Q541 steps across the Clear Fork before plunging into Hickory Tunnel #1

A loaded coal train from Bailey Mine exits Hickory Tunnel #1 preparing for the Morley helper to give a shove across Duff Mountain

M541 emerges from Hickory Tunnel #1 as the day grows late deep in the mountains of northern Tennessee

99 brings Q281 south through Hickory Creek tunnel #2 as they run the grade towards Knoxville on CSX's former L&N KD Subdivision.

CSXT B639-30 round the bend into Morley where the crew will stop to pick up the Morley pusher for the trip up Duff Mountain.

100 system hoppers for Rincon, GA exit Hickory Tunnel #2 and cross over Hickory Creek.

A trio of CSX AC4400CW's bring loaded coal train T736 out of Hickory Tunnel #2 near Morley,TN.

A loaded Bull Run coal train pulls hard upgrade behind one of ten ST70AHs.

The quiet idle of a solo Tier 4 EMD breaks the silence at Morley as the local crew makes a run for Corbin, KY.

Florida-bound empty Phosphate train CSX K811-24 rolls into Morley on a very mild Christmas Eve day.

An assortment of power leads K423-22 south on the KD Sub through the gorge out of Hickory Creek #2 south of Morley as they head up Duff mountain enroute for Etowah.

A loaded coal train heads north for Corbin, Kentucky after loading at Kopper Glo Mining LLC.

A trio of CSX GE's lead loaded coal train T700 to a stop at Morley to have the helper added to assist the train's run south.

CSX loaded coal train T700 navigates the confines of the gorge exiting Hickory Tunnel #3 as it climbs Duff Mountain with loads for Georgia Powers Plant Bowen. The Morley Pusher is on the rear help... (more)