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.
Coal drag N254 makes it's way across the Clearfork River at Trevillion on the KD Sub. To the right the Clearfork Branch south wye cuts off. 302 was held up for an hour at Saxton while MOW cleared... (more)
With N259 and a load of mtys on the siding, C212 gets a green light to head back north after shoving U356 over the mountain. The helper unhooks on the fly, saving time on congested days.
N259 struggles with a load of mtys going up the mountain as the ridges smoke and burn behind. In Appalachia burning the mountains is a great pastime for many.
With a venerable B36-7 sitting on the siding, mty coal drag N259 prepares to make the grade thru Big Creek Gap on the KD.
U356 comes out of a swag and passes N259 and mtys on the siding at North Kilsyth on a very busy day on the KD. Best described as a bottleneck.
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)
N556 has a unit train worth of coal pushing downhill as the move comes out of Big Creek Gap and into Lafollette. Not sure what purpose the small brick shack served years ago.
After sitting for two days at the National Coal loadout due to a minor derailment, 77G rolls downhill toward Lake City over the scenic Cove Creek valley.
At what used to be called "Straight Bridge", a heavy coal drag drifts downhill nearing Ivydell below South Kilsyth. The unit train has just seperated from it's helper a mile back.
At MP 221, a short and overpowered Q539 drifts down the grade along Big Creek to Ivydell and Lafollette.
Coal drag N560 roars out of the Hickory Creek #2 tunnel in the gorge on a beautiful late Feb. day. Engine number two was creating an awful racket with major problems
Fill her up, full service, at 200 gallons per minute. Helper has just shoved N262 over the mountain and is fueling up just above South Kilsyth.
Throwing a halo of dry snow, Q141 comes out of the swag at North Kilsyth and trips the signals heading south on a windy morn.
Coal drag N164 grinds up the grade, with sister engine 520 doing helper work on the rear. The move has just tripped the signals.
