A faded and sun bleached Dash 8 begins the assault on Duff Grade with plenty of leased and older power. The coaling tower is left over from the steam days on the old L & N.

Q541 mixed freight with the usual hodgepodge of older power rambles out of Morley Tunnel on the KD. After a meet at the bottom of the mountain, there will be four northbounders heading by.

Q541 descends out of Big Creek Gap on the KD Sub, passing a MOW car on the siding just west of Lafollette station.

CSXT 4800 leads train Q541 out of the Tunnel at Morley in the regions typical early morning fog

Southbound Q541 with the lead engine CSXT 4800 grinds uphill at Habersham into the morning sun

CSXT 4800 leads a southbound thru the Tunnel at Vasper

CSXT 4800 leads a southbound around a curve at Habersham, working its way up Duff mountain

Q541 has just ducked under the NS K&O District bridge and is passing the Dossett "yard" and the entrance to the CSX Cow Creek Branch.

A southbound mixed freight rolls to the stop in the siding at Edgemoor seen across Melton Hill Lake.

Faded SD60 idles away while awaiting four northbounds at Oaks, TN before battling Duff Mountain grade.

Sparkling clean CSX 5228 crawls up a swag near the end of Duff Mountain, with a helper on the end near Cotula. Odd that this move, primarily autoracks, needed the Chaska helper today.

Mixed freight Q541 speeds south at Woodland, GA with three SD40-2's for power.

Q541 heads south toward Union City, GA over the old trestle in Maddox Park in Atlanta, GA.

Q541 heads south toward Union City, GA under NS's Inman Yard in Atlanta, GA.

Q541 is leaving the Manchester sub. and entering the Fitz.