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.
CSX N204-20 rolls north out of Kingsport just as the late afternoon sun emerges from behind the clouds to provide some golden light.
NS 22A has just entered the Bristol city limits and will cruise past the waiting 236 before stopping to change crews. Thank you to Joe Shaw for the heads up about the UP power leading!
An empty rail train tied down on track 7 of the Bristol Yard.
A late running 15T scurries past the NB 393 milepost in Abingdon with an EMD leader.
NS 23G rumbles across the South Fork of the Holston River at Bluff City with a colorful consist that includes an ICE SD40-2.
NS 22A has entered the Bristol city limits and is slowing down for another slow order which requires the train to run at 10 MPH.
A look into the Bristol Yard finds 22A tied down on the mainline, 37Q tied down in the background on track 6, V40 on track 3 along with an unassigned 6101.
NS 22A passes the restored Bristol Train Station in the shadows of the Bristol sign on an unusually warm Election Day.
V40's train tied down in the yard waiting for the call to action later in the afternoon.
NS 78K rounds a curve just outside the Frisco Yard with a consist that includes two leased CEFX SD40-2s.
236 passing the Bristol train station on its way into the yard.
NS 22A departs Bristol after a crew change with the same lead engine that I photographed on Wednesday leading the 236 eastbound (see photo 320155).
25N crosses into Tennessee past the famous Bristol sign.
Two former Conrail units from V19 rest in the yard at Bristol as NS 236 passes by on a muggy July morning.
