CSX V347-07 has just exited Starnes tunnel and rounds the curve into the setting sun as it begins the long, steady climb up to Kermit.
Trackage rights train Z559 rolls south at Starnes on a sunny Saturday afternoon.
NS 15T had problems with the EOT linking to the leading GMTX SD60 so they put this Dash 9 in the lead. Thus, creating the rare opportunity to see some long hood forward running in Bristol.
An ethanol train makes its way across the massive Boones Creek Viaduct, located on the former Clinchfield Railroad.
CSX N009 rounds a curve at the former location of the old Boone station on the former Clinchfield line.
NS 22A rolls through a somewhat empty Bristol Yard with the standard Dash 9 leading again on this day.
As the evening shadows creep closer and closer to the tracks, CSX U339-23 rolls south at Fordtown with U355-24 tucked away in the siding waiting to go north.
NS V40 meets inbound 22A as it works the yard in Bristol with a veteran SD40-2 and a high hood GP38-2.
A bad order Dash 9 sits on track 3 in the yard at Bristol as eastbound 16T speeds past on the siding. The 8967 had an air compressor problem and was taken to Roanoke where it was fixed and it retu... (more)
Some towns have classic car shows on Labor Day. Bristol had a classic EMD show with the power for V19 and V40 tied down for the holiday. The average age for this group is over 30.
NS 23G rides the camel's back at Meadowview as it scurries along with a BNSF SD70MAC on the point.
NS 23G rumbles across the South Fork of the Holston River at Bluff City with a colorful consist that includes an ICE SD40-2.
A short NS 236 charges through Wyndale with no problem holding track speed to Abingdon and a meet with 22A. The end of the train is just visible on the left side of the photo. The Union Pacific le... (more)
NS 23G comes into Bristol on the siding with a BNSF leader as it prepares to meet 22A.
NS 23G charges up the hill at Wyndale with a UP leader.
