The daily 22A approaches Abingdon, as signs of a weak economy persist, todays train was only half loaded with containers as the last half was empty well cars.
NS 22A heads west out of Bristol with five GE locomotives for power on a chilly afternoon.
Proof of the recession, NS 22A has about as many stacks as it does locomotives pulling the 6000 foot train.
NS 22A charges uphill through Bluff City with a clean Dash 9 leader.
Westbound finally has a clear main as all of the track curve gang equipment gets into the siding.
Arriving westbound with a long train while eastbound 38Q waits on the siding.
The crew of NS 22A led by a GEVO and not the usual Dash-9, brings their train to a stop on the siding at Bristol, to tie down for an outbound crew. Nikon D80.
NS 22A rolls past the NB 387.6 signal just east of Abingdon after meeting the 38Q at Marion.
Yard is full, 22A has just come down the main for a crew change. 723 is cut in two to fit in the yard as it waits for its crew as the local V19 crew boards the train for their days work.
NS 22A pulls out of Bristol with a smaller sized train heading to Telford to meet an eastbound.
NS 22A passes through Piney Flats on the main heading to Telford to meet the eastbound NS 722.
NS 22A charges uphill at Bluff City doing every bit of track speed.
NS 22A rolls down the long straighaway through the rolling hills less than a mile from the Glade Spring siding where a 38Q waits for 22A's arrival.
Usual mid morning train 22A departs the NS Bristol Yard about an hour before sunset today.
NS 22A heads down grade through Bluf City with a long stack train.
