Erwin TN

When Steam Ran The Clinchfield

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Interesting book published in 1993, second edition, by Gem Publishers in Erwin TN. It covers all of the steam locos of the Clinchfield, with pictures of many of them, plus seven and a half pages of photos of wrecks. There is also a section on Floyd Bruner, a noted photographer of the line. This particular book is signed by James Goforth.
There is also a 1998 edition of this same book, with a colorized and redesigned cover, published by Overmountain Press of Johnson City TN.

The Clinchfield Special

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This post card, never mailed, shows the tender with the livery of 1968 with Clinchfield in gold letters.

On the back: THE CLINCHFIELD SPECIAL – The most famous little steam engine of railroad history, built Aug. 1882, is puffing again through the Appalachian Mountains.  It sounds nostalgic episodes of history with its whistle echoing through the mountains.  Old No. 1 pulled first food, medicine and rescue workers to Johnstown, Penn. flood area May 1889, and the first refugees out.
Train Concessions Operated by
Y’s MEN’S CLUB OF ERWIN, TENN.
Color Photography by
Earle M. Walker
640 Holston Place
Erwin, Tenn.

Vertical Division line: Pub. by Earle M. Walker Photographer, 640 Holston Place, Erwin, Tenn. 37650

Published by Dexter Press, Inc. West Nyack, New York
Plate #53303-C

Note: in the PLACE STAMP HERE box, there is a small “69” in the lower right.  This may be the date the card was printed.