With it's original full whiteface covered down to just the standard unibrow, NS 9745 leads train 236 around an S turn and into Bristol on the A line.

The third and final East bound of the morning, train 23G crosses over Weaver Pike at Universal near MP 3A.

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

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.

16T approaching Ford with an ex CR leader. Notice the piles of fresh ballast to the left of the train that will be loaded into hoppers and unloaded along the main line on the NS East End District.

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.

723 leaving Bristol as it passes the former site of a small SOU yard that is now nothing more than some weeds and gravel. 55 years ago this yard was where SOU diesels took over for N&W Class J's o... (more)

NS 111 makes a run for the yard to turn the train over to a VA Division crew who will make a 3 car set out before heading on East.

Mixed Freight 16T rolls East about 4 miles out of the Bristol Yard.

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.

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

after years of construction, the Anderson Street Bridge is finally open allowing this picture of NS 22A from above.

CSX GEVO leader today on NS 111 as this mixed freight train crawls into Bristol with a set off that the outbound crew will have to take care of before heading East on toward Roanoke. Thanks to Jon... (more)

Thanks to a call from fellow RP.net contributor Dustin Grizzle, I was able to get this shot of 16T with a very clean SD70M-2 in the lead. I haven't seen a M-2 so clean since they were brand new.