A southbound coal drag, down to less than ten miles per hour, makes its way up the grade. The helper on the end has just cleared Oaks and gone to single track. Hope the crew enjoyed the colors on ... (more)

Hill helper returns light after shoving a grain train over Duff Mountain. Fall is about gone on the hills above Hogcamp Branch.

Grain train G930 heads south over Hogcamp Branch with a helper on the end. The helper will get stuck at North Kilsyth after cutting off, allowing four northbounds to pass. What a day.

An mty grain train heads north on the elevated curve at Habersham, easing along since the hill helper is just north, returning from a push to Kilsyth. The old L and N signals are still in place, f... (more)

A heavy coal drag splits the signals as it grinds up Duff Mountain, with a helper on the end in notch eight.

Worktrain FO40 crawls by Q541 on track #2 in an elevated curve on the KD Sub, enroute to Corbin yard. Not many of these ancient workhorses left.

CSXT 538 is the power assigned to the Chaska helper today, seen here assisting a southbound coal train over the mountain

Southbound freight Q541 snakes around the curve at Habersham and into early morning sun.

Spring has sprung. My little girl asked why they're not called "pinkbuds" rather than redbuds. Helper shoving on the rear of a southbound coal drag, down to a crawl.

Now with the pusher pushing hard on the rear, this heavy coal train will slowly creep up the mountain.

Eight-N-Sand for this soutbound coal train fighting the grade at Habersham, the Chaska helper is on the rear of the train giving its all as well

After shoviing U356 over Duff Mountain, C212 helper leans into the curve at Habersham enroute to another coal shove. A very busy section on the KD with two northbounds and four southbounds in a sh... (more)

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

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

CSX unit train N100 crawls across the Hogcamp Branch trestle on a cold snowy morning. Over 100 cars back the hillhelper is grinding the steel, providing a shove south.