After a traction motor fire on a trailing HLCX lease unit was extinguished by the crew, this long loaded coal train struggles to tackle the stiff Appalachia District grades.
The 2008 CSX Santa Train rounds the corner at Dante in preparation for the next stop.
Long Hood Forward look at D8-32B NS 3552 as Bristol local V19 switches hoppers at a local industry
NS 23G makes its way into Bristol across the South Fork of the Holston River with autoracks and containers.
After a two and a half hour wait to leave the yard, the crew finally gets this long mixed freight train moving toward Knoxville.
NS 25N just out of the Bristol yard with empty autoracks and a winged UP in the lead.
NS 111 comes into Bristol with a unit badly leaking diesel. The crew was able to immedately isolate ex Conrail unit 2579 and take care of the problem.
NS I5N with its lead unit, NS 9669, wrecked and fixed by UP back in '05 (note the windowless cab door) and the trailing unit, NS 9371, wrecked and fixed by NS back in '04.
NS 7503 leads this long 22A through the quiet community of Emory, just outside Abingdon, VA
23G works hard uphill into Abingdon with a long train of autoracks and intermodal containers
NS 722 gets going after some problems before starting the first leg of its trip that will eventually end in Clover, VA via Bulls Gap and Bristol, TN.
NS V19 shoves a long string of empty asphalt tank cars and concrete hoppers to the East End of the yard for pickup later on in the day by train 111
NS 37Q about th hit a red board at Curtis with NS 25N just ahead. Both are waiting for NS 111 to arrive and take the siding so they can head on West.
NS 29G awaits a crew at the yard office with a BNSF H2 Dash 9 on the point.
After a meet with 23G and 16T at Piney Flats, NS 22A gets this 8,000 foot intermodal train moving and up to speed through Watauga.
