Finally out of the Chickamauga yard limits, 610 eases forth towards Fort Oglethorpe
Winding its way back to Chattanooga, the 610 comes across the bridge still bearing a good ol' Central paint job.
After backing around the Y, the Missionary Ridge Local eases into the Grand Junction Station.
The 610 leads its train over the Chattooga River (obscured from this angle by vegetation) as steam rises from the Mount Vernon Mills textile plant in the background.
The Autumn Leaf Special climbs Mission Ridge amidst fall foliage, appropriately.
The 610 blasts by the old store in Rock Spring, at milepost 431 on this former Central of Georgia line.
The 610 makes an impressive showing as it enters Lafayette on a cold morning, leading the Autumn Leaf Special to Summerville.
TVRM's former US Army Consolidation leads an excursion past Chattanooga's National Military Cemetery. Interstate 24 can also been seen in the background at top center.