With dynamics howling, mty coal drag N158 comes downhill off Duff Mountain in a freshly fallen snow. With two northbounds behind and one southbound ahead, it's a busy day on the KD.
A freshly painted GP40-2 and mother slug awaiting the green signal while coal drag N158 heads north. After several inches of snow overnight, flurry storms still hung around throughout the day maki... (more)
One has to wonder how this milepost stands with all the cracks running thru it over the decades. Coal drag N549 tries to make headway up the steep Duff grade, down to a baby crawl.
About the only move other than coal requiring a shove over the hill is a grain train, as G762 and two other engines smoke away on the grind up the grade. C212 out of Chaska is hard on the rear.
A trio of GEs assaults the Duff Mountain grade with a southbound loaded coal train. A pair of SD40-2 pushers is one mile back, adding their music to the FDL symphony on the head-end.