The sound of GEs in run 8 was in stereo as it exited the tunnel and bounced off the mountains in the cold, dense air.

A CN standard cab leads another CN south on the KD Subdivision, about to begin the assault on Duff Mountain.

A rough old Dash 8 brings a loaded south ethanol train down through Morley and the Travillion tunnel.

Northbound grain empties snake along the Clear Fork River through "the Narrows" on their journey along the rails of the former Louisville & Nashville.

NS 787 rolls along the CSX KD Subdivision above the roaring Clear Fork River as it nears home trackage on the NS-owned Clear Fork Branch where it will go load at Kopper Glo in Clairfield, TN.

The Morley Pusher just finished backing onto the 100 car unit coal train in Morley, TN. This train will head from here to Knoxville, TN.

With a rare YN2 SD40-2 on the head end, Herzog train W084-25 starts to climb the grade over Duff Mountain.

With the pusher attached, CSX T700-08 starts its attack on the grade as it pops out of Hickory Creek Tunnel #3 with 3 YN2 GEs leading.

Loaded coal train CSX T700-08 rolls down single track at Morley as it starts to slow down to get prepared for the pusher

The first southbound down the KD in nearly 12 hours crawls toward the helper shack in Morley, Tennessee.

K221 is rolling southbound approaching the "Pusher Shack" in the small hamlet of Morley, TN, behind a matched set of UP 5900 series GEs. CSX keeps a manned helper stationed here to assis... (more)

A southbound ballast train blasts out of Hickory Creek Tunnel #3 on its way toward Knoxville.

With a brand new set of Tier 4 GEs on the point, southbound grain train G895 rolls through Morley, TN. No help will be needed today, and the train will top the Duff Mountain grade with only the Ti... (more)

CSX V804 curves around the Clear Fork River near Morley, Tennessee as it heads toward Corbin

"Bring 'er on back Opie!" exclaimed the conductor of CSXT C212 to the engineer as they reverse to couple to a southbound N541. The Morley manned helper operation has shoved many coal trains over t... (more)