Done with work for the day, V40 heads back toward Bristol. The GP38-2 leader had the worst horn I have ever heard on a locomotive.
A late running 15T scurries past the NB 393 milepost in Abingdon with an EMD leader.
NS 22A splits the classic signals at Abingdon as it begins the trip down the hill out of town.
Parked on the siding between ex-N&W Passenger Station and Section Foreman's House.
Parked on siding.
Fall is in the air and the city fathers have spruced up with appropriate decoration as the local adds the icing to the cake the a fine old ex-SOU classic.
A West bound 22A coasts downgrade on the NS NB line alongside Hillman Hwy just outside Abingdon,Va.
Watauga Chapter excursion eastbound.
Moving on the siding to exchange cars at Light Milling. Nice blue on blue this morning.
Eastbound passing new Virginia Highlands Festival Arts & Crafts location adjacent to the Virginia Creeper Trail and the tracks. Note track inspector standing to check for defects as train goes by.
NS 23G charges through downtown Abingdon and past the N&W CPLs with a surprise BNSF leader.
Westbound with 45 empties.
"Hey brother, you're still working I see." "Yep, you got to hang in there. I guess I know what you gotta do to get a nice paint job around here."
The 23G glides through Abingdon, VA past the old N&W Freight Depot enroute to Roanoke, with a UP unit and a ex UP unit sold to Helms Leasing trailing.
Having run around the train on the main, the local's power goes back into the siding to reassemble its cars.
