The Clinchfield ran a very spartan passenger train from Elkhorn, Kentucky to Spartanburg, South Carolina.
The train consisted of coaches and headend only with a southbound departure at Elkhorn at 6:00AM with an arrival at Spartansburg at 4:50PM a total distance of 277.3 miles. The northbound train left Spartansburg at 7:30AM and arrived in Elkhorn at 6:30PM.
The highest point of the route was at Clinch Mountain Tunnel at 4,200 feet. The trip ranged from flatland to steep mountains through Appalachia.
