for everyone involved within the entire area impacted. For the folks wondering about the railroads in the region, here are some photos from NS’s Asheville District and CSX’s Blue Ridge Subdivision. The first 8 photos were taken by the Blue Ridge Rails team, and the following 4 photos were taken by fellow railroader Hunter Levi, we thank him for allowing the use of his fantastic photographs.

Things aren’t looking good for the former Clinchfield and the former Southern across the Blue Ridge, i’d be willing to say a train won’t run south of Erwin for upwards of a year if not ever again. “Over 30 miles of CSX’s Blue Ridge Sub has been washed away, it’s almost unrecognizable”, and the damage to the NS loops as a whole is still undetermined.

I’m certainly glad we got to cover the railroad in the “CSX Tackles The Blue Ridge” documentary just two months before this incident, check out this fantastic area here: https://youtu.be/niNhtb_14u4?si=TDUPw3ID-UV1CHms

From this point on, all profit made from the video will be donated to help the town of Spruce Pine, NC and surrounding areas rebuild.

Donate directly to the gofund me here: https://gofund.me/6669f9fa

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers!

https://youtu.be/mJYb0m9Isnk?si=m9RMP1s22jiSjN_L

New video is out! Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/UqIS_jO_kI8?si=w_l50tOdDHYwpAGx

ITS ALMOST TIME!
Stay tuned tomorrow at 8:00pm EST!

https://youtu.be/niNhtb_14u4?si=ktBBpotbib1F4gsR