Running at approach speed, NS 236 closely follows M11 into Bristol.

NS 236 crosses the tail waters of Boone Lake via the Holston River Bridge.

Early morning sunlight and dew coverd pastures greet NS M11, an extra 111, at Bluff City.

The former S.E. Massengill Co. building serves as the backdrop as NS 23G eases into town for what would be one of the quickest crew changes I've ever seen.

East bound and down the main, loaded up and smoking, NS 23G heads out of Bristol with new Fords and intermodal containers.

Caught this nice GEVO in the Bristol Yard and with its short string of cars hooked to one unit it reminded me of an HO scale model train.

With GEVOs at both ends, NS 770 moves coal loads East through Max Meadows, VA.

DPUs help at the rear of train 770 through Max Meadows, VA.

With little more than a mile left on the old Southern Railway A line before crossing over onto the former N&W NB line, NS 16T passes the Mitchell Powers Hardware building West of the Bristol Yard.

Our last look at this train that we followed all the way from St. Paul, VA before it disappears into the Clinch Mountain Tunnel.

Sportsmen take a break from fishing to do some rail fanning and enjoy NS 22A crossing the Watagua River east of Johnson City, TN

OLS unit 9250 sports some less than perfect decal work at the head of NS 16T west of Bristol, TN.

Been a while since I've seen an OLS unit pass through here. It sure picked a nice day.

After a long wait for, and roll by inspection of train 112, NS 236 gets back under way on its trip to the port at Norfolk.

With nearly one mile of mixed freight trailing, NS 111 is at a crawl upgrade into Bristol, TN.