Running long hood forward, the NS 3454 leads a short work train of gondolas out of Bristol down towards Piney Flats where Norfolk Southern is replacing ties.
The work train faces serious consequences should it advance without permission. After a westbound goes by the switch will be re-aligned.
Work train 93W, with a GP 38-2 for power, is tucked into the short industrial siding as the westbound coal empties heads to Bulls Gap. Extensive track work, crossing and switch replacement is on-g... (more)
Perfect October weather for departure to Knoxville.
After departing the yard at Bristol, the engineer on hot westbound double-stack train No. 22A, notches out the throttle in rural Tennessee, while preparing for a short uphill climb to the Holston ... (more)
My friend David W. DeVault was standing in Virginia and photographing a train in Tennessee when Southern PA-2 6903 arrived from Memphis with the morning eastbound Tennessean for Roanoke, Lynchburg... (more)
Just back into Tennessee and on home rails, Southern Railways # 630 leads NS 957 west out of Bristol down the A-Line enroute to Bulls Gap,TN filled with happy railfans!
NS 201 streaks into Tennessee with a fresh crew aboard, passing the famous Bristol sign at State Street.
A Union Pacific SD70ACe leads 202 into Bristol.
The Central of Georgia leads 38Q into Bristol.
38Q stopped at Ford with the Erie 1068 barely visible last in line.
NS 1014 leads 38Q into Bristol, Tennessee.