A quick crew-change and the westbound departs into Tennessee.

NS 22A enters the Bristol yard with containers from Norfolk bound for Louisville, KY

A duo of NS GP60's bring Bristol local V19 into the yard after working a local industry.

Waiting for the Bristol signal to clear.

Former Conrail now NS 8388, still holding on to its Conrail horn, brings this empty hopper train into Bristol where a deadhead crew out of Bulls Gap will take it on West. Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: GE C40-8W (Dash 8-40CW)
Location: Bristol, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: NS 8388
Train ID: NS 723
Photo Date: February 05, 2008

25N waiting for the crew, and eastbound 111, sits in the yard on a warm February day.

NS 37Q, now discontinued, was nothing more than a long distance local never having more than 20 cars and almost always spent 3 or 4 hours idling in Bristol Yard. Here an entire 37Q can be seen tie... (more)

NS 25N, with a CN SD50F trailing, waits for NS 236 to arrive in Bristol.

NS 25N crosses Clear Creek just West of Wallace as it slows for a restricted signal at Bristol behind train 723.

Working through a 25mph slow order, 25N coasts through Bristol about 5 miles out of the Bristol yard.

Good color contrast in front of the restored ex Southern - N&W Union Station.

Inbound crew from 236 (UP 3804) has promptly moved to man the idle westbound and will head back into Tennessee as soon as the eastbound with a new Virginia side crew clears the main.

UP 5228 throws some black smoke out the stack as the autostart feature starts the motor after shutting the motor down a few minutes earlier on a warm January day.

NS 25N has just been turned over from the VA Division to a Central Division crew as they take on some ice for their trip West toward Knoxville, TN

NS 2682, built Dec. 05, sits idle on the point of empty autorack train 25N in the Bristol on a unusually warm 70 degree day for January