After a long wait in Piney Flats for 112, NS 236 starts the stout grade by the 8.8 milepost on the A line.
With the early morning sun finnaly coming out NS 236 just off of a meet with an 057 military train in Telford, it makes its way into Bristol for a crew change. Nikon D80
NS 236, just off a meet with 057 at Telford, leans into a turn through Bluff City on the way to a crew change at Bristol.
Instead of a taxi ride to the hotel after bringing train 23G to Bristol, this crew has been turned on 25N to take it to Knoxville.
With 25N already waiting ahead, the crew of NS 22A sit and wait off the crossings for 236 to arrive in Piney Flats so they can get moving again.
Fresh off a crew change, NS 25N works toward a meet with 236 at Piney Flats.
22A pulling upgrade through Bluff City with a long train preparing to take the siding at Piney Flats.
Aftrer a short delay for the conductor to walk the train to inspect an object they hit, which turned out to be just a toy on the tracks, NS 22A heads West into the sunset near Bluff City.
The sun decides to pop out during a snow shower as yesterday's 111 crew takes today's 22A West toward Knoxville.
After a two and a half hour wait to leave the yard, the crew finally gets this long mixed freight train moving toward Knoxville.
Spring is in full bloom as CSX 5264 brings NS 23G into Bristol by a patch of colorful poppy flowers
Built at Erie in May 07, NS 7666 rolls through the TN countryside with this Louisville bound stack train, Westbound away from Bristol.
NS 22A dodges the clouds just long enough for a quick shot as it rolls West toward Knoxville.
The rear end DPU on this NS 722 push hard to get 100 loads of coal up the grade at MP 8.8 on the former Southern Ry. now NS A line.
NS 111 crosses a drawn down South Holston River on it's run into Bristol. Ever since the termination of NS 38Q about 2 weeks ago, 111 has been plagued with problems from the extra tonnage it has p... (more)
