A welded rail train idles downhill to South Kilsyth, tying the whole KD up for the morning with trains in about every siding available between Jacksboro and Saxton.
Crawling out of the swag below the Duff Mountain grade, an engineer who's apparently extremely glad to see me works toward Lafollette and the end of the Cumberland Mountains.
Having just cut off a coal drag while in motion behind the photographer, the helper motor immediately gets the green light to return north over Duff Mountain.