On the side of Duff Mountain two units await southbound train. One still wears the colors of our beloved Clinchfield. An occasional car over on US 25, the wind and perhaps a distant chainsaw are... (more)

A southbound merchandise passes an AC waiting to provide a push over rugged Duff Mountain.

An L&N coaling tower still stands at Chaska making for a cool reminder of how things used to be. Here we see CSXT 70 passing it with northbound empties for Corbin and points east.

The CSX office car special streaks through the Duff Mountain gorge adorning its fancy new paint scheme.

CSX loaded coal train T700-17 grinds up the grade at 'Oaks' near Chaska,TN on a chilly first day of Spring.

Florida-bound empty Phosphate train CSX K811-24 thunders upgrade through Chaska on Christmas Eve afternoon.

During a steady downpour, the CSX geometry train scans the rail as it rolls north. This stretch of the CSX KD Subdivision is the most grueling on the entire sub, and it is shown with the 12 slow o... (more)

CSX loaded ethanol train K447 passes the old coaling tower at Chaska as it climbs Duff Mountain in northern Tennessee.

Framed by peaking fall foliage, an empty grain train grinds downgrade in the Habersham Gorge between Morley and Chaska, Tennessee, about to cross over the Hickory Creek.

The manned pusher on Duff Mountain returns to its post at Morley after shoving a southbound up the intense grade, back lighting the classic L&N infrastructure at Chaska on a chilly fall night.

Thick fog has engulfed part of the Duff Mountain as loaded coal train T700-01 grinds up-grade, passing the steam era coaling tower at Chaska, Tennessee shortly after sunrise on a crisp, moody autu... (more)

Over one hundred cars of Kentucky black diamonds move at a mere crawl as the two GE's up front and pusher on the rear give it all they've got get their train over the misty mountain at Chaska, Ten... (more)

Southbound CSX coal train T700 bound for Georgia Power's Plant Bowen grinds up the grade past the old coal tower at Chaska,TN on CSX's KD Sub.

A rare YN2 SD40-2 leads a Herzog train upgrade past the old L&N coaling tower at Chaska, TN. The coaling tower is a holdover from the days of the steam helper on Duff Mountain; the helper shack wa... (more)

It's nice after a merger, when the new company doesn't set out to totally butcher the image of the previous. This former L&N, former Seaboard System unit still presents a good image to shippers a... (more)