After picking up Mr. Decker on the Morley Helper at Chaska, southbound coal drag T700-09 struggles up Duff Mountain and across the L&N trestle at Habersham, Tennessee on the CSX KD Sub.
Coasting down Duff Mountain and high above the small community of Habersham, Tennessee, northbound manifest Q542 prepares to be walked through the switch at Oaks in a few miles. This train would ... (more)
Curving along the steep southbound grade on Duff Mountain, a trio of CSX units lead manifest Q541 through the deep snow at Habersham and past one of the many classic L&N Searchlight Signals still ... (more)
CSXT 3219 shoves hard against the loaded T711 coal unit train going up Duff Mountain while passing the searchlights at Habersham TN.
A southbound monster Q539 (over 7000ft) is down to a crawl as it crosses the Davis Creek trestle. Even with the Morley helper on the rear and the lead motors screaming, the train is only making ar... (more)
CSX V804 grinds up hill as it passes the searchlights at Habersham in the middle of the Tennessee hills
The helper engine from Morley is at the lead of X751, assisting the train after it stalled further south in Lake City. The train is seen here crossing the large Davis Creek trestle at Habersham, r... (more)
A southbound ballast train waits for a northbound coal train to pass before exiting the siding.
The Chaska helper shoves a southbound grain train up Duff Mountain.
A CSX helper set, consisting of two SD40-2s, was shoving hard against a southbound unit coal train as crossed Davis Creek Trestle and up Duff Mountain grade near Habersham, TN on May 11, 1992.
A northbound CSX light helper drops down Duff Mountain grade and across Davis Creek Trestle near Habersham, TN on May 11, 1992.
On a blustery bitter cold day, the engineer looks out the window as a railtrain rounds the curve at Habersham.
Crossing the extremely rusty and rundown Hogcamp Branch trestle. Just to the right of the motor was were the Westbourne Branch turned off at one time when the coalfields were booming.
Throwing out a bevy of sand and in notch eight, a coal drag makes a run for the grade. A helper on the rear is needed, as always, on the rear.
CSXT 7815 leads southbound Q141 up the grade at Habersham
