The winters were just as bad 15 years ago.

On an overcast morning, Norfolk Southern's Nickel Plate Road Heritage Unit leads 23G through historic downtown Abingdon.

The V40 local has "lawed out" on it's westbound return and can't make it to Bristol so they tied up their leased pony on the siding. The crew will taxi out in the AM. The historical landmark 185... (more)

The weather is sweltering, the V40 local is in the hole for with westbound #112 which is approaching but needs to wait a while to get into Bristol so what else to do but chew the fat. The conduct... (more)

The local is scuttling back to Bristol after serving Abingdon. We didn't see very many of the rebuilds here so I was liking this unit. They are now being returned to lessor. Coming to a shortli... (more)

Heritage unit "Interstate" brings up the rear as the eastbound flies past 22A waiting on the siding.

Having waited on the Abingdon siding as the much longer eastbound 23G came through, it is on to Bristol for the westbound intermodal.

At track speed moving on to Bristol for crew change.

Coming out of the siding after an eastbound went through.

Holding the siding as 202 eases by in a carefully orchestrated meet of two long trains.

With a train consisting entirely of covered hoppers the eastbound local may be slightly overpowered but if the amperage one the lead unit is as deficient as the paint, maybe not. In the backgroun... (more)

Track train heading east for a meet with 22A at Glade Spring.

Southern 630 leads a "21st Century Steam" excursion over the former N&W between Bristol and Walton. As she nears the early morning station stop at Abingdon a cold winter chill lingers from the nig... (more)

Running late afternoon now a days.

With eastbound 16T clear on the main, the westbound moves to come off the siding and continue to Bristol for a crew change. The adjacent decrepit industrial siding track still sees occasional use ... (more)