Empty coal train NS 723 is tied down and split in half with an air hose connected to the back cut of cars so a brake test will not have to be performed when it is put back together.
This empty rack train still comes west daily --- when the slumping auto industry will effect it is uncertain.
NS 25N enters Bristol Yard just a few minutes after the 22A left ahead of it.
An unassigned SD40-2 sits and waits for work in the yard at Bristol.
Two unassigned units seen through the railing of the Mary St. Bridge which spans the yard at Bristol.
Off duty on Thanksgiving.
NS 8871 sits idle on the point of train 112 ready for a crew to double up the train and move West as soon as normal operations resume after the Thanksgiving Holiday.
With its nose on the state line NS 22A crosses into Tennessee and heads on west.
Half of a split and tied down mixed freight, NS 112 sits on no. seven Thanksgiving Day.
NS 22A heads into Bristol with a repainted Dash 9 leading a long train of stacks.
Two EMD classic cabs in different coloers sits tied down in the Bristol Yard.
NS 22A snakes through the S-Curves in Bristol on the mainline with a clean Dash 9 on the point.
The two EMD units off of V40 sit idle near the west end of the Bristol Yard.
Working to get up to speed, 23G battles the weather upgrade through Bristol and East toward Roanoke.
