After cresting the 2% grade from Deepwater to Oak Hill, Elmore bound U91 begins down the 1% grade between Oak Hill and Pax, just a few seconds away from crossing the trestle over Painter Creek at Dothan. With news of the line from Elmore to Kellysville being mothballed still hot off the press, this train of 100 loads and nearly 21,000 horsepower spread across 5 motors would become one of the last of the famous Virginian "hill runs" across Clark's Gap later that evening.
